Thanks to Kim Wright, at Cutting Edge Law, I learned about a wonderful TED talk that David Hoffman gave: Lawyers as Peacemakers. Really?!? Yes, Really. It describes his personal journey from a hippie seeking social justice to lawyer who sometimes litigated to full-time peacemaker practicing mediation and collaborative law (CL). It is an inspiring talk, … Continue reading Fabulous TED Talk by David Hoffman on Lawyers as Peacemakers
Probably like most faculty who read this blog, at my school, we are very proud of our students (or most of them, anyway). We want to let people know of their good work, so we are highlighting some of their publications in our Journal of Dispute Resolution. I am starting with an excellent comment by … Continue reading Mashburn on Mediation in Open Adoption Cases
Thanks to folks for kind words about the series of photo albums. I realized that they are a unique community resource that I wanted to share and I’m glad that people have enjoyed the photos. Several people have offered to send me photos to post. While I was posting my photo albums, I declined because … Continue reading More photos?
My colleague, S.I. Strong, recently circulated on the DRLE listserv a link to a survey conducted in 2015 for the National Center for State Courts. The survey involved a nationwide random sample of 1000 members of the public (actually registered voters). This is a very respectable sample, especially considering that the reported findings are very … Continue reading Compared to What?
All good things must come to an end. So it is with this series of photo albums. This will be a loss for some of you (and you know who you are), but hopefully you can find some good grief counseling. This album is from a smorgasbord of events, starting (or really ending) with a … Continue reading Photo Album – 20th Century Plus
Here’s an album with a few shots from the ABA SDR conference in Seattle, visits by Bruce Patton and Donna Stienstrato Missouri. Jim Alfini, Lela Love, Kitty Atkins, Jim Coben, Hal Abramson, Gina Brown, Linda Morton, Tom Barton Ron Kelly, Ellen Miller John Lande, Jackie Nolan-Haley, Bobbi McAdoo, Gary Weiner, ?, Hal Abramson Len Riskin, … Continue reading Photo Album – 2002
As promised, this album has lots of shots. It includes photos from the AALS meeting in Washington DC in January, the ABA conference in San Antonio, a symposium at Dickinson Law School in April, an AFCC conference in Ottawa in May, and the ACR conference in Orlando in October. I took a road trip out … Continue reading Photo Album – 2003
From my colleague, S.I. Strong: I wanted to let you know that Young OGEMID (a listserve for junior specialists in international arbitration) is holding its third “virtual” symposium, this time on evidence in international arbitration. Virtual symposia are conducted entirely by email, so you can follow it as closely as you want (or not), and … Continue reading Virtual Symposium on Evidence in International Arbitration
This photo album is relatively small but I will make up for it in the 2003 album. This includes shots from the ABA SDR conference in New York City as well as a shot from a Cardozo symposium in NYC on what I call the “phenomenon known as the vanishing trial” in December. Peter Adler … Continue reading Photo Album – 2004
This album includes photos from the Council meeting of the ABA SDR in Salt Lake City and conference in LA. It also includes a few shots from a symposium that Julie Macfarlane and Bernie Mayer organized in Boulder, Colorado in February as well as a symposium that Donna Stienstra organized for the Federal Judicial Center … Continue reading Photo Album – 2005
