As Art graciously blogged about last year, I gave a presentation called Labels Suck at Wash U.’s symposium on New Directions in Negotiation. It was a fun opportunity to let loose on what I have long believed is a hindrance to student learning–that we focus on determining overarching styles too much at the expense of focusing … Continue reading Negotiation Styles, Labels & Skills (Labels Suck Redux)
I am pleased to circulate the official announcement and invitation of the symposium taking place at Quinnipiac Law School on Oct. 19 (in which I am participating): The Eighth John A. Speziale ADR Symposium “ADR in Hard Times: Can Alternative Dispute Resolution Maintain Access to Justice When Resources Are Limited?” Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT … Continue reading ADR Symposium at Quinnipiac
According to this piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Kenneth Feinberg has been hired to mediate the civil claims against Penn State University as part of the Sandusky sexual predator scandal. According to the article: “We are seeking to make sure we do the right thing in terms of providing a just outcome for the victims,” Penn State president Rodney … Continue reading Penn State hires Feinberg to mediate Sandusky sex abuse claims
The third edition of ADR in the Workplace casebook is just about to go to the publisher. Rick Bales, one of the book’s co-authors, is making the final edits to his chapters and would like to make a last call for articles to cite in the book. If you have an article on any form … Continue reading Are there any employment ADR articles out there?
For those of you who have not been reading novelist Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, Jack Reacher is an ex-Army MP who drifts around the country trying to live anonymously and alone but instead inevitably–once per novel, in fact–getting involved in some local power struggle that requires him to take matters into his own hands … Continue reading ADR Students and Jack Reacher
The article about Roger’s death in The Economist appears online here. The memorial service for Roger will take place on Saturday, October 27th, at 11am at Harvard’s Memorial Church in Harvard Yard in Cambridge. A reception will follow at Loeb House. MM
One of the recurring questions in cross cultural negotiation is whether there are certain approaches that transcend cultures and can be used universally. The research on reciprocity, for example, indicates that it is universally understood and used. Apology is another one. The rituals surrounding apology may differ, but it seems we all understand its importance … Continue reading The Universal Apology
Every year I do my best to update the faculty comings and goings from across the country. Here’s this year’s list, at least those I know about. If you know of a move or a hire that’s not on this list, please email me directly (art.hinshaw@asu.edu) and I’ll update the list – it’s already been updated thrice. Entry … Continue reading Faculty Comings and Goings
Recently, a teenage sexual assault victim from Kentucky disagreed strongly with the plea deal her assailants reached with the prosecutor and publicly expressed her disapproval, including tweeting the names of the defendants. The problem was that her assailants were also juveniles and under Kentucky law, juvenile proceedings should remain confidential. After she publicly exposed the defendants’ … Continue reading Should victims be able to stop plea bargains?
Last winter, I wrote about the Delaware Court of Chancery’s arbitration scheme, in which the court hired out its Chancery Judges to serve as “private” arbitrators, deciding in secret cases they otherwise would have been deciding in public, with proceeds from the five-figure fees going into court coffers. The scheme was a grotesque, if predictable, … Continue reading A Stumble in the March of Adjudicative Privatization: Delaware Chancery Arbitration Scheme Declared Unconstitutional
