Announcement available here. This blog is aimed principally at the intersection of the academy and ADR. But for those who are perhaps new to one or the other, the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution is both enormous and critically important. (I know that’s not true of all sections, in all academic disciplines. But if you’re … Continue reading Linda Seely – New Director of ABA Section on Dispute Resolution
This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7: Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. Andrea Schneider suggested her article, Teaching a New Negotiation Skills Paradigm. Here’s her summary. Negotiation labels – of styles or … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Andrea Schneider About Her Skills Paradigm Article
The ABA sponsors and runs two ADR-related student competitions – the Arbitration Competition and the Negotiation Competition. These competition teams are a terrific way to provide skills training to students and for them to learn by doing. Coaching these teams has made me a much better classroom teacher. The Arbitration Competition simulates a realistic arbitration … Continue reading ABA Arbitration and Negotiation Competitions — Sign up today!
This is another part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7: Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. Sanda Kaufman suggested that we read Daniel Kahneman’s book, Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011). Here’s her summary: Kahneman is … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Sanda Kaufman about Kahneman’s Book, Thinking, Fast and Slow
This is another part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7: Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. Sanda Kaufman suggested reading Michael A. Wheeler’s book, The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Sanda Kaufman about Wheeler’s Art of Negotiation
This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7: Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. This post discusses several pieces suggested by Michelle LeBaron and begins with her summaries. Murray Stein’s short commencement speech, Stories … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Summary of Michelle LeBaron’s Suggested Readings About Understanding Different Worldviews
Thanks to this post on the Best Practices in Legal Education blog, I learned about an impressive effort by Brian Sites (Barry University) to collect all the resources on experiential learning he could find. Here’s the link where you can download his document. You will see that he includes cites to the LEAPS Project, which … Continue reading Extensive Collection of Resources for Experiential Learning
This post begins the second half of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7: Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. This post discusses two pieces suggested by Michelle LeBaron and begins with her summaries. Her chapter, The … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Summary of Michelle LeBaron’s Articles About Culture and Negotiation Theory
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Community Relations Service (CRS) is seeking to hire highly qualified Regional Directors for various Regional Offices. CRS has responsibility for assisting state and local units of government, private and public organizations, and community groups with preventing and resolving racial and ethnic tensions, incidents, and civil disorders, and in restoring racial … Continue reading Department of Justice Community Relations Service is hiring!
In May 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released for public comment a proposed rule to regulate two aspects of consumer financial service arbitration. First, the CFPB proposed to bar consumer financial services companies (as defined in the proposed regulations) from including class action waivers in their customer agreements. Second, the CFPB proposed to require … Continue reading ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Comments on CFPB Rule Proposal
