Rehana Jamal is a conflict resolution specialist, mediator and lawyer.

Rehana holds an LL.M. in dispute resolution from Pepperdine Law School, a J.D. from Cardozo School of Law, and is a member of the New York State Bar. Her B.A. is in psychology from Barnard College, Columbia University. She has tremendous experience and passion working with people from different cultural, sociopolitical, and economic backgrounds from her experience living abroad in Ecuador, Colombia, Kenya, and Spain. She is an avid traveler. She has always been fascinated by the way in which people interact, particularly in the way they communicate and navigate difficult conversations, which led her to pursue an undergraduate degree in psychology and, thereafter, a career in law and conflict resolution.

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