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 →

As followers of the blog know, one of the high points of our trip to Israel was dinner with Justice Aharon Barak and his wife Judge Elika Barak.  We were also joined by their daughter, Tamar, who is a mediator.  Interestingly from the dispute resolution perspective, Justice Barak was the judge who brought mediation to Israel … Continue reading Israel Reflections: Dinner with the Baraks →

In the next few days, I will post several blogs compiled of postings from my students who were asked this week to reflect on what they learned from the trip to Israel (earlier posts on our trip can be found on the blog starting here).  I’ll start tonight with  third-year student Katie Bricco’s overall take on … Continue reading Israel Reflections & Lessons: The Cycle of Violence & Fear →