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The Coronavirus Crisis Provides an Opportunity to Adopt Better Systems for Licensing Lawyers than the Bar Exam

April 29, 2020 John Lande

The ABA Journal recently published an article entitled Bar Exam Does Little to Ensure Attorney Competence, Say Lawyers in Diploma Privilege State, describing the experience in Wisconsin, the only state that currently has the “diploma privilege.” Under the Wisconsin rules, in-state law school graduates can become licensed without taking a bar exam. These graduates must … Continue reading The Coronavirus Crisis Provides an Opportunity to Adopt Better Systems for Licensing Lawyers than the Bar Exam →

Negotiation Journal : most recent two issues

April 29, 2020 mmoffitt@uoregon.edu

I won’t pretend to keep up with everything being written in the ADRsphere if you will promise the same. Having confessed that, and consistent with the regret implied in that confession, I thought I would offer an easy-to-skim Table of Contents view of the last two issues of Negotiation Journal – – a publication I commend … Continue reading Negotiation Journal : most recent two issues →

The Importance of Privacy

April 28, 2020 John Lande

What do you have to hide? That’s an issue raised by two comments about my post, Communication, Privacy, and Community in the New Normal. One commenter asked, “What if the government or a private group knowing your real-time biometrics could save lives? Why do we hold the privacy of such data in such high regard?” … Continue reading The Importance of Privacy →

Student Lessons on Distance Mediation

April 28, 2020 Andrea Schneider

I’m happy to share this reflection from my colleague Natalie Fleury who runs our small claims mediation clinic which, as elsewhere, was forced to distance mid-semester. I expect we will all have lessons as we move forward and plan for the fall semester as well! “Could we try and mediate over the phone?” I was … Continue reading Student Lessons on Distance Mediation →

Reflections on Campus Collaboration and Virtual Tools

April 27, 2020 Sarah Cole 2 Comments

On April 24 Divided Community Project (DCP) Deputy Director Bill Froehlich and Steering Committee Chair Grande Lum joined HNMCP’s Neil McGaraghan and Kyle Strickland (from the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity) to record a webinar session for the ABA’s virtual conference. Bill shares a few reflections on the session which focus … Continue reading Reflections on Campus Collaboration and Virtual Tools →

This Spring

April 26, 2020 John Lande

This spring is an eerie season of death and life. Death is a natural and inevitable part of life. Humans and members of every other living species die all the time. What’s so spooky about the coronavirus crisis is that this deadly virus often is spread by people who are asymptomatic. So you can’t tell … Continue reading This Spring →

The Coronavirus and the Constructive Conflict Initiative

April 24, 2020 John Lande

For many years, Guy and Heidi Burgess have organized a series of projects dealing with difficult, intractable conflicts, and they developed an incredibly rich website of resources. They recently collected the following series of statements about conflict and the coronavirus, including the following. Here’s a list of the statements with links to each one. They … Continue reading The Coronavirus and the Constructive Conflict Initiative →

Toby Guerin’s Negotiation Exercise

April 24, 2020 John Lande

From TFOI Toby Guerin: I thought that I would share an exercise which we posted this week through the Workplace Mediation Service at University of Maryland, Baltimore. It can be easily adapted for classes and other environments. Several years ago Andrea Schneider and others wrote an article, “Cooking Up a Deal: Negotiation Recipes for Success.” … Continue reading Toby Guerin’s Negotiation Exercise →

One Day Sale on ABA books – May 1 only – 30% off

April 23, 2020 John Lande

I want to pass along a notice of a one day sale on ABA books. Friday, May 1 is Law Day and ABA Publishing is celebrating this special day by offering a promotion of 30% off + free ground shipping on all books and e-books. This is a one-day sale similar to the annual Cyber … Continue reading One Day Sale on ABA books – May 1 only – 30% off →

Furloughs and Pay Cuts in Higher Education Have Begun

April 23, 2020 art hinshaw

As the economy is ravaged during the nation-wide lockdown, its impact on higher education is beginning to be reported. Earlier this week the University of Arizona announced dramatic pay cuts and furloughs, which are detailed below. Expect this to the be first of many such announcements as this economic crisis continues. Pay cuts and furloughs … Continue reading Furloughs and Pay Cuts in Higher Education Have Begun →