I was listening to a great story this morning on NPR which described an interesting experiment.  In his book How We Decide, and in a recent Wall Street Journal article, Jonah Lehrer writes about an experiment by Stanford University professor Baba Shiv, who collected several dozen undergraduates and divided them into two groups. In the WSJ … Continue reading Chocolate Cake v. Fruit–Or Why Get Emotional During “Rational” Negotiations →

Although the New York State Bar Association has now changed it planned panel for the upcoming meeting next week, this is still a doozy.  Here is Bridget Crawford from the Feminist Law Prof blog last week: The Committee on Women in the Law is sponsoring a program called “Weathering Tough Times: Strategic Planning for Your Practice.” The … Continue reading The New York State Bar’s Approach to Teaching Women Communication Skills–Are You Kidding Me? →

Yes…and they should!  Coming back from the WIP conference this past November at Harvard, one of the most interesting conversations was a late night one between several professors—men & women—about teaching gender in a negotiation class.  Now that the new semester is starting up, I wanted to bring this topic up again.  As others have … Continue reading Can Guys Teach Gender? →

Because I was screaming so much at the television yesterday during the Steelers-Packers game….  It was hard to outscream my three boys but I am proud to say that I am up to the task (my students would not doubt this ability).  Following up on my post from last February on football mania, there is definitely something … Continue reading I Can’t Speak →

Melissa Manwaring asked me to post a brief announcement regarding the great “On Teaching” columns in the Negotiation Journal.  I often find these columns incredibly helpful so I hope that some of us take her up on the offer below: Negotiation Journal (published by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and Blackwell Publishing) … Continue reading Negotiation Journal Seeks Submissions →

Last week’s coverage of the pending purchase of NBC by cable giant Comcast reminded me of Jamie Moffitt’s paper presented at the Works in Progress conference last month.  Jamie’s article, entitled Merging in the Shadow of the Law: Why Judicial Efficiency Analysis Matters examines current judicial interpretation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act through the lens of … Continue reading Is NBC Bargaining in the Shadow of Fuzzy Antitrust Law? →

This blog posting is brought to us by Professor Sean Nolon at the University of Vermont who told this story to me at the WIP Conference… A few days back, my two young boys, who are 5 and 7, gave me a great interaction to use in my Environmental Dispute Resolution course.  It builds on … Continue reading Of Oranges and Liner Posts →

At the Works in Progress conference last weekend, amidst much animated discussion on arbitration, Bob Mnookin took any takers with a bet that the Supreme Court will rule that interlocutory appeals from a class action certification are permitted.  Dwight Golann argued that the Supreme Court will follow Hall St and rule that these interlocutory appeals are not permitted.  … Continue reading Arbitration Betting →