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
As someone who studies and writes about legal ethics (which is often more like the law of lawyers instead of ethics), I find the absence of specific plaudits for exemplars in the “right direction” is glaring. To help fill this void I direct you to ethisphere.com’s list of 2010’s 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics. As … Continue reading Celebrating Those Who Do the Right Thing
In conjunction with the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference that will be in Denver on April 13-16 this year, the ABA will be hosting the National Finals of the Representation in Mediation Competition. In this competition law students play the roles of lawyers and clients in mediation and demonstrate the skills needed to … Continue reading National Finals of the Representation in Mediation Competition – Mediators and Judges Needed
From the New Yorker, where else?
