My friend and colleague Sheila Heen, co-author of the well-known book, Difficult Conversations, just wrote a wonderful column for the New York Times, entitled Sleeping with the (Political) Enemy, all about how she and her husband John Richardson (also a negotiation and conflict resolution expert) manage to communicate about their vast political differences. I read it … Continue reading Sleeping with (or Being Related to) the Enemy
I link here to a great post from my colleague Irene Ten Cate on how the world of arbitration needs to incorporate more women–even by asking for binders of them! This is a timely concern duly noted in the latest Alternatives newsletter with an article by Laura A. Kaster and in an column in the … Continue reading Binders Full of Women Arbitrators
The international community, through a number of organizations, regularly observes elections in countries around the world. Election observation is one method of preventing election disputes from evolving into violent conflict, particularly in countries with less developed or less trusted judicial systems. The hope is that election observation by neutral outsiders will provide a peaceful forum … Continue reading Watching the Vote
The Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) at Harvard Law School is looking for a Clinical Instructor to begin a three-year term appointment on July 1, 2013. If you are interested in supervising clinical projects for HNMCP, as well as teaching on the Spring Negotiation Workshop teaching team, you can find a full job … Continue reading HNMCP seeking clinical instructor
From FOI Bryan Hanson (Creighton): October is here and Cyberweek 2012 is just a couple weeks away! Please make sure you save the dates of October 28th to November 2nd and join us online for what promises to be a wonderful week of exploration and discussion regarding online dispute resolution. Registration and information are both … Continue reading Cyberweek 2012 is almost here
This entire week we are celebrating ABA Mediation Week. Here is the ABA’s announcement of the event: Over the last few decades, the field of alternative dispute resolution has grown tremendously. The recognition that not all cases are well suited for the adversarial process and that there are multiple paths to justice is increasingly shared … Continue reading Happy Mediation Week!
From FOI Noam Ebner (Creighton): Assessing our Students, Assessing Ourselves, published this spring and unveiled at the American Bar Association’s Section on Dispute Resolution’ Spring Conference in Washington, D.C, is the third and most recent volume in the Rethinking Negotiation Teaching Project series. Edited by Noam Ebner (Creighton University), James Coben (Hamline University) and Christopher … Continue reading Ebner, Coben, and Honeyman on Assessing Students
The UN recently released its guidance for international mediators. Press release here. Formal document here. I can’t say that I’ve read it with great care. The first thing that jumped out at me was its treatment of the topic of impartiality. I would not have guessed the UN, in particular, to have been so insistent … Continue reading UN Guidance on Effective Mediation
David Larson (Hamline) and Chang Wang (Thomson Reuters) have placed Preparing To Negotiate in a Globally Diverse Environment: An Examination of Chinese and Jewish Perspectives on Truth and Lies. The abstract: What are a negotiator’s ethical and moral obligations during a negotiation? Should a negotiator be dedicated to achieving the greatest value possible for his … Continue reading Larson and Wang on Preparing To Negotiate in a Globally Diverse Environment
FOI Stacie Strong (Missouri) is serving as a Supreme Court Fellow this year in the Federal Judicial Center (FJC). She writes that applications for the fellowship are due November 30; more information here. It sounds like an incredible opportunity. Fellowships last one year and fellows work with one of four different agencies: the FJC; the … Continue reading Supreme Court Fellowship — applications due 11/30
