St. John’s Carey Center Award Ceremony on April 19, 2023

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From Elayne Greenberg: Please join us online as we present the St. John’s University School of Law Carey Center’s 2023 Dispute Resolution Advancement Award to Professors Jessica Bregant, Jennifer K. Robbennolt, and Verity Winship.  They  will discuss the award-winning research reported in their Harvard Negotiation Law Review article, “Perceptions of Settlement.”  Read more about this year’s award winners. Starting with the premise that little is … Continue reading St. John’s Carey Center Award Ceremony on April 19, 2023 →

Problem-Resolution Lawyering Across the Twenty-First Century Law Curriculum

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I just saw that two very impressive people in our field, Kris Franklin and Peter Phillips, wrote an excellent article, Pass the Salt: Problem-Resolution Lawyering Across the Twenty-First Century Law Curriculum, 23 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J. 1 (2023), building on the work that many of us have done.  Here’s the abstract: Attorneys work with clients … Continue reading Problem-Resolution Lawyering Across the Twenty-First Century Law Curriculum →

Ambassador Katherine Tai–and the (Sexist Racist) Assumptions About Negotiation Skills

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I am delighted to link to Bob Bordone’s analysis of a viral exchange earlier this month between USTR Ambassador Katherine Tai and U.S. Congressman Greg Murphy (R-NC).   Short take:  Murphy calls Tai “too nice” to be an effective negotiator, highlighting outdated and incorrect gender and racial tropes.  Moreover, the Congressman is both wrong on the facts … Continue reading Ambassador Katherine Tai–and the (Sexist Racist) Assumptions About Negotiation Skills →

A Proposal for the Joint Development of Generative AI for the Dispute Resolution Profession

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From Gary Doernhoefer: Open AI’s very public unveiling of ChatGPT has launched the debate in many fields over how artificial intelligence (AI) could be put to good use, contrasted with its potential for misuse.  There is a path for the dispute resolution profession to lead as an example of responsible development of this technology.  First … Continue reading A Proposal for the Joint Development of Generative AI for the Dispute Resolution Profession →

The Importance of Really Listening – For Ourselves, Others, and Democracy

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I recently posted a short article you might want to read, The Importance of Really Listening – For Ourselves, Others, and Democracy.  Here’s the abstract. This article discusses how listening carefully can help others and ourselves and is important for healthy democratic processes.  Relying on Kathryn Schulz’s book, Being Wrong:  Adventures in the Margin of … Continue reading The Importance of Really Listening – For Ourselves, Others, and Democracy →

Last Event in UC Law SF’s 2023 ADR Speaker Series

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Please join us for our last event on April 18, 2023.  Our speaker is Bruce Edwards, whose talk is entitled, “Mediation Begins with Me: A Look at Self-Reflection, Self-Management, and Self-Compassion.” Bruce has been an industry pioneer in developing the field of alternative dispute resolution. As a founding partner of JAMS, he has worked at … Continue reading Last Event in UC Law SF’s 2023 ADR Speaker Series →

Donna Shestowsky to deliver Moritz’s Schwartz Lecture on April 12!

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Donna Shestowsky, the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, will deliver the 2023 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution on April 12, 2023 at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.  Titled “Discussing Procedure”, the lecture will begin at 12:10 ET and conclude at or before 1:20.  If … Continue reading Donna Shestowsky to deliver Moritz’s Schwartz Lecture on April 12! →

Please Take the ABA Survey on Use of Technology in ADR

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From Gary Doernhoefer: The impact of new technology is being felt in every profession.  To consider the future of technology in dispute resolution, we need to start with a snapshot of how practitioners currently use technology and their attitudes about its future application to the profession. Please help us gain these insights by taking 10 … Continue reading Please Take the ABA Survey on Use of Technology in ADR →

Fox’s Sizzling Bazookas

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Dominion Voting Systems’s filings for its motion for summary judgment included incredible smoking gun evidence that Fox News and its parent, Fox Corporation, knowingly published false statements with wild allegations about Dominion’s supposed role in promoting voter fraud in the 2020 election. The court’s ruling on the motion last week was much more damning than Dominion’s … Continue reading Fox’s Sizzling Bazookas →