Help us celebrate a bit of birthday cheer together. Join us in NYC at the ABA DR conference on Thursday, April 7th at 9:30 p.m. in the Sheraton to toast and celebrate!  The link to the official invitation is here–please let us know you’ll be joining us so we can save space for you! Extra drinks for those … Continue reading One Last Reminder–This Thursday Night!!! →

It has been great fun to watch President Obama in Cuba (and to get to say things like–hey, I was there!) over the last two days.  The one thing we did not get to do on our trip was attend a baseball game since we were rained out twice.  Sigh.  But we did talk about … Continue reading Baseball Diplomacy →

Posting this again as a reminder–Hope to see you there!! Join us in NYC at the ABA DR conference on Thursday, April 7th at 9:30 p.m. in the Sheraton to toast and celebrate!  The link to the official invitation is here–please let us know you’ll be joining us so we can save space for you! Extra drinks for … Continue reading The Blog Turns 50 Party Reminder →

Well, not quite, but many of us have already turned this year or will within the next few months.  Join us in NYC at the ABA DR conference on Thursday, April 7th at 9:30 p.m. in the Sheraton to toast and celebrate!  The link to the official invitation is here–please let us know you’ll be joining us! Extra … Continue reading The Blog Turns 50! →

Hi all and happy Friday!  For your weekend fun, I am linking to a flowchart that will easily help all of us navigate our way to brilliant research.  Seriously, this stems from last year’s ABA Section on Dispute Resolution panel on the above topic. Based on Tim’s original flowchart with additional nuances from the panel conversation … Continue reading How Being Angry Leads to Good Research…Or Should Stop You in Your Tracks →

I am delighted to share the New York Times Saturday profile of one of my former students, Kim Motley, doing amazing work in Afghanistan.  She is one of the only U.S. lawyers practicing there and has taken some incredible cases to the Afghan courts, representing victims of domestic violence, kidnap victims, and other women.  In this … Continue reading Cross Cultural Lawyering at its Best →

Well not really, but soon.  Today the government announced that U.S. airlines can propose routes to Cuba which could then start flying later this year.  The President has also announced that he hopes to get to Cuba sometime this spring as well.  Even the New York Times at the end of January has helpfully posted … Continue reading Now We Can All Go to Cuba! →

Since returning, I’ve received calls from those about to go and questions from others—what are the Cuban people like?  And what do they think of Americans? The official Cuban policy, of course, is that the US policy has been shortsighted and narrow minded.  And the list of US policies that need to change was also outlined … Continue reading Cuba–Do They Like Us? →

For the blog today, I thought I would incorporate some of the student reflections about one of our first speakers.  We had a terrific briefing on the economy from Guilio Ricci, an economics professor at the University of Havana. From Max Rabkin: Spending a week in Havana was an eye-opening experience for many reasons. I … Continue reading Cuba–Economic Challenges →

Before continuing with any other blog posts about what we learned, I thought it might be useful to discuss what we did not hear about.  Castro.  In short, we had no discussions with any of our speakers about any potential changes to the political system.  No speaker really talked to us about what the government … Continue reading Cuba–What We Did Not Discuss… →