I was delighted to see that the Werner Institute at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska has announced that the deadline for submitting proposals for the 2011 AALS Works-in-Progress Conference has been extended to September 30. This will provide an opportunity for scholars who were unable to submit their proposal by the initial … Continue reading Works-in-Progress Conference–Deadline Extended →

FOI Jean Sternlight has just announced a symposium in which I expect our blog readers will be interested.  The focus is democracy in the workplace, and the symposium will be interdisciplinary in nature.  See the below call for papers for details.  As Jean notes, Las Vegas is quite nice in February! UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS WILLIAM S. … Continue reading UNLV Law School Saltman Center Call for Papers–Democracy and the Workplace →

Susan Franck has sent along this conference announcement for what looks like a really wonderful opportunity.  The Institute for Transnational Arbitration – which is one of the leading institutes for the education and promotion of international arbitration in the world – is holding its First Annual Winter Forum this February in San Francisco. As Susan writes, … Continue reading Conference at the Institute for Transnational Arbitration →

 I am delighted to post  this  guest post  courtesy of Brian Pappas: The summer of 2012 was an interesting one for our negotiator-in-chief.  On July 13th, a Politico article (“President Obama abruptly walks out of debt ceiling talks “) describes a president willing to use both integrative (collaborative) and distributive (competitive) negotiation tactics.  On the … Continue reading As Negotiator-in-Chief, Obama Needs to Better Manage his BATNA →

In a blog post today on Forbes, blogger Victoria Pynchon of She Negotiates interviews Carrie Menkel-Meadow on the debt crisis negotiations.  As Menkel-Meadow explains, the current political crisis demonstrates that where self-interest (or party-interest) dominates (if we can’t rule, we’ll ruin) negotiation seeking integrative solutions or bargaining for trades and compromises may be difficult to … Continue reading Advice to Obama from an Expert Negotiator →

This is a friendly reminder from our friends at Creighton that the Works-in-Progress Conference is still accepting submissions.  The conference, is hosted this year by The Werner Institute at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska. The WIP is a tradition started five years ago that provides a great opportunity for  ADR scholars to share current research, receive … Continue reading Reminder–Works-in-Progress Conference →

In Dallas last week, a court overturned a $22 million (!) arbitration decision because the arbitrator had failed to disclose that he had socialized with one of the lawyers.  As the Wall Street Journal law blog reported: Arbitration awards, as most litigators know, are very difficult to overturn on appeal. That’s why a Dallas appellate court’s … Continue reading Arbitrator’s Social Life Overturns Award →

This will be the last post regarding the trip from Israel (at least for now!) and I wanted to close with some of the students’ last reflections and humorous comments about the trip: Most people said I was a little crazy for heading to Israel in my first trip out of the country but what … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Closing Thoughts →

In light of yesterday’s events in Israel–Hamas launching a missile attack on an Israeli schoolbus and the Israeli response of missile attacks into Gaza–one of our speakers that we heard during our trip to Israel is particularly on point today.  How do you determine an “appropriate” response to the Hamas attack?  Here are one student’s reflections on … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Use of Force & Civilian Targets →