Craver, Charles B. 1944–

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CRAVER, Charles B. 1944–

PERSONAL: Born July 27, 1944, in Detroit, MI; son of Bradford North (a research physician) and Elena (a homemaker and writer; maiden name, Borikova) Craver; married Kathleen Woods (a school librarian), June 9, 1967. Education: Cornell University, B.S., 1967, M.A., 1968; University of Michigan, J.D., 1971.

ADDRESSES: Home—Washington, DC. Office—Law School, George Washington University, 2000 H St. NW, B406, Washington, DC 20052. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Educator, attorney, and author. George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, DC, professor, 1986–. Has taught at University of Illinois, University of California at Davis, University of Virginia, and University of Florida. Admitted to the Bar of the State of California and the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.

MEMBER: International Society of Labor Law and Social Security, American Bar Association (member, labor and employment law section), American Law Institute, American Arbitration Association, National Academy of Arbitrators, Association for Conflict Resolution, Industrial Relations Research Association, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution.

WRITINGS:

(With Harry T. Edwards and R. Theodore Clark, Jr.) Labor Relations Law in the Public Sector: Cases and Materials, Bobbs-Merrill (Indianapolis, IN), 1979, 4th edition, Michie (Charlottesville, VA), 1991.

(With Arthur B. Smith and Leroy D. Clark) Employment Discrimination Law: Cases and Materials, Michie (Charlottesville, VA), 1982, published as Employment Discrimination Law: Selected Statutes and Regulations, Lexis (New York, NY), 2000.

Effective Legal Negotiation and Settlement, Michie (Charlottesville, VA), 1986, 5th revised edition, LexisNexis (Newark, NJ) 2005.

(With Donald P. Rothschild and Leroy S. Merrifield) Collective Bargaining and Labor Arbitration, Michie (Charlottesville, VA), 1988.

(With Leroy S. Merrifield and Theodore J. St. Antoine) Labor Relations Law: Cases and Materials, Michie (Charlottesville, VA), 1989, 11th edition, LexisNexis (Newark, NJ), 2005.

Can Unions Survive?: The Rejuvenation of the American Labor Movement, New York University Press (New York, NY), 1993.

(With Edward J. Brunet) Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Advocate's Perspective, Michie (Charlottesville, VA), 1997, 2nd revised edition, LexisNexis (Newark, NJ), 2001.

The Intelligent Negotiator: What to Say, What to Do, and How to Get What You Want—Every Time, Prima Venture (Roseville, CA), 2002.

Contributor to numerous law journals, including Arizona Law Review, George Washington Law Review, Judges Journal, Cornell Law Review, and Michigan Law Review.

SIDELIGHTS: Charles B. Craver cultivated an interest in law and academia at an early age. After earning a law degree in 1971, he clerked for Judge George MacKinnon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The following year, he took a position as an attorney with Morrison & Foerster, specializing in labor law and general litigation. In 1974, Craver returned to academia, working as a professor at the University of Florida College of Law. This led to a string of other professorships, at universities in Virginia, California, and Illinois. At George Washington University, where he has taught since 1986, Craver specializes in negotiation, labor law, employment discrimination law, and public-sector labor law. He is the author of several books on various legal subjects and frequently contributes to law journals.

In 1993 Craver published Can Unions Survive?: The Rejuvenation of the American Labor Movement. The book begins with an analysis of why labor unions have diminished in popularity and power since their peak in the 1940s. Craver includes a brief history of the rise of the U.S. labor movement and the factors leading to its decline. The second half of the book is devoted to ways unions can increase their economic and political power. The book earned positive reviews overall, with critics praising Craver's accessible language and thoughtful ideas. It is "a reader-friendly … and provocative book that addresses the fundamental question of how the interests of rank-and-file employees should be protected," wrote Peter Feuille in a review for the Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

In 2002 Craver wrote and published The Intelligent Negotiator: What to Say, What to Do, and How to Get What You Want—Every Time. In this book he analyzes the essential elements of negotiation and gives readers guidance on how to become more effective negotiators. He also discusses common negotiating styles and provides specific language to use in certain situations. The book was well received by readers and critics, and was particularly lauded for providing straightforward and useful information. Commenting on the book in the Journal of Business Strategy, Bristol Lane Voss noted that The Intelligent Negotiator "is firmly rooted in present-day and relevant knowledge."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, January, 1995, Peter Feuille, review of Can Unions Survive?: The Rejuvenation of the American Labor Movement, p. 353.

Journal of Business Strategy, January-February, 2003, Bristol Lane Voss, review of The Intelligent Negotiator: What to Say, What to Do, and How to Get What You Want—Every Time, p. 41.