Readers might recall my post about the exchange between U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Rep. Greg Murphy during the annual trade policy agenda hearing a few weeks back where Rep. Murphy said he thought Ambassador Tai was “too nice” to be a good negotiator for the United States. As a follow-up to the commentary on … Continue reading Nice v. Tough–One More Take
Jen Robbennolt, Jessie Bregant, and Verity Winship have been commenting on the Fox/Dominion settlement, linking it to their recent work on how the public perceives and understands settlement. They suggest that for all that is notable about the settlement, including the record-breaking dollar amount, its non-acknowledgement acknowledgement, and its implications for media and democracy, public … Continue reading Robbennolt, Bregant, and Winship on the Fox/Dominion Settlement
This year the USNews rankings came out with little fanfare, or the fanfare was that they were on the cusp of being released and then weren’t for 6 weeks or more as they corrected their data. And once they did come out, it seemed that no one noticed. But others did notice, most notably Tax … Continue reading 2024 USNews ADR Specialty Rankings
In the category of “funny/cute stories about ChatGPT,” two offerings: First, you may enjoy this article by Maxwell Strachan, “I Asked ChatGPT to Control My Life, and It Immediately Fell Apart.” The article begins: Within minutes of my decision to hand my life over to AI, ChatGPT suggested that, if able, I should go outside … Continue reading Yet Another ChatGPT Post
Last Wednesday’s Legal Educators’ Colloquium of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Annual Spring Conference, this year in Las Vegas, featured some wonderful panels on all things “ADR Law Prof.” Besides reuniting in person with our fantastic community, I also spoke on a panel which focused on using ADR Skills as a law school leader. … Continue reading What About Us? Leading in Law School Using ADR Skills
The word of the month for May is “akimbo.” Akimbo is a description of a stance: arms and legs flung out haphazardly (or sometimes, less chaotically, hands on hips with elbows turned out). Something that’s akimbo is less controlled, less predictable, and less coordinated. It’s an unexpected juxtaposition of body and limbs. Nominated for eight … Continue reading May: Akimbo
I posted this on Facebook over the weekend but also wanted to share with our blog community as well: For all the students and faculty with whom I’ve traveled to Israel over the years, I thought you’d be interested in the NYT Saturday profile of Justice Aharon Barak (linked here), explaining why protestors are in … Continue reading Visiting with Justice Barak
As part of our new redesign for the blog (did you notice? ) we are going to try to post more regularly about journals in the field as the new issues are published. With that in mind, I am delighted to announce the new issue of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. Here is the … Continue reading Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution–New Issue Out!
Thanks to Andrea Schneider, the Cardozo Journal on Dispute Resolution’s faculty advisor, and its editors, the Journal just published articles by Professor Robert A. Baruch Bush and me expressing differing perspectives about basic mediation theory. I appreciate this opportunity to publish our perspectives and share them with readers. Prof. Bush’s article is Beyond the Toolbox: … Continue reading Bush’s and Lande’s Differing Perspectives of Mediation Theory
You may have read Rishi Batra’s (St. Mary’s) recent recap of the national round of the Representation in Mediation Competition a few weeks ago on this blog. As Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story. . . .” On the Thursday before the weekend of nationals, one of the … Continue reading Shout out to A.J. Bellido de Luna (St.Mary’s)
