Geoff Sharp, a mediator from New Zealand, is the mind behind Mediator blah…blah. I still have that blog site bookmarked, even though Geoff shut it down a long time ago. It was one of the best, smartest, most insightful mediation sites around, in my opinion. I miss it. If you didn’t catch it the first … Continue reading Geoff Sharp is back in the ADR blogosphere
Just a short note that most of the contributors to this blog will be in San Francisco for the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference the rest of the week. Our blog may be a little slow this week, but once we get back many of us will comment on the various sessions that we think were interesting. … Continue reading See you in San Francisco
John Lande, one of the panelists on the first shoptalk session during the Legal Educators’ Colloquium, sent this preview via the AALS ADR Section list-serv this morning. I post it here for those ADR Prawfs who have yet to sign up for the list-serv. Michael Moffitt, Jean Sternlight, Nancy Welsh and I want to give a preview of … Continue reading Talkin’ Shop at the ABA DR Section Conference
I am very sorry to report that one of the most influential supporters of mediation in Ohio, Chief Justice Moyer, died unexpectedly today. I will miss him as a person and as a leader in the dispute resolution movement (he was a moving force behind the development of the Uniform Mediation Act and the Ohio … Continue reading Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, Champion of Mediation, Dies Unexpectedly Today
The Virginia Legislature did not pass the restorative justice bill, SB 679, during this legislative session. As I reported on Indisputably in January, the bill would have given formal structure to restorative justice programs in Virginia and would have specifically allowed a judge to order an offender into a restorative justice program. The story of … Continue reading Next Year in Virginia?
For those of you heading to the ABA DR Section Conference in San Francisco next week, I encourage you to participate in the Legal Educators Colloquium (LEC) – the portion of the conference specifically dedicated to ADR Profs. The entire lineup of presentations is available here. You can’t go wrong with any of them. I also … Continue reading Legal Educators Colloquium – ABA DR Section Conference
I got an email earlier this week from Susan Raines at Kennesaw State University, with an announcement that their PhD program in International Conflict Management is accepting applicants. Program website here: http://phd.hss.kennesaw.edu/ I don’t know much about their program. And unless I’m mistaken, it’s new enough that I shouldn’t feel badly about that particular aspect … Continue reading PhD in International Conflict Management
The ubiquitous Bob Mnookin was interviewed on NPR’s the Diane Rehm Show this morning. Go here for the show and scroll down to the 11am heading for the link to listen. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the show, it’s an hour long interview with emails and calls during the last 15 minutes or so. Naturally he’s discussing … Continue reading Mnookin interviewed on the Diane Rehm Show
I am linking here to an article last week discussing how mediation is more and more prevalent in dealing with elder law issues. Lovely to see this discussed in the Wall Street Journal and explained quite well. Hat tip to my assistant Carrie for sending me the article!
I’m an Associate Dean. My life during this season is dominated by creating, defending, adjusting, and then defending again a complex academic calendar. The unworkable puzzle created by several dozen faculty members’ teaching preferences (not all of which are articulated until after they see something that fails to satisfy one or more of their interests) … Continue reading Course Scheduling as a Multi-Party Negotiation
