Once in a while a job posting in the ADR world catches our eye. That’s the case here, and it is a big one – the Executive Director of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section. Part of the job posting is below, but go here for the full posting. As I mentioned earlier, Kim Knight is stepping down for a position at … Continue reading Want to Head up the ABA Dispute Resolution Section?
Kim Knight, the Executive Director of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section, has resigned her post to take a position with the AARP. Having worked with her the last few years, I can say that she will definitely be missed. Good luck Kim !! Here’s the announcement sent out by Wayne Thorpe, the Section’s President. Our Section … Continue reading Kim Knight Stepping Down at the ABA DR Section
In my earlier post about Charles Craver’s most recent article, I find myself in agreement with most of what he says including his description of WIN-win negotiators. But there must be something that I disagree with him about, and that is true. Craver claims that comment 2 to Rule 4.1 “unequivocally acknowledges” that settlement intentions … Continue reading Negotiation Ethics for Real World Interactions (Part II)
That is the title of Charlie Craver’s article in the most recent edition of the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution. And yes, it’s about my favorite topic these days, negotiation ethics. Craver comes from the realpolitik school of negotiation, and if you didn’t already know this, his article makes that quite clear. I like this … Continue reading Negotiation Ethics for Real World Interactions
Monday August 30th is the deadline to respond to the RFP for the ABA DR Section Conference in Denver on April 13-16, 2011. My original post announcing the RFP w/ a link to the announcement and submission web site can be accessed here. If you’re like me, you’ll be getting your proposal(s) in at the wire. 🙂
The AALS Dispute Resolution Section’s Executive Committee is seeking a host for the 5th Annual Works-in-Progress Conference to take place in the fall of 2011. The RFP is in its entirety below. And don’t forget that this year’s WIP Conference will be taking place at the University of Oregon School of Law and promises to be … Continue reading Request for Proposals – 2011 AALS ADR Section Works-in-Progress Conference
Today is the first day of Orientation for our incoming 1Ls, and it gives me time to reflect on the faculty roster changes in the ADR field. Here are those that I’ve been able to come up with so far. If I have missed one that you know about, please list that change in the comments below. Good luck … Continue reading ADR Faculty Roster Changes
Kent Syverud, Dean of the Washington University School of Law, has been named one of two trustees for the $20 billion Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust. As trustee, Dean Syverud will be administering the trust, which presumably means he’ll be signing off on the paying of monies that Kenneth Feinberg and his group award to spill victims. … Continue reading Kent Syverud named BP Fund Trustee
I got my copy of the ABA Journal today with it’s list of the 25 greatest fictional lawyers, excluding Atticus Finch. This kind of frivolity is good for competing with People Magazine for airplane reading, but not much else. Later in the magazine, the Journal makes up for that by listing the 2010 ABA Award … Continue reading Kudos to the ABA Journal
Last week I asked this question on the AALS list-serv: I’ve been using many of the same role-play scenarios in my Negotiation class for years and all of them have a ZOPA in there somewhere. I’ve found that the students get trained to expect there to always be a deal there, which in some ways … Continue reading Negotiation Scenarios Where No Deal is the Best Result
