This Friday, April 15, the University of Oregon’s ADR Center and Division of Equity and Inclusion will be co-hosting a symposium called: Out of the Shadows: Implicit Bias, Institutional Responses (link here). The symposium will include basic and advanced implicit bias trainings as well as sessions on effective interventions for the self and for institutions. … Continue reading Oregon Symposium on Implicit Bias: UPDATED 4/14
“You’re failing at retirement.” No one has said that in so many words, but many people have teased me affectionately about an apparent inconsistency between my alleged retirement and substantial level of activity. Let me harmonize. Some people may think of only two options regarding work and retirement: complete indolence or working like crazy. On … Continue reading Unbundled Retirement
Help us celebrate a bit of birthday cheer together. Join us in NYC at the ABA DR conference on Thursday, April 7th at 9:30 p.m. in the Sheraton to toast and celebrate! The link to the official invitation is here–please let us know you’ll be joining us so we can save space for you! Extra drinks for those … Continue reading One Last Reminder–This Thursday Night!!!
Heather and I have been talking about what law schools can do to help students develop “ADR careers.” In our last episode, Heather responded to my question about what she meant by ADR careers and she suggested that it may be more useful to focus on skills than specific jobs. (In that post, you can … Continue reading Conversation with Heather Kulp About ADR Careers – Part 5
From my colleague, S.I. Strong: As you may (or may not) already know, a team of researchers recently concluded a study for the European Parliament on arbitration across the European Union and Switzerland. As part of this study the researchers undertook a large-scale survey of arbitration practitioners across Europe, including 871 respondents from every country … Continue reading Request to Participate in a Survey about Arbitration in the Americas
In a recent post, I described the University of Missouri’s upcoming symposium “Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel: Toward a World of Mutual Understanding.” This post is to highlight the student writing competition co-sponsored by the Missouri and Marquette law schools in connection with this symposium. If you are teaching a negotiation or … Continue reading M&M Student Writing Competition on Negotiation
In a recent post, I described the structure of Missouri’s upcoming symposium entitled “Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel: Toward a World of Mutual Understanding,” which will take place on October 7, 2016. In this post, I tell why it came about and what I hope it will accomplish. Missouri’s Center for the … Continue reading Why We Are Conducting Missouri’s Tower of Babel Symposium and What I Hope We Accomplish
Wednesday’s New York Times had an interesting article about tension in the South China Sea. The US Navy is doing regular patrols in the area to “keep the South China Sea, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, open to all maritime traffic.” Increasing tensions over who controls the South China Sea is “expected to … Continue reading Answering Questions You Don’t Want to Answer
Probably like many readers of this blog, I have been so busy with many things at work that I rarely have taken the time to study something in depth unless it was necessary for some work project. For many of us, the last time we really did so was when we were in school as … Continue reading A Wonderful Opportunity to Learn More About Negotiation
Theodore St. Antoine, the James E. & Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Michigan, will deliver the 2016 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution. Professor St. Antoine’s lecture will take place on April 5 at 12:10 in Saxbe Auditorium at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. The Moritz Program … Continue reading Theodore St. Antoine to Deliver 2016 Schwartz Lecture at OSU’s Moritz College of Law on April 5
