In honor of the RJ conference that Marquette is hosting today (link here for the agenda on clergy abuse and healing) I thought I would post several student reflections on our meeting with the restorative justice group Parent’s Circle when we were in Jerusalem. The Parent’s Circle is a group of bereaved family members on … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Restorative Justice
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
On our second day in Jerusalem, one of our speakers said this. At the time, it sounded a bit trite to me–how can we hate something and be grateful for it at the same time? We had just spent the afternoon with a guide from Ir Amin, a group that tracks the development of Jerusalem … Continue reading I Hate the Fence…Thank God for the Fence
Well, Art and I are sitting at the airport with a little time to blog since the plane is delayed. I can’t believe that we are already on the way home. As Art has blogged already (and we will blog more about different speakers), this trip has been so very full. We are returning home … Continue reading It’s Still Complicated . . . . The Israel Live Blog Cont’d
As we proceed to recall elections for numerous state senators and now robo-calls from the Koch-funded group “Americans for Prosperity”, life continues to be interesting. Definitely warming up the winter! I was interviewed last week by our local news on a clip seen here and, while I wish I was given more than 20 minutes to … Continue reading More from Wisconsin
I don’t have anything new to say about what’s going on this week in Wisconsin–manuevers continue, it’s all very interesting. But Jon Stewart last night was hilarious so I am linking to his take on Wisconsin in which he points out that not only is Governor Walker trying to take away benefits but then prevent … Continue reading Crisis in Dairyland–Or Why We are Not Tunisia
Or so the New York Times refers to my lovely state of Wisconsin…(You can read more about what’s going on here.) Wow! The images of protests taking over the state capital are gripping (and a particularly riveting way for our schoolchildren to learn about labor rights as their teachers march either in Madison or in … Continue reading The Tunisia of Collective Bargaining Rights?
Russell Korobkin and I have been batting around ideas for how to teach multiparty negotiations–both new cases and particularly pedagogical ideas–and we are looking for some additional input and advice. So this is a call to those of you who have ideas, have taught multiparty negotiations as part of your class or separately, and are willing … Continue reading Teaching Multiparty Negotiations
I wish I could take credit for that title, but that lovely phrase above is the title of a new book by Victoria Pynchon with the full title of A is for Asshole: The Grownup’s ABCs of Conflict Resolution . The rest of the book is just as funny as the title with witty chapters … Continue reading A is for Asshole, no seriously
