My colleague S.I. Strong posted the following announcement: The application process for the US Supreme Court Fellowship is open until Friday, November 6, 2015. The Fellows program is open to both junior and mid-career applicants. An article describing the daily duties of a US Supreme Court Fellow and the application process was recently published in … Continue reading US Supreme Court Fellowship Application Deadline – Nov. 6
Last week’s New York Times had a great article illustrating the reality of how people use data to walk up the ladder of inference to make their argument. In an article about the Iran deal, the writers explained how both Dick Cheney and Hilary Clinton were using different parts of the story–different data–to reach their desired conclusion. To hear Dick … Continue reading The Ladder of Inference Applied to Iran
Professor Deborah Eisenberg, the Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, has two new pieces: The first is about using restorative practices at the organizational/employer level for employment discrimination: “The Restorative Workplace: An Organizational Learning Approach to Discrimination.” The link is: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2654196. The second … Continue reading Two new articles
Yesterday the NY Times published an editorial recommending the use of restorative justice as one approach to handling sexual assault and other types of misconduct at universities. See the editorial here. I think there can be great advantages to using restorative justice processes in a variety of settings. My concern is that we have seen … Continue reading Restorative Justice to Handle Sexual Assault Cases at Universities?
From FOI Stacie Strong: As some of you may know, Arbitrator Intelligence (see here) has been shortlisted to the top 60 of over 250 submissions to compete in the global “Innovating Justice Challenge” competition organized by the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL). The contest awards various initiatives that promote innovation in the … Continue reading Please Vote! Innovating Justice Challenge
Hi all–just a quick follow up to circle back on my proposal to have my 70 students negotiate the parameters of their ADR class. I posted here on that proposal (and have written here about the idea). So…drumroll please…it was great! They all negotiated and the group reached agreement. Here are the benefits I’ve seen … Continue reading Yes, Make them Negotiate
The following is from Professor Nancy Welsh, a FoI, and the Chair-Elect of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section: Dear Colleagues, I am writing to you on behalf of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section. Long active in supporting initiatives aimed at fostering the growth and quality of conflict resolution programs and education in the U.S., the … Continue reading International Dispute Resolution Resource Center Roster Sign-up
Life can be darn irritating. In a NYT op-ed piece, Arthur Brooks argues that “When I am working for myself, any disappointing outcome is a stressful, unpleasant reflection on me. When I am serving, on the other hand, the work is always intrinsically valuable because of its intention. Adopting a service mind-set guarantees some measure … Continue reading Satisfaction Through Service
From Jean Sternlight at UNLV The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution, together with the UNLV Boyd School of Law and the Duke University School of Law, is sponsoring a conference entitled Magistrate Judges and the Transformation of the Federal Judiciary on September 25-26, 2015 in Las Vegas. This conference will highlight how magistrate judges are … Continue reading Magistrate Judges, ADR & Justice
Earlier this summer John posted thoughts about the charming new Pixar movie, Inside Out. If you enjoyed that movie, you may also enjoy this humor piece from a recent New Yorker. (you’ll need to click the title of this post to see the link) Hallie Cantor is amazing.
