Last weekend, we hosted a truly special gathering of scholars and practitioners in the area of media, journalism, international relations, communications, psychology, law and dispute resolution. I will be blogging a few more times about the conference, abstracts, and upcoming Marquette Law Review on the symposium but wanted, for now, to post a couple responses … Continue reading International Media & Conflict Resolution Conference
Last week, I taught about successive conflicts in my ethics class and there could be no better timing than the Fish & Richardson case to explain the hot potato scenario. The “hot potato doctrine” means that firms are generally prohibited from dropping smaller clients (like hot potatoes) in order to pick up more lucrative clients. … Continue reading Hot Potato Conflicts
Earlier this month, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, for crimes against humanity and war crimes connected with Darfur. The warrant raises again the timeless question of peace versus justice. (See articles by Marquette visiting professor Lisa Laplante on outlawing amnesty and me on balancing … Continue reading Using Indictment as a Negotiation Tactic
As we continue to deal with the likes of Bernie Madoff and other swindlers who have lost millions of dollars for their investors, perhaps Elie Wiesel has a good idea on how to punish all of them. Holocaust survivor, human rights activist and author Elie Wiesel lost his entire life savings with Madoff. His charity, the … Continue reading Restorative Justice for Bernie Madoff?
Dear all, I am delighted to be hosting a great interdisciplinary conference next month on how conflict can be affected by the media–good, bad or otherwise. I’ve embedded the evite here so that you can click to see the program. Feel free to forward or share with anyone who might be interested. We would be … Continue reading International Media & Conflict Conference
I just received this notice from the ABA and thought that they are offering a great service so I wanted to pass this along. The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Ethics Committee has created a national clearinghouse for mediator ethics opinions and decisions. The clearinghouse provides a searchable database with hundreds of opinions on mediator … Continue reading Mediator Ethics Opinions
Hi folks. A few weeks ago I taught an inter-session course at Hamline about Cooperative Practice and had a blast. I posted the syllabus on our website, Cooperative Practice: A New Technique to Negotiate Cases Successfully, which you can access by clicking on the title (if you email hasn’t stripped the coding) or by … Continue reading Cooperative Practice by John Lande
So in the glory of my team winning for the Super Bowl, I have been reflecting again on how sports teams operate in the modern era. It really is approved warfare–with war paint, team colors, and adrenaline all included. Sports allows you to be part of a group–and scream loudly about your superiority–in a way that is socially … Continue reading Steelers Rock (and You Don’t)
At AALS in early January, a number of us were on a panel musing about the future of dispute resolution writ large and then the impact that technology and other changes were going to have on legal education. This is John’s follow-up to that panel and I invite you to use the comments to expand … Continue reading The Future of DR Legal Education from John Lande
Yesterday evening, John Lande sent around the following email on the AALS listserve: Doug Yarn has a desperate need for “outlandish mediation techniques” that worked. If you can help, please let him know as soon as possible — email him at dyarn@langate.gsu.edu This got me thinking–first, if you do have any good ideas and you … Continue reading Outlandish Mediation Techniques?
