Consider this a reminder that proposals to host next year’s AALS ADR Section’s Works-in-Progress Conference are due tomorrow, October 31st.  All of the details for submitting a proposal can be found here.

A good friend of mine is a journalist in Afghanistan who was in the Hotel Serna in Kabul this morning when it was hit by mortar.  You can read her account at: http://www.globalpost.com/notebook/afghanistan/091028/the-unexpected-hazards-life-war-zone.  The New York Times reported that attack and the deadly attack that same morning by the Taliban at a UN guest house … Continue reading Should we negotiate with the Taliban? →

This past weekend I facilitated a meeting of the Arizona Foreclosure Mediation Task Force, and I have to admit that I did not understand the extent of the foreclosure crisis in Arizona and across the country.  One thing that struck me is that this problem is so big in scope.  For example, someone threw out … Continue reading Foreclosure Mediation – How Helpful Is It? →

Cardozo Law School’s Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution is hosting its Eleventh Annual Symposium, entitled, Conflict Resolution at Work: ADR in the Public and Private Sectors, on Thursday, November 5th, 2009.  This event will have panel discussions focusing on the practical application of ADR in the fields of health care, real estate, and government.  See www.cardozojcr.com, for … Continue reading Annual Cardozo ADR Symposium →

The 12th Annual ODR Cyberweek is coming up next week and, as part of the festivities, the ABA’s Section of Dispute Resolution is sponsoring two activities that sound very interesting.  The announcement, in its entirety, is below. * * * * * * * * * * * The Committee on Ethics of the American … Continue reading 12th Annual ODR Cyberweek – October 26-30 →

I just returned from a conference in Istanbul, which was the second of three conferences on the next generation of negotiation teaching.  It was fascinating; and I will have several posts in the next few days about different pieces of it.  One of the most interesting concepts behind this conference was the opportunity to take … Continue reading Adventure Learning in Turkey →

NPR’s evening show All Things Considered aired a piece this evening discussing the use of rape as a weapon of terror and intimidation during warfare in several recent global hotspots.  As many readers of this blog know, this is not a recent phenomenon – anyone recall the Rape of the Sabine Women?  Despite the fact … Continue reading Secretary of State Clinton: More Women Needed in International Mediation Efforts →

Kudos to ADR Professor Lela Love (Cardozo) for winning the Frontline Champion Award at last week’s Mediation Settlement Day celebration (October 15, 2009), an annual event co-sponsored by FINRA Dispute Resolution, The New York State Unified Court System, alternative dispute resolution programs, bar associations, community based programs, schools, public and non-profit organizations concentrated in the New … Continue reading Frontline Champion Award to Professor Lela Love →

Yesterday, according to this New York Times article, at a New York Knicks exhibition game at Madison Square Garden against Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv, a rabbi utilized conflict resolution techniques to convince the Maccabi team’s coach to leave the floor after being ejected by the referee for challenging a call (it was the coach’s second technical foul of … Continue reading Only in New York… →

I wanted to add a general thought about dispute resolution in bankruptcy to conclude my reflections on our “ADR Meets Bankruptcy” conference.  This is something that came out in a conversation I had with Elayne Greenberg after the conference.  One of the most striking things about bankruptcy for the uninitiated is the extent to which … Continue reading ADR Meets Bankruptcy – Final Thoughts →