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 →

Over the weekend Bob Bordone at Harvard sent out an email announcing that its Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program is accepting applications for a new Clinical Fellow and Lecturer on Law position.  The fellowship is a two year commitment beginning on July 1, 2010.  A job description as well as instructions for applying for the … Continue reading Clinical Fellow and Lecturer on Law – Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program →

I’ve been discussing ADR in bankruptcy, but I wanted to take a detour to mention the Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon we’re holding at St. John’s this weekend.  Our Hugh Carey Center for Dispute Resolution is working in conjunction with FINRA to host the competition.  We’re pretty sure it’s the first competition to include negotiation, mediation, … Continue reading Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon →

Last night Jon Stewart did a piece on the Daily Show about the Franken Amendment to the Job Arbitration Bill (reported by Sarah Cole on this blog on Oct. 9). It doesn’t show a strong understanding of arbitration…but it is funny. See http://www.thedailyshow.com/ (under “coming up” and “Rape Nuts”).

At the ADR Meets Bankruptcy conference at St. John’s, I sat on a panel with Steve Ware and Marianne Culhane that addressed the enforcement of pre-petition arbitration agreements in bankruptcy.  The panel was moderated by Alan Resnick, who had written on the topic a couple of years ago. Several interesting points came out of the … Continue reading ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Part 3 – Enforcing Arbitration Agreements →