From my colleague, Richard Reuben: The National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being The Mindfulness in Law Society Brown Univ. School of Public Health Mindfulness Center present Maintaining Our Balance During COVID Thursday, March 26. 6:30 p.m. Eastern The Coronavirus is challenging for all of us. But as lawyers, we need to be at our best … Continue reading CLE on Mindfulness During the Crisis – Thursday, March 26
As lots of good Sundays do, our Sunday morning in Dublin began with a drive. The group rode through Dublin’s Phoenix Park with the opportunity to view Áras an Uachtaráin – the President’s home–which was quite lovely. And then we went to visit the historic Kilmainham Goal. Kilmainham Gaol is a prison in Dublin that … Continue reading Ireland Reflections 2020–Dublin–Going to Jail & Guinness
At the end of our first day in Dublin, we spent some time learning about the impact of the potato famine on Ireland and on the world. We visited the Jeanie Johnston, an authentic replica of a transport ship commonly used during the Great Famine/Great Hunger that is docked in Dublin and serves as a memorial to … Continue reading Ireland Reflections 2020–Famine & Emigration
In what seems to be the theme for this Spring 2020 Semester, we made a change in this year’s spring break trip. Instead of heading to Israel, our traditional trip for the last decade, a group of 30 students two faculty, and myself headed to Ireland and Northern Ireland for a look at Comparative Conflict … Continue reading Ireland Reflections 2020
From OFOI Noam Ebner: Hi all, The video of the webinar that Sharon Press and I gave last week on conducting simulations in courses transitioning to Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms is now available here. The question about setting up breakup rooms in zoom in advance, asked at about minute 29:00 in the webinar, is … Continue reading Webinar Recording About Transitioned Classes and Online Simulations
As John Lande posted, Noam Ebner and Sharon Press hosted their terrific ABA SDR Zoom tutorial today on teaching mediation and negotiation online. It should be up soon at the ABA DR website. In the meantime Noam sent this around and said I could post it: Hi all, Sharon Press and I send our thanks … Continue reading Teaching Online SSRN paper
From GFOI Linda Seely, Ana Sambold, and all our friends at the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution: Dear ABA DR Section members, This Thursday, 3/19 and Friday, 3/20, we’ll continue bringing some of the leading figures in the world of online dispute resolution to provide you with all the information you need to rapidly adjust … Continue reading ABA Webinars on March 19 and 20 About Simulations and ODR
Once again the USNews rankings are upon us, and once again we see movement across the board. This year Harvard tops the charts followed by (the) Ohio State University at 2 and at 3 it’s tie between Missouri and Pepperdine. And this top 20 list is actually a list of 21 as there are 4 … Continue reading USNews ADR Specialty Rankings
The coronavirus has disrupted the lives of almost everyone on earth. People are stopping much of our daily routines and canceling travel plans, large and small. Practically every sector of society is adjusting, with many canceling activities. As people’s time opens up, our options for spending time are drying up. March Madness and other sporting … Continue reading Dear Committee Members
I recently wrote a post about the film, Marriage Story, which depicts a somewhat bad divorce. That story fit into very common negative narratives about bad divorces and divorce lawyers. Of course, there are bad divorces and divorce lawyers – though probably not as many as suggested in popular culture. Indeed, to reflect some balance, … Continue reading A Story of a Good Divorce
