“Truth isn’t truth.” So said Rudy Giuliani when explaining why his client, the president, should avoid participating in an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. He rejected the argument that his client didn’t have to worry about this even though he would tell the truth because Mr. Mueller may have a different “version of the … Continue reading What’s the Truth?
Every year I do my best to keep track of faculty moves and other items of note for posting at the beginning of the academic year to spread the news. We’re light on moves this year – none (really?) – but there are several prominent visitors and some interesting openings for next year. And scroll … Continue reading Comings, Goings, and Other Milestones – 2018 edition (updated)
For those of us who could not attend the SEALS Conference this year, our friend Rishi Batra (Texas Tech) was kind enough to prepare a nice summary of the very interesting discussion group titled the Future of ADR Scholarship. What a great panel and discussion. Enjoy, and thanks Rishi ! In a wide ranging and … Continue reading The Future of ADR Scholarship
The following is from my dear colleague, Michael Green: As a member of the faculty appointments committee at Texas A&M School of Law identified to serve as a main point of contact in the particular area of dispute resolution, I am happy to report that we have a potential opening this year as part of … Continue reading Texas A&M is hiring (yes, really!)
From TFOI Elayne Greenberg: The Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution at St. John’s School of Law and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) invite you to participate in the tenth annual Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon, a competition of competence in the dispute resolution field. The Triathlon is the first and only competition to include negotiation, … Continue reading Tenth Annual Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon
Summarizing Bill Drake’s career is a task poorly suited for a blog post. He was a pioneer in creating integrated approaches to conflict and dispute systems, with a particular focus early in his career on city-level initiatives. He helped to run NIDR early on. He advised ACCORD. He ran the Western Justice Center Foundation. And … Continue reading Bill Drake (1944 – 2018): The Passing of an ADR Pioneer
Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former Trump White House aide, just published a tell-all book and the Trump campaign filed an arbitration action alleging that she broke a 2016 confidentiality agreement. According to this Washington Post article, “Initially, [White House Counsel Donald] McGahn told Trump he would not draft or give aides the [non-disclosure agreements] because … Continue reading Use of Arbitration Agreement to Silence Omarosa
John Oliver recently devoted time on Last Week Tonight to looking at US prosecutors. Oliver discussed plea bargaining, the pressure put on defendants to accept plea deals, and prosecutorial hard bargaining tactics. There is nothing new here, but it is a nicely done piece (especially if you don’t mind the F-word being used liberally). If … Continue reading Prosecutors, power, and humor…
The Stone Soup Project developed an extensive set of materials for faculty to help their students get a better understanding of the real world of practice. This post collects links to these materials in one place so that faculty can easily include a Stone Soup assignment in a wide range of courses. Although these materials … Continue reading Collected Stone Soup Resources
Announcement yesterday from Harvard Law School that Rachel Viscomi has been appointed as an assistant clinical professor of law. She will also direct Harvard’s Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program. Full press release at (https://today.law.harvard.edu/rachel-viscomi-named-assistant-clinical-professor-law/). Rachel’s energy is hard to capture in a blog post, but I suspect that anyone reading this doesn’t need for me … Continue reading Rachel Viscomi, Harvard Assistant Clinical Professor
