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
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
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
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
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
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
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 summarizes four classic publications about problem-solving negotiation. Getting to Yes Everyone in our field knows about Getting to … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Summary of Classics on Interest-Based Negotiation
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 Howard Raiffa’s book, The Art and Science of Negotiation: How to Resolve Conflicts and Get the … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Sanda Kaufman about Raiffa’s Art and Science of Negotiation
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. John: Sanda, I just read much of Schelling’s Strategy of Conflict (1960). Before I talk about the negotiation and dispute … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Sanda Kaufman About Schelling’s Strategy of Conflict
GFOI Bernie Mayer has a wonderful blog, Staying with Conflict – the Election Edition 2016. Our political discourse is a far cry from what we learned in high school civics class. Past elections have displayed serious problems of misrepresentation, fearmongering, and evasion of serious discussion of critical issues. But it is so much worse this … Continue reading Bernie Mayer’s Great Blog – Staying with Conflict During this Crazy Election
