We have met with the Parent’s Circle each time we have gone to Israel for an amazing meeting, and this time did not disappoint either. My favorite part was how they ended–“Do not be Pro-Israel; Do Not be Pro-Palestine; Be Pro-Peace.” From student Jennifer Sosa: Prior to going to Israel, I never quite understood how much … Continue reading Israel Reflections 2015–Day Two: Parent’s Circle
For a little different start to our trip, I decided this year to fit in a visit to Masada and the Dead Sea. This was both for getting over jet lag purposes and because the history and geology of both places are a great frame for the rest of the week. From student Jillian Igl-Dickson, … Continue reading Israel Reflections 2015–Day One: Masada & the Dead Sea
Well, I had very high hopes for being able to blog while in Israel and those were quickly dashed between the total lack of sleep and need to reflect on what we were seeing! So finally, now that we have been back for a week, I will start posting about the sights and visits that … Continue reading Israel Reflections 2015–Vienna to Israel and the Lady in Gold
We are in the O’Hare airport ready to go–33 MU law students, my fabulous program coordinator Natalie Fleury, and wonderful MU colleague Chad Oldfather. With Israeli elections in 2 weeks and Netanyahu here in the U.S. this week, we know we are timely! Flying via Vienna for a day and then landing on Saturday morning … Continue reading Live Israel Blog–2015!
I am happy to post this letter from Bernie Mayer announcing his new book. Having read and reviewed the book, I can only repeat what I said before: I LOVE it! Dear Friends and Colleagues: I am pleased to announce that my new book, The Conflict Paradox: Seven Dilemmas at the Core of Disputes, is … Continue reading The Conflict Paradox
I posted two articles on SSRN this past week–an oldie but goodie (as John has phrased them) and a new book chapter with co-bloggers Jill Gross and John Lande. The oldie is an article I wrote in 2001 called Baseball Diplomacy examining how Major League Baseball was involved with Cuba (trying to play games there, … Continue reading Building Best Practices…and Some Baseball too
As I just sent to our listserve as well, I am advising a committee for our state bar about the role of lawyer-mediators in drafting marital settlement agreements. The committee has already reached a consensus that it would like to permit mediators to draft mediation settlement agreements in family law cases. The key question for … Continue reading Lawyer Mediator Drafting of Agreements
This comes from an email from Andrew Lee, negotiation professor extraordinaire in Beijing. I asked and received permission to post–I think it’s a great example of cross-cultural similarities and differences–let alone parenting challenges! With Wondermum Vivian taking daughter Meimei on a girl’s day, I was tasked with bringing little infant son Tintin to the toy store. … Continue reading Andrew’s Excellent Adventure in Toy Shopping
Now that all of the episodes of Friends have been released on Netflix, I am really enjoying watching them with my kids. Still very funny. And, apparently, filled with good negotiation advice on team negotiations. Hat tip to the Program on Negotiation for tracking how the cast successfully negotiated their last two seasons of $1 million … Continue reading Friends Negotiation Tips
From Charlie Pillsbury at Quinnipiac who has promised to send some of his stories our way for the blog and is interested in collecting more of these: As a person of faith, I’m drawn to sacred stories about peacemaking and dispute resolution. As a Christian, I’m most familiar with the Hebrew texts that we Christians … Continue reading Sacred DR Stories
