is the title of a great book by Gregory Levey that I read this summer about his surprising journey from law school to speechwriter for the Prime Minister of Israel. Levey is a Canadian who, after surviving his first year of law school at an unnamed New York law school decided that he needed a break … Continue reading Shut Up, I’m Talking!
As my friend Avi Schneebalg emailed me last month to let me know and the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution newsletter just posted, the EU passed a new mediation directive at the end of April. Here’s the summary from the ABA: “On April 23, 2008 the European Parliament formally approved a Directive to promote the … Continue reading EU Passes New Mediation Directive
Daniel Schwarcz of the University of Minnesota recently posted an article to SSRN entitled, “Toward a New Approach to Resolving Consumer Insurance Disputes.” Schwarcz’s background is entirely in Insurance Law, and he is a self-confessed newcomer to ADR. He asked that I post a link to his article, with the hopes that he’ll receive feedback … Continue reading ADR in Insurance Claims – Possible Lesson from the UK?
I am linking here to a terrific post by Amos Guiora and Martha Minow about the exchange that happened last week between Israel and Hizbollah. They note two very important negotiation issues ongoing in the exchange of five convicted–and live terrorists–for two bodies of Israeli soldiers. One is the ongoing Israeli commitment to leave no Israeli soldier … Continue reading Negotiating with Terrorists–What is the Correct Exchange Rate?
As reported on the Wall Street Journal law blog on July 16th, a Covington partner demonstrated strip searches endured by his clients at Guantanamo Bay by dropping his own pants at a press conference in Yemen. This is truly taking empathy to another level! Also interesting are the follow-up comments on the blog condemning or … Continue reading Empathy with your Gitmo Client
On a more serious note this week concerning Belgium, the Prime Minister has tendered his resignation to King Albert II. To play out this scenario yourself, you can “Play the News” at Impact Games regarding Belgium. Whether the Belgians will face another 9 months of constitutional stalemate is an interesting dilemma. By the way, still … Continue reading Belgian Schism–Not so Funny
As President Bush visited Israel last week on the occasion of Israel’s 60th Anniversary of its founding, the President and Israeli Prime Minister Olmert met to discuss prospects of working out a peace deal. The lead negotiators for each country–Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni–are both women. And, while the … Continue reading Women Negotiating the Middle East Peace
While certification and ethics for mediators continue to be hotly debated in the U.S., a new organization has come on the scene with the goal of offering a certification that will be accepted as the global mediator competency standard. International Mediation Institute (“IMI”) was created by the Netherlands Mediation Institute, Singapore Mediation Centre/Singapore International Arbitration … Continue reading International Effort to Certify Mediators
I am linking you here to a terrific blog post on a report of an incident that occurred last week at Knox College where John Ashcroft was speaking. During the questioning period after his speech (which was interrupted numerous times) a young woman (daughter of a friend of a friend) asked Ashcroft a terrific question … Continue reading Getting Yelled at by John Ashcroft
Last week, I returned from a trip to Europe with 21 law students–an exercise in dispute resolution itself! Seriously, we had a wonderful time and I will, no doubt, be blogging about some of the lessons/speakers/institutions we visited for some time. Today, I wanted to write about our meeting with Professor Alain Verbeke of the … Continue reading Bye, Bye Belgium?
