I am posting the following announcement on behalf of the AAA The American Arbitration Association® (AAA®) is the global leader in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and as such, is committed to the growth of diversity and inclusion within the ADR field. Since 2009, the AAA A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Fellows Program has provided training, networking, … Continue reading AAA Accepting Applications for Diverse Student Summit
On August 31st, the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center issued draft guidelines for comment. SILICON VALLEY ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION CENTER GUIDELINES ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ARBITRATION The guidelines were written for the benefit of “arbitral institutions, arbitrators, parties and their representatives (including counsel), experts, and, where relevant, other participants in the … Continue reading Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center Publishes Draft Guidelines on AI use in Arbitration for Comment
For those that might be interested, the US Air Force Academy is looking for a visiting professor to teach Negotiation in 2024-25. Here is the full listing: The Department of Law at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, offers an undergraduate Legal Studies Program. We seek a full-time employee from a U.S. … Continue reading Visiting Professor Job at the US Air Force Academy
The word of the month for September is “allostasis.” A simple definition for allostasis is “achieving stability through change.” Not by resisting change, and not in spite of change. Last week, Brad Stulberg published an opinion piece in the New York Times called “Stop Resisting Change.” Stulberg explains that in the 1980s, neuroscientist Peter Sterling … Continue reading September: Allostasis
I bet you didn’t know that you need to train your mediator bot. This didn’t occur to me until I read this Washington Post article about biases in artificial intelligence (AI) apps. The article includes eight (!) references to bot training. In my post, Avatar Mediation, I speculated about a future market for mediation bots. … Continue reading Training Your Mediator Bot
Several of us here at indisputably have been struck by a story that was reported in last Sunday’s NY Times, The Instagram Account That Shattered a California High School – The New York Times (nytimes.com) A high school student in Albany, California started a private Instagram account to post what he said was “edgy” content—but … Continue reading Not a Restorative Justice Process
The New York Times published an encouraging article, Gratitude Really Is Good for You. Here’s What the Science Shows. Here are some excerpts. Giving, receiving and even witnessing gratitude can improve your well-being, especially during difficult times. . . . To date, numerous studies have found that having a grateful outlook, “counting one’s blessings” and … Continue reading Gratitude Really Is Good for You
The past academic year was another big one for lateral moves, and this upcoming year looks to be a good one for hiring as at least 5 schools (maybe more?) have ads out mentioning DR as an area where they are looking. With the Next Gen Bar Exam looming in the not too distant future, … Continue reading Comings and Goings – 2023 edition
Arizona State is looking to fill several faculty positions in a broad range of topics, one of which is “negotiation and alternative dispute resolution”. Yay ! We are very interested in international arbitration and are happy to receive application materials in other DR areas as well. Other areas of interest are: family law, administrative law, … Continue reading Arizona State is Hiring
The New York Times headline, Trump’s Legal Team Is Enmeshed in a Tangle of Possible Conflicts, is a gross understatement – and that was before the indictment in Georgia. According to the article, “Former President Donald J. Trump’s growing cast of lawyers is marked by a web of overlapping interests encompassing witnesses, co-defendants and potential … Continue reading What a Tangled Web
