Delighted to share that this book is out with chapters from me on Madeleine Albright and from Carrie Menkel-Meadow on Kissinger as well as a host of other leaders and authors!  (Scroll to the end for the discount code to order!) As the editor Remi Smolinski describes it: After a year and a half of … Continue reading Negotiators Who Change the World: Timeless Lessons on Leadership and Negotiation just published!! →

I am delighted to announce the Third Issue of Volume 26! Read about the issue on the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution blog, which can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/eJbM5XmW.   Many thanks to the wonderful authors and our terrific students! Articles A Framework for Trauma-Informed Mediation: A Heart and Mind Approach to Conflict Resolution —Michael Saini, … Continue reading Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution — Issue 3, Volume 26 just out! →

From RSI, with kudos to Judge Denlow who created a legal settlement database, helping to provide actual data about settlement versus litigation.  More below from the press release: Resolution Systems Institute had the privilege of awarding its 2025 Harris H. Agnew Service to Community Award to the Hon. Morton Denlow (Ret.) on April 25 at … Continue reading Resolution Systems Institute (RSI) Presents the Agnew Community Service Award to Judge Morton Denlow →

I was reminded earlier in the week that our email from Hein (SmartCilp) runs significantly behind actual publication when I saw that the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution symposium issue on the Multidoor Criminal Courthouse had just come out on the index.  Yet, if you follow us on LinkedIn, you’ll note that the journal is … Continue reading Latest Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution issues →

I was delighted to join an amicus brief filed last week by Professor Imre Szalai in the Flores v NFL (and several teams) bemoaning the current state of the NFL arbitration system where Commissioner Roger Goodell has the final say.  You might recall that former coach Brian Flores has sued several NFL teams for racial … Continue reading NFL Arbitration–“A Secret, Rigged, Kangaroo Court” →

As I close these blog posts, I wanted to both give a table of contents to all of the posts for those that might have missed these and add my own thoughts at the end.  I will say again that I was so very proud of the students that came on the trip and the … Continue reading Israel Reflections Overview and Wrap Up →

Happy Passover to all!  Here is the last student blog of the trip (other than I’ll post my own wrap up later this week) Our last part of the trip were two speakers that I wanted to save for the end in order to really focus on the skills and thinking that our law students … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Day 4–Listening & Hope →

It is with incredible sadness that I am announcing the passing of our dear DR colleague Elayne Greenberg on Friday.  Here is the letter that went out to St John’s faculty yesterday: Colleagues, I am sad to share the news that our colleague Elayne Greenberg passed away last night. Elayne’s son, Carey Alexander (who graduated … Continue reading Elayne Greenberg →

Another part of our day on Thursday was thinking about the law and law schools.  On Monday evening, we had heard from Cochav Elykam-Levy, who is the chair of the civil commission on the war crimes committed by Hamas against women and children.  (And, while we were still in Israel, she was awarded the Israel … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Day Four–Law & Law Schools →

On Thursday, we focused on the aftermath of October 7th in a few different ways.  One was recovery—how were the institutions and people of Israel moving forward in helpful ways.  Another was the law and law schools which I will cover in the next blog. And then, finally, how to equip students to come home…  … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Day Four–Recovery →