This year we were able to meet with two different former Israeli Supreme Court Justices–at the beginning and at the end of the trip–which provided great bookends to our week of learning. Student Celeste Borjas reflects on the visit to the Supreme Court… On our last day in Jerusalem we were able to tour the … Continue reading Israel Reflections 2017–The Israeli Supreme Court
With great delight and without the least surprise, word came earlier this week that both Liz Tippett and Erik Girvan have received tenure at the University of Oregon School of Law. Soon-to-be Associate Professor Liz Tippett is a Negotiation scholar, among other things, and she is co-faculty director of Oregon’s Conflict and Dispute Resolution Master’s … Continue reading Congratulations to Newly Tenured Faculty
The first two parts of this series describe President Trump’s recent problems in negotiation, here and here. In the continuing media analysis of his negotiation skills (or lack thereof), USA Today’s Jill Lawrence writes that he is a “nightmare negotiating partner.” Ms. Lawrence, the author of The Art of the Political Deal, says, “The only … Continue reading President Trump’s Negotiation Skills (or Lack Thereof) – Part 3
As we did the last trip, we visited with Lydia Aisenberg at Givat Haviva to understand the peacebuilding work that the kibbutz did. (More about that here.) And we also walked into the town of Barta’a–divided once by the green line in 1949 and again with the security fence a few years ago. Student Lauren … Continue reading Israel Reflections 2017–The Divided Town of Barta’a
Continuing my tradition, I took photos of folks at the recent ABA Section of Dispute Resolution conference in San Francisco. You can click here to see the photo collections I previously posted, along with an explanation of what they represent. Below, in no particular order, are pictures from this latest conference, which are limited to … Continue reading Photo Album – 2017 ABA SDR Conference
I recently posted one item focusing on President Trump’s approach to negotiation generally, using Mexico as an example of a negotiation partner, and another one analyzing his approach to dealing with North Korea. MFOI Elayne Greenberg pointed me to an article on the BBC website discussing the approach of another world leader, Pope Francis. He … Continue reading An Alternative Approach to International Negotiation
This trip we added a few new places and this was one of them. As student Jessica Lothman reflects, this particular bridge was filled with history, symbolism, and hope. Bridging Time and Space: The Gravity of Old Gesher Einstein put forth his theory of relativity in 1915 having determined that massive objects cause a distortion … Continue reading Israel Reflections 2017–Old Gesher (the Crossing into Jordan)
This adds to my recent post where I cited news accounts of how Mr. Trump’s negotiation gambits about building a border wall and withdrawing from NAFTA are backfiring with Mexico. Mexican officials interpreted his threats as bluffs and hardened their positions – the opposite of Mr. Trump’s goals in the negotiations. The problem of taking … Continue reading President Trump’s Negotiation Skills (or Lack Thereof) – Part 2
Andrea was kind enough to forward me a copy of her acceptance speech from Saturday. As you might expect it was inclusive, clever and funny. If you had to leave early and missed the luncheon, the text is included below. Make sure you read it in Andrea’s voice to get the full effect! Andrea Schneider: … Continue reading In case you missed it…Text of Andrea Schneider’s Award Acceptance Speech
IMG_0053Last week at the ABA DR Annual meeting, Professor Andrea Schneider received the ABA award for Outstanding Scholarly Work. She gave an excellent speech at the LEC luncheon and I’m hoping she will share it on the blog. I solicited some creativity here several posts ago for her Friday night gathering. Natalie Fleury stole the show … Continue reading Honoring Andrea Schneider at the ABA Dr conference in verse and song
