As promised Wednesday, I wanted to post about the very interesting discussion panel on mandatory arbitration put together by Hiro Aragaki and Andrea Doneff at SEALS.The format, as I mentioned, was a roundtable in which each person presented their paper briefly and then we had plenty of time for comments, questions, suggestions, and even thinking … Continue reading The Latest Thinking on Mandatory Arbitration
Sarah Cole can clean you off the tennis court–here’s talking to you Michael Moffitt… Okay, now that I have your attention, let’s turn to how I know this. I am attending SEALS for the first time and I want to start by saying–wow–I should have been going to this all along! Great location, much fun, … Continue reading Live Blog from SEALS
A quick note that Harvard Law Review just published a note this month entitled Mediation of Investor-State Conflicts (Harvard Law Review, June 2014). It’s very exciting to see this concept hitting the mainstream and the timing is good. As the current litigation between Argentina and its unhappy bond holders demonstrates, alternate processes between states and their investors … Continue reading Mediating International Investment Disputes
Dear all, as I just sent out to our listserve as well, it is time to remind you of the Boskey Competition for three reasons–(a) I need your students to submit essays; (b) you might be right now in the midst of grading the next competition winner as we speak! and (c) we need judges … Continue reading Boskey Writing Competition
At a gathering of negotiation teachers held at Marquette late last year, we conducted an exercise which demonstrated wonderfully many different outlooks on negotiation, in a short time and a creative way. We asked all participants to write out their own definition of negotiation effectiveness – in the form of a recipe, relating to ingredients … Continue reading Just what we’ve all been waiting for: A negotiation cookbook!
From Bryan Hanson at the Werner Institute, below is a very interesting opportunity for our students: Calling all Conflict Specialists newly entering the field The Association for Conflict Resolutionis announcing the ACR “NEW VOICES- Emerging Professionals” Juried selection for featured presentation at the 2014 ACR Annual Conference Exciting New Feature of the Conference The … Continue reading ACR New Voices Competition
I went to Northern Ireland over spring break to see more about the conflict that we all study (yes, a totally geeky professor thing to do) and it was fascinating. This blog will mostly be pictures to give you a sense of the different neighborhoods around Belfast but let me start by saying that it is amazing. … Continue reading Happy Belated St. Patricks Day!
Hi all–as many of you know, the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution conducted a survey last year of its lawyer members and the results are in! The report by Gina Brown and myself can be found here. Our abstract is below: This report to the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution outlines the results of a … Continue reading ABA DR Section Survey on Gender Differences
I am delighted to share a new article from Donna Shestwosky and look forward to reading her findings! NEW STUDY REVEALS HOW PEOPLE WANT THEIR LAWSUITS RESOLVED As court systems throughout the country struggle to deliver civil justice in the face of budget cuts, a new study by a UC Davis law professor finds that … Continue reading Shestowsky on Litigation Preferences
Today’s report from Human Rights Watch and the ensuing uproar over prosecutor behavior is just the latest attack on a negotiation system that is fundamentally flawed. Human Rights Watch report here and New York Times coverage here When I studied how lawyers in general negotiate and then assessed the behavior in criminal cases (Cooperating or Caving In: … Continue reading Plea Bargaining and the Trial Penalty
