Colleagues — the University of Oregon School of Law is seeking a Program Director for our nationally ranked ADR Center. The position description is here. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like any additional information. And please forward to anyone you think might be interested. Thank you!
The Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) Journal announces its new volume, Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: In Search of a Roadmap. From the TDM publisher: TDM focuses on the forms, methods, strategies and implications of transnational dispute management: commercial and investment arbitration, mediation, negotiation, including the culture of arbitration, economic analysis and organisational and managerial techniques. … Continue reading Check out the Transnational Dispute Management Journal
Sheila Heen, co-author of Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most, is providing expert advice in a series of columns on family and other kinds of conflicts. Here’s one of my favorite passages from this week’s column — she’s explaining some of the reasons people experience conflict so differently: Emotional math. Everyone gets frustrated, … Continue reading Sheila Heen providing expert advice in the NYT
From Mohit Maheshwari, senior editor of the Indian Journal of Arbitration Law: The Indian Journal of Arbitration Law is a biannual, student-reviewed Journal by the Centre for Advanced Research and Training in Arbitration Law (CARTAL) of National Law University, Jodhpur. The Journal strives to inculcate the prevalent theories in the field of arbitration with their … Continue reading Call for papers: Indian Journal of Arbitration Law
Noam Ebner (Creighton) has posted his new article, Negotiation via (the New) Email, to SSRN. The abstract: While certainly one of the most familiar modes for online communication, email is a constantly shifting entity. This chapter explores common pitfalls encountered in negotiating via email as well as advantages the medium offers, and offers best practices … Continue reading Ebner on Negotiation via (the New) Email
The 7th Annual AALS DR Section Works-in-Progress conference starts this Thursday, November 7, at Cardozo School of Law. Many of the indisputably bloggers will be there to participate in the conference and report on the hot trends, buzzworthy developments, etc. More soon!
Liz Tippett (Oregon) has posted a short abstract outlining her new project, Mediation a la Carte: Improving the Transparency and Diversity of Mediator Styles. It is a must-read for those of us interested in the implications of the various approaches available to mediators and disputants. You can review her abstract here.
Sharon Press (Hamline) has published Court-Connected Mediation and Minorities: Has Any Progress Been Made? in the Summer 2013 issue of the Dispute Resolution Magazine, available here. Press’s article provides a wonderful summary of concerns in mediation related to minority mediators and to minorities as parties in mediation. Regarding minority mediators, Press observes: [C]ommunity mediation began … Continue reading Press on Court-Connected Mediation and Minorities
Just to close the loop on an earlier post re: the ADR amicus brief: it has been filed, and you can check out the final copy here. Many people helped with this brief, but I want to make special mention of Liz Tippett, our wonderful new ADR professor at Oregon — on top of her … Continue reading Update on amicus brief (and a special announcement)
This Spring’s Dispute Resolution Magazine is filled with great articles exploring whether and how we should regulate ADR. Among these articles is a piece by Nancy Welsh (Penn St.) and David Lipsky (Cornell) called, “‘Moving the Ball Forward’ in Consumer and Employment Dispute Resolution: What Can Planning, Talking, Listening and Breaking Bread Together Accomplish?” I … Continue reading From the Spring 2013 DR Magazine: Welsh and Lipsky
