It seems that there are a lot of stories about questionable apologies in the news lately. I don’t intend to discuss all of them, but here are a few more thoughts about some of them. 21st Century Fox First, some updates about the 21st Century Fox apology. I thought it was bland but some commentators, … Continue reading Non-Apology Apologies, Part 2
I recently talked with Nancy Rogers, one of the pioneers in our field, who is living her version of what I have called “unbundled retirement.” Nancy described Ohio State’s Program on Law and Leadership, which she directs along with program coordinator Mary Rose Sullivan. I was particularly intrigued by Nancy’s description of leadership embodied in … Continue reading Training Law Students to be Leaders
This is a reminder about the student writing competition co-sponsored by the Missouri and Marquette law schools in connection with the upcoming symposium, Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel: Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. If you are teaching a negotiation or other dispute resolution course, please let your students know about this … Continue reading M&M Student Writing Competition on Negotiation
A message from Jackie Font-Guzmán: Dear ADR community, This year the Werner Institute is celebrating its 10 year anniversary and what a decade it has been! We wish to thank our ADR community for sharing this journey with us. As part of our anniversary events we will be hosting a workshop led by Deb Gerardi … Continue reading Werner Institute Celebrates Ten Years at Creighton
Brian Jarrett sent a note to mark your calendars for the Seventh Annual Cyber-Conference on Dispute Resolution, which will take place on April 12, 2017, from noon to 2:30 pm PST. The website has some basic information now and will be updated in the future. Here’s its description of the history and purpose of the … Continue reading Seventh Annual Cyber-Conference on Dispute Resolution – April 12, 2017
Rishi Batra was promoted from assistant to associate professor at Texas Tech, effective today. Congratulations, Rishi! Art does a fabulous service by publicizing the comings and goings in our community. So this is a small – and presumably non-exhaustive – supplement. If you know of someone who has been promoted, gotten tenure, or received the … Continue reading Congratulations, Rishi!
This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7: Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. This is the last post in the book club series, at least for now. It is a compilation of a … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Summary of Negotiation Frameworks
This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7: Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. Rishi Batra suggested reading Samuel Arbesman’s book, The Half Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Rishi Batra About “The Half Life of Facts”
This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7: Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. David Matz suggested a scene from the David Grossman book, To The End of the Land (English translation 2010). Here’s … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About David Grossman’s To the End of the Land
This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7: Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. David Matz suggested the book Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace (2014) by Lawrence … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About Lawrence Wright’s Thirteen Days in September
