Sarah, Art, and Andrea organized a series of four sessions at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) conference two weeks ago. Each session involved discussion of four classic articles in our field written before 2000. This will lead to a book with short commentaries, including some by the authors of the original articles. It … Continue reading Photo Album – SEALS Conference 2017
We very much welcome people’s comments on our blog. Alas, we have gotten swamped by a deluge of spam comments lately, which are channeled directly into the trash folder. Unfortunately, this causes some legitimate comments to go in the trash too. In the past, we could sort the wheat and the chaff in the trash, … Continue reading Comments on the Blog
From my colleague, S.I. Strong: The Journal of Dispute Resolution has just issued an expedited call for papers relating to a “virtual symposium” that will be published in its next issue. One of the contributors has dropped out at the very last minute, leaving one slot open for a paper in the 10-15 page range (though slightly longer … Continue reading Call for Short, Quick Article on Dispute Resolution and Political Polarization
Today’s edition features Bob Dauber’s (Arizona State) assessment of the negotiation course he taught this summer and plans for his evidence course this fall. Evidence Course Bob wrote, “I recently started teaching evidence in the fall semester. I usually have over 90 students in that class, and I offer them an extra credit assignment: … Continue reading Stone Soup Assessments & Assignments: Bob Dauber’s Negotiation and Evidence Courses
The Stone Soup Project is not only about developing and sharing knowledge about actual dispute resolution practice, but also sharing knowledge about Stone Soup pedagogical techniques. In that spirit, we have asked faculty using Stone Soup assignments and activities to share assessments of their experiences as well as plans for the future. This is … Continue reading Stone Soup Assessments & Assignments: Rafael Gely’s Negotiation Course and Charity Scott’s Negotiation and Mediation Courses
The fall semester will start soon and you may be working on your plans. So here’s a reminder of all the fabulous resources that GFOIs Sharon Press and Bobbi McAdoo have compiled from their annual resource share at the ABA conference. Here are a few readings you might want to include in your courses. Happy … Continue reading Teaching Resources
We often miss opportunities to generate and share knowledge about actual practice from student competitions and CLE programs. This post in the mini-course suggests some ways to get more benefit from these activities. When I have judged student skills competitions at my school, typically one or both of the other judges in my “panel” were … Continue reading Stone Soup Mini-Course: Getting the Most Out of Competitions and CLEs
Faculty have multiple options for fulfilling the fundamental goal of the Stone Soup Project to produce and use valuable qualitative data in their courses about actual dispute resolution practice, including: Assigning students to conduct interviews and write reports about entire cases. Assigning students to conduct interviews and write reports about smaller aspects of cases instead … Continue reading Stone Soup Mini-Course: Designing Course Assignments
In this mini-course so far, we have noted that qualitative research can be cool and insightful, learning can be more fun, and there are tons of things that you might want to know and you want your students to know. Today, we will consider how to frame questions to get the most valid possible information … Continue reading Stone Soup Mini-Course: Good Questions
Do you remember when you were a kid, bursting with curiosity about how and why things worked they way they do? If you’re a parent, grandparent, or other person in close contact with young children, you don’t have to go that far back to remember their intense wonderment. Woody Guthrie wrote a song about this, … Continue reading Stone Soup Mini-course: What Do You Want To Know?
