The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University is inviting applications for up to two positions as Visiting Assistant Professor. We are not looking for any specific areas, so DR scholars are in the mix. VAPs have traditionally taught a first-year course, so I presume that will be expected going forward. Some … Continue reading Arizona State Seeks 2 Visiting Associate Professors
Last week Andrea Schneider had an insightful interview with Bob Mnookin as part of the virtual book launch for Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Foundational Articles (book and book launch details here). Once the video is posted, we will provide a link in case you missed it. What interesting things will we learn from this … Continue reading Discussions in Dispute Resolution Virtual Book Launch – Final Round with Len Riskin
This week for women’s history month, I’ll be turning toward the “professionals”–those women whose job clearly includes negotiation–and highlight how their negotiation and leadership skills should be celebrated. The skill set demonstrated by these successful leaders could be characterized as balancing assertiveness and empathy. Or being willing to both listen and make hard decisions. Walk … Continue reading Some new negotiation catchphrases: What Would Jacinda Do? Or Learn to Merkeln.
From GFOIs Sharon Press and Noam Ebner: Dear Colleagues: The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution will once again host a virtual conference in April and we are pleased to announce that the Resource Share will take place live on Saturday, April 17, from 12:00 noon 1:00 pm Eastern. For those of you who are new … Continue reading Please Send Materials for This Year’s Resource Share
From BFOI Deb Eisenberg: The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law has openings in the Fall for Visiting Assistant Professors in our new first-year Lawyering program. The Lawyering course sequence provides students with a strong foundation in the analytical, oral and written communication, and professional skills essential in the legal profession. Consistent … Continue reading Maryland is Hiring Visiting Faculty for New Lawyering Program
Over at the Forbes blog, Kwame Christian at the American Negotiation Institute asks this question in a recent post before listing 115 such books, some classics are on the list (Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide for example) as well as some fairly recent books (Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything … Continue reading Why Don’t Negotiation Books by Women Get More Recognition?
Please join me this Wednesday, March 24th, at 1:30 eastern when I speak with Professors David Matz and Bob Mnookin discussing lessons from Menachem Begin and Camp David and examine today’s leadership challenges. You can register here or here. This is hosted by the Begin Heritage Center that describes the series as such: Menachem Begin’s legacy … Continue reading International Conflict Resolution Symposium–Part 2
Mary Pat Treuthart (Gonzaga) wrote a terrific article describing how to use the Netflix film Marriage Story to teach law students: Marriage Story: A Tale of Divorce, Love … and the Law, 45 Journal of the Legal Profession 65 (2020). You may recall my thumbnail review of the film, Somewhere Between Reasonable and Crazy, suggesting … Continue reading Teaching Dispute Resolution with a Marriage Story
We already started this week talking about creative ways to persuade and I want to continue this week focusing on creativity and negotiation role models. Two women immediately come to mind, as they each used their genre to give the reader/viewer perspective on different life experiences. Maya Angelou based much of her work on her … Continue reading ADR & Activism through Art–Maya Angelou and Frida Kahlo
From AFOI Nancy Welsh: I’m happy to report that we have posted more video conversations arising out of Texas A&M’s symposium on “ADR’s Place in Navigating a Polarized Era.” You can find them here (scroll down to Current Events), along with links to the symposium articles in the Texas A&M Law Review and the Ohio … Continue reading More Video Conversations – ADR’s Place in Navigating a Polarized Era
