I was catching up on my taped Colbert Report shows over the weekend and saw a brilliant interview with Ambassador Andrew Young from earlier in January.  It turns out that Andrew Young negotiated with Stephen Colbert’s father to settle a strike in South Carolina over 40 years ago.  Black nurses at one of South Carolina’s … Continue reading Stephen Colbert, Ambassador Andrew Young, and How to Negotiate the End of the WGA Strike →

Well, I have finally recovered from the odyssey that it took to get home from New York two weeks ago and I thought it might be fun to start a conversation about what types of negotiation strategies and techniques work when your airport closes down. First, let me briefly encapsulate our trip.  Seven professors on … Continue reading Negotiating Plane Rides (and getting home from AALS) →

A terrific symposium will occur tomorrow at the Moritz College of Law. You can watch a live webcast of the symposium at http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/jdr/symposium.html. Speakers include Cathy Costantino, Judge Wayne Brazil, Lisa Bingham, David Lipsky, Dale Hetzler, John Lande and Francis McGovern. The Second Generation of Dispute System Design: Reoccurring Problems and Potential Solutions January 24, … Continue reading Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution Symposium on Dispute Systems Design Tomorrow →

With the two new Supreme Court decisions handed down at the beginning of last week regarding judicial discretion in federal sentencing and the federal sentencing commission allowing retroactivity on some of the sentences regarding crack cocaine, it appears that the pendulum may start swinging back in favor of allowing more judicial control over sentencing. Until … Continue reading Plea Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law Revisited →

As the Dispute Resolution Works in Progress Conference wrapped up Saturday, October 20, one of the attendees commented with great feeling on how truly special the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas had been. She and another colleague were seated at the end of a table, taking advantage of later flights to work together on … Continue reading Works in Progress Conference Wrap Up →

We welcome you to Indisputably, the ADR Law Profs Blog. We are excited to start an online conversation with colleagues in ADR and those who find their fields overlapping with ours. The four of us differ in our backgrounds and ADR focus, and we hope to showcase those differences with running commentary on the latest … Continue reading Welcome to Indisputably.org →