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Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Sanda Kaufman about Wheeler’s Art of Negotiation

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This is another 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. Sanda Kaufman suggested reading Michael A. Wheeler’s book, The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Sanda Kaufman about Wheeler’s Art of Negotiation →

Symposium Book Club – Summary of Michelle LeBaron’s Suggested Readings About Understanding Different Worldviews

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 post discusses several pieces suggested by Michelle LeBaron and begins with her summaries. Murray Stein’s short commencement speech, Stories … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Summary of Michelle LeBaron’s Suggested Readings About Understanding Different Worldviews →

Extensive Collection of Resources for Experiential Learning

Thanks to this post on the Best Practices in Legal Education blog, I learned about an impressive effort by Brian Sites (Barry University) to collect all the resources on experiential learning he could find. Here’s the link where you can download his document. You will see that he includes cites to the LEAPS Project, which … Continue reading Extensive Collection of Resources for Experiential Learning →

Symposium Book Club – Summary of Michelle LeBaron’s Articles About Culture and Negotiation Theory

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This post begins the second half 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 post discusses two pieces suggested by Michelle LeBaron and begins with her summaries. Her chapter, The … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Summary of Michelle LeBaron’s Articles About Culture and Negotiation Theory →

Big New Study on Necessary Lawyering Skills

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The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System released a new “Foundations of Practice” study based on a survey of more than 24,000 lawyers nationwide. The study identifies “foundations” that lawyers need in the short term after graduation. The following are the items that at least 85% of the respondents said were needed: … Continue reading Big New Study on Necessary Lawyering Skills →

A History Lesson in Negotiation

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When relevant to DR issues, I have noted things in our political life such as President Obama’s lectures on listening and compromise, Republican nominee Donald J. Trump’s book, The Art of the Deal, and the applicability of an arbitration clause in Gretchen Carlson’s suit against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes. In her acceptance speech … Continue reading A History Lesson in Negotiation →

Symposium Book Club – Intermission

When we started planning the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7, Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding, I thought it would be great if all the speakers would have a discussion using a common base of knowledge. So we developed a reading list based … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Intermission →

Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Adrian Borbély About Organizational Negotiation

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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. Adrian Borbély begins by describing the publications he suggested. Adrian:  This is to comment on my inclusion of three documents … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Adrian Borbély About Organizational Negotiation →

Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Chris Honeyman About Conflict Prevention

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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. Chris Honeyman suggested several readings for the symposium, which he describes as follows: Following the 2007 Honeyman et al. “Next … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Chris Honeyman About Conflict Prevention →

Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About Lande’s Framework for Advancing Negotiation Theory

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. My article, A Framework for Advancing Negotiation Theory: Implications from a Study of How Lawyers Reach Agreement in Pretrial Litigation, … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About Lande’s Framework for Advancing Negotiation Theory →