Donna Shestowsky (UC Davis) has published “How Litigants Evaluate the Characteristics of Legal Procedures: A Multi-Court Empirical Study” in the UC Davis Law Review, available on SSRN. The abstract: This Article presents findings from the first multi-court field study examining how civil litigants evaluate the characteristics of legal procedures shortly after their cases are filed … Continue reading Shestowsky on How Litigants Evaluate Procedures
Posting this again as a reminder–Hope to see you there!! 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 … Continue reading The Blog Turns 50 Party Reminder
Jonathan Cohen (Florida) has published “Open-Minded Listening” in the Charlotte Law Review. Jonathan’s article explores what it means to listen with an open mind and how we (as lawyers, mediators, or judges) might cultivate open-minded listening in our practices. Abstract here. Read on for two micro-analyses or “quick takes” on Jonathan’s article, in which two … Continue reading Two Quick Takes on Cohen: Open-Minded Listening
The New York Times just published a piece that really grabs me. It is a collection of photos and quotes of Iranians about their expectations from the recent agreement prohibiting Iranian nuclear weapon development. For one thing, the photos are wonderfully compelling and artistic images. They display the faces of people from a country considered … Continue reading Seeing Through Others’ Eyes
In a recent post, I mentioned that as a DR person, I particularly like the Serial podcast, and Erin Archerd asked why. I really love the way that the program seeks to learn and portray the complex realities of the stories it covers. It looks at them from many angles so that listeners get a … Continue reading Appreciation of Serial
I am a part of a the above titled program at the upcoming ABA DR Section Conference (it’s already been labeled as an intriguing program). Part of the program will be focuses on survey data from mediation participants (mediator, advocate, party, etc.). As a regular reader of this blog, if you have a moment, please … Continue reading What Works in Mediation? What Do “Consumers” of Mediation Value in the Process?
This conversation began with my questioning Heather Kulp about her series of posts in which she critiqued what she saw as some fallacies about ADR jobs. Heather responded, reflecting her sense of obligation to help students interested in ADR to get jobs. When we last left the conversation, I started by identifying things I … Continue reading Conversation with Heather Kulp About ADR Careers – Part 4
Just heard that Kristen Blankley got tenure at University of Nebraska. Congratulations, Kristen and Nebraska!
From FFOI Sharon Press and Bobbi McAdoo: Dear Colleagues, The Annual ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Conference is almost here and that means it is once again time for us to collect information for the annual Legal Educators’ Resource Share! This year’s event will take place on Friday, April 8 from 4:45 pm – 6:00 … Continue reading Resource Share at the ABA Legal Educators’ Colloquium
This evening the USNews officially released their law school rankings and their law school specialty rankings. And the big news is that Ohio State jumped up from 4th last year to end Pepperdine’s 10 year (or so) stranglehold on the top spot. Is it just me or are the top 5 schools the same every … Continue reading 2016 USNews Dispute Resolution Rankings
