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Clymer Bardsley
Lawyer, mediator, trainer and coach
Columbia University Teacher's College
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Professional Bio
Clymer Bardsley has more than 25 years of experience as a lawyer, mediator, trainer and coach. Throughout his career he has helped thousands of individuals to increase their conflict management and resolution skills for the benefit of both their personal and professional lives.
Clymer learned conflict resolution, mediation, and the underlying theories from some of the leading scholars and practitioners in the United States from the Good Shepherd Mediation Program in Philadelphia, The Kukin Program for Dispute Resolution at Cardozo School of Law in New York City, and The Moritz College of Law’s Program on Dispute Resolution at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. During this time, he taught hundreds of people how to skillfully mediate conflicts, and he mediated over 500 disputes for organizations, the courts, communities, and families. Additionally, he has trained organizational heads and employees to become better problem solvers and negotiators, thereby empowering them and those around them to achieve better outcomes. Inspired by assisting people through difficult situations and training them to prevent conflicts from escalating, Clymer established the Bardsley Group in 2016.
Clymer is on the faculty at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law, Temple University’s School of Education and Human Development, and the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University’s Teacher’s College. He has led trainings for the U.S. Army, the Philadelphia Police Department, and school leaders nationwide. He also serves as a mediator and has extensive experience working with Philadelphia Family Court and public agencies.
Clymer earned his law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York and his B.A. in History from Middlebury College.
Clymer learned conflict resolution, mediation, and the underlying theories from some of the leading scholars and practitioners in the United States from the Good Shepherd Mediation Program in Philadelphia, The Kukin Program for Dispute Resolution at Cardozo School of Law in New York City, and The Moritz College of Law’s Program on Dispute Resolution at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. During this time, he taught hundreds of people how to skillfully mediate conflicts, and he mediated over 500 disputes for organizations, the courts, communities, and families. Additionally, he has trained organizational heads and employees to become better problem solvers and negotiators, thereby empowering them and those around them to achieve better outcomes. Inspired by assisting people through difficult situations and training them to prevent conflicts from escalating, Clymer established the Bardsley Group in 2016.
Clymer is on the faculty at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law, Temple University’s School of Education and Human Development, and the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University’s Teacher’s College. He has led trainings for the U.S. Army, the Philadelphia Police Department, and school leaders nationwide. He also serves as a mediator and has extensive experience working with Philadelphia Family Court and public agencies.
Clymer earned his law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York and his B.A. in History from Middlebury College.
School/Organization
Columbia University Teacher's College
Columbia University Teacher's College