This blog post below was written by Mykil Bachoian, an ASU student who was on the Israel trip, recalling his experience while there. He’s the tall one in the back row. My trip to Israel with Art and Andrea was the most educational and inspirational trip abroad that I have ever experienced. In just a week’s time, … Continue reading Reflections on Israel
Note: This post was written on Friday morning at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, but wasn’t posted b/c of poor internet connections there and at the Newark Airport. As you’ll recall from Andrea’s post last night, we were optimistic about our plane taking off and the state of Israel-Palestine negotiations. As a reward … Continue reading Optimism is Complicated . . . The Israel Not So Live Blog
We’re about halfway through our trip, and I have to say that’s it’s been great so far and live blogging has been more challenging than anticipated as we’ve been on the go so much that there’s not as much time or wifi access as I had anticipated. That said, we’ll certainly do some post trip … Continue reading Mid Trip Reactions – the Israel Live Blog Cont’d
Last night we had a riveting lecture by two members of the restorative justice organization known as the Parents’ Circle. Ali, a Palestinian, and Robbi, an Israeli Jew, both have had family members killed in the greater conflict and both told the stories of their respective deaths. Ali’s brother, who was his only caretaker when … Continue reading The Parents’ Circle – the Israel Live Blog Cont’d
If Israel had a relationship status on Facebook, that’s what it would be – at least according to our speaker s yesterday. The three of them must have described the Palestinian-Israel issue in those two words a dozen times or more. Of course, it is an extremely complex problem. One aspect our guides walked us … Continue reading It’s Complicated . . .
Andrea, Natalie Fleury (Marquette DR Program goddess) and I are in Jersusalem taking part in a joint Marquette -ASU spring break trip to study conflict issues at a variety of levels here in the Israel. We have 30 students with us and are looking forward to our various excersions and we’re planning to blog about them. … Continue reading Conflict Resolution in the Holy Land – the Live Blog
Stacie Strong from Missouri sends along the following call for papers for a symposium entitled Border Skirmishes: The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration. Note that the relevant links are in the announcement’s text. —————————– The Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri School of Law has put out a call … Continue reading Call for Papers – Border Skirmishes: The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration
Ben Davis at the University Toledo sent these thougths on Ohio Senate Bill 5 out on the AALS list serv last week. His concerns at the end of this post were sent to me via email. – – – – – – – – For all of you following the developments with regard to Public Sector Employees … Continue reading Ben Davis on Ohio Senate Bill 5
If you’re a big-time football fan you know that the National Football League is in the midst of a collective bargaining crisis. The collectcive bargaining agreement (CBA) between the players’ union and the league expires tonight at midnight eastern which puts the fall’s season in jeopardy. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is currently mediating the … Continue reading The NFL’s Labor Negotiation – Seriously !?!?
That’s right, come and join the fun at ASU. Below is a shortened version of the official announcement. Please note that the application deadline for both of these positions is quickly approaching – March 15th. The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University is looking to hire two Faculty Associates to work on foreclosure … Continue reading Faculty Associate Positions at Arizona State
