My last blog post about the conference in Istanbul is on gender. The first conference of this project was last May in Rome, resulting in a book, Rethinking Negotiation Teaching, and a set of articles for the Negotiation Journal. One of the purposes of these conferences is to encourage, if not mandate, cross-disciplinary author teams. So, … Continue reading Gender in the Mediterranean
As I wrote about last week, I was at a negotiation conference in Istanbul where we were given assignments to actually negotiate in the Spice Market. Melissa Manwaring, who used to work with the Program on Negotiation and is now a professor at Babson College, came up with the great idea of each person from her group of … Continue reading Does the Ayres Study Work in Istanbul?
I just returned from a conference in Istanbul, which was the second of three conferences on the next generation of negotiation teaching. It was fascinating; and I will have several posts in the next few days about different pieces of it. One of the most interesting concepts behind this conference was the opportunity to take … Continue reading Adventure Learning in Turkey
In a nice shout-out for us, this blog was listed as one of the top 100 professor blogs by onlinecollege. As they write, “Online students have a lot to learn online, and you can find great knowledge from professors’ blogs. Whether they’re about science or political science, you’ll find something interesting on each of these blogs. Read … Continue reading Top 100 Professor Blogs
Last week, we were privileged to hear Professor Michael Klarman speak on Why Brown v. Board of Education Was a Hard Case. This was one of the most enjoyable and interesting talks I have heard in a long time–I highly recommend it and you can click here to get the webcast. My guess is that this … Continue reading Brown v. Board of Education as a Disputing Process Lesson
Last week I had the honor of joining my colleague Janine Geske on her regular journey to Green Bay Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison reminiscent of the prison in Shawshank Redemption. The prisoners at Green Bay run the gamut of serious crimes from sexual assault to drug distribution to armed robbery to homicide. Janine … Continue reading Go to Prison
The Works-in-Progress conference is still accepting abstracts and I want to strongly encourage everyone to think about adding this to their agenda for the fall. The announcement is below and feel free to email me with any questions: Call for Papers and Abstracts Works in Progress Conference AALS Dispute Resolution Section November 13-14, 2009 … Continue reading Works in Progress Conference at Harvard
This week, Time Magazine had a great article on haggling during the recession. (Thanks to Jerry Olivo for sending this along.) Although apparently we don’t usually negotiate retail items, the recession has encouraged plenty of shoppers to dust off those negotiation skills and try to negotiate items that are typically not open for discussion. Think you … Continue reading Recession Haggling
Finally up for air after a terrific training yesterday for our new volunteer attorney-mediators, I am delighted to announce that Marquette will be starting a Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program. You can link here for the website giving the background details (generous funding by the city and state–see the announcement by the dean here) and also to … Continue reading Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program Kickoff
I am delighted to post the following announcement from Bob Mnookin. Bob will be hosting this year’s Works-in-Progress conference at Harvard. Our first two conferences have been informative, helpful and lots of fun. I am sure that pattern will continue! Dear Colleague, I’m pleased to announce that this fall the Program on Negotiation at … Continue reading Third Annual Dispute Resolution Works-In-Progress Conference at Harvard this fall–Call for Papers
