I had the good fortune to be Len Riskin’s colleague from 2000, when I arrived in Missouri, until he moved to the University of Florida in 2007. He now is a Visiting Professor of Law and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law … Continue reading Len Riskin Pulls It All Together in Managing Conflict Mindfully
{From Cynthia Alkon who can’t post at the moment!} During the conference on hybrid warfare and Negotiation at Vlerick Business school in Ghent, in a session titled, “The Impact of the Threat of Lawfare on Disputes, Conflict and Negotiations and their Information Bases” Noam Ebner and I discussed the notion of lawfare and its impact … Continue reading Lawfare, Lawyers, and Conflict Theory
I’m enjoying the first day of a conference on hybrid warfare and negotiation theory at the lovely Vlerick business school in Ghent, Belgium and will share a few presentations as I get them. This conference is part of Project Seshat, building on the conference we hosted at Cardozo last fall (articles forthcoming soon). This morning’s … Continue reading Weaponizing the Ladder of Inference
My colleague, Ilhyung Lee, pointed me to another graduation speech highlighting the importance of generally listening respectfully to and engaging with people we disagree with. He sent me a link to a speech by University of Chicago Law Professor Tom Ginsburg, entitled “Conversation and Democracy.” I had cited Bret Stephen’s speech and Jen Reynolds linked … Continue reading What We Do Is So Important
As those of you who were in Las Vegas for the ABA Conference know, the 2023 Frank E. A. Sander Award for Innovation in Dispute Resolution went to the House Select Committee on Modernization of Congress. Named for long-time Harvard Law School professor Frank Sander, the Frank E.A. Sander Innovation in ADR Award was established to recognize … Continue reading Sander Award Winners – Bipartisanship and Reform in Congress
Indisputably contributors Andrea Schneider, Sarah Cole, and I are at it again beginning work on Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Next Generation, the 2nd book in the Discussions in Dispute Resolution series (order the first one here or here). The book will be a commentary on 16 essential ADR articles for the years 2000-2009, and … Continue reading Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Next Generation
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens was the commencement speaker at the University of Chicago, and he published his speech, Go Forth and Argue. Arguing may seem like the antithesis of negotiation and mediation. But it’s not – at least not if we sincerely listen to others with differing views, are open to reconsidering our … Continue reading Go Forth and Argue
The word of the month for June is NPT, which stands for “non-promotable task.” I have just finished reading The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work (2022), by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart. The starting point of the book is a group of women who start meeting to … Continue reading June: NPT
Carrie Menkel-Meadow (UC-Irvine) has asked us to post the following letter/message regarding the Negotiation Journal at Harvard’s PON. Kind of ironic in light of Harvard’s # 1 ranking in the USNews ADR Specialty Rankings. Dear Colleagues and Friends: It was so good to see so many of you in person at ABA-DR Annual Meeting in … Continue reading The Negotiation Journal at Harvard is in REAL Danger
Readers might recall my post about the exchange between U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Rep. Greg Murphy during the annual trade policy agenda hearing a few weeks back where Rep. Murphy said he thought Ambassador Tai was “too nice” to be a good negotiator for the United States. As a follow-up to the commentary on … Continue reading Nice v. Tough–One More Take
