For those of you who don’t live in the Colorado River watershed, you might not know much about the Colorado River Compact and the negotiations among the watershed’s 7 states to divide the river’s water.  In 1922 the 7 states negotiated the Compact “to provide for the equitable division and apportionment of the use of … Continue reading JB Hamby, California’s Top Water Negotiator →

Last week the annual SEALS Conference took place in steamy Boca Raton, Florida. This conference is a great way to transition into the new academic year and to catch up with DR colleagues and friends. Andrea Schneider and I (missed you Sarah Cole!) were able to host a discussion group on our next project tentatively … Continue reading Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Next Generation – Report from the SEALS Conference →

Indisputably contributors Andrea Schneider, Sarah Cole, and I are at it again beginning work on Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Next Generation, the 2nd book in the Discussions in Dispute Resolution series (order the first one here or here).  The book will be a commentary on 16 essential ADR articles for the years 2000-2009, and … Continue reading Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Next Generation →

Carrie Menkel-Meadow (UC-Irvine) has asked us to post the following letter/message regarding the Negotiation Journal at Harvard’s PON.  Kind of ironic in light of Harvard’s # 1 ranking in the USNews ADR Specialty Rankings. Dear Colleagues and Friends: It was so good to see so many of you in person at ABA-DR Annual Meeting in … Continue reading The Negotiation Journal at Harvard is in REAL Danger →

Jen Robbennolt, Jessie Bregant, and Verity Winship have been commenting on the Fox/Dominion settlement, linking it to their recent work on how the public perceives and understands settlement.  They suggest that for all that is notable about the settlement, including the record-breaking dollar amount, its non-acknowledgement acknowledgement, and its implications for media and democracy, public … Continue reading Robbennolt, Bregant, and Winship on the Fox/Dominion Settlement →

This year the USNews rankings came out with little fanfare, or the fanfare was that they were on the cusp of being released and then weren’t for 6 weeks or more as they corrected their data.  And once they did come out, it seemed that no one noticed.  But others did notice, most notably Tax … Continue reading 2024 USNews ADR Specialty Rankings →

You may have read Rishi Batra’s (St. Mary’s) recent recap of the national round of the Representation in Mediation Competition a few weeks ago on this blog.  As Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story. . . .” On the Thursday before the weekend of nationals, one of the … Continue reading Shout out to A.J. Bellido de Luna (St.Mary’s) →

For the past several years, Roselle Wissler (Arizona State) and I have been reporting findings about the early stages of mediation from online survey data collected (pre-pandemic) from over 1000 private and court-based mediators in 8 states across the country. Our latest article from this data set, Mediators’ Views of What Can Be Achieved Better … Continue reading Getting off to A Good Start – Empirical Findings on the Early Stages of Mediation →

Rishi Batra (St. Mary’s) kindly provides us with a run-down of last weekend’s National Finals Round of the ABA Representation in Mediation Competition.  Thanks to Rishi, A.J. Bellido de Luna, the competition committee, and the entire team at St. Mary’s for doing a great job running the competition.  And, congratulations to all who made it … Continue reading 2023 ABA Representation in Mediation Competition – National Finals Round →

Bill Richardson – current hostage negotiator and former US Ambassador the United Nations, US Secretary of Energy, Member of Congress, and Governor of New Mexico (Wikipedia page here) – will deliver the Meyerson Lecture on Tuesday March 14th at 7pm PT at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.  If you … Continue reading Bill Richardson to deliver the Bruce E. Meyerson Lecture at Arizona State – updated w/ video →