If you have studied Negotiation in the last 20 years or so, the name Robert Mnookin should be familiar to you. The Harvard law professor has authored or co-authored numerous articles and books, including the book upon which I base my Negotiation course, Beyond Winning: Negotiating to Create Value in Deals and Disputes (with S. Peppet and A. … Continue reading Mnookin on NPR’s “All Things Considered”
Volume 25, Issue 1. TEACHING AND TECHNOLOGY:TEACHING ADR AND THE FUTURE OF DISPUTE SYSTEM DESIGN A pdf of the Table of Contents is available here: (25-1 TOC). Abstracts of the articles appear below: Pedagogy, Progress and Portfolios: Professor Deborah Merritt talks about the possibility of portfolios as a method to innovate law school education, especially … Continue reading Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution – Symposium Issue
As readers of this blog know, I lost my grandmother last fall. It was sad, but not tragic. After all, she was 99 and lived a long productive happy life. Last week, I (and my siblings) received a very formal letter from a lawyer with an enclosure—under Pennsylvania law, where my grandmother lived, beneficiaries of her … Continue reading Empathy Anyone?
Conflict Resolution Quarterly is looking for more submissions. (Guidelines here.) The journal tends to receive submissions in bunches (mostly during winter break and during summer break), so now would be a good time to send something in, if you’re thinking of trying to publish in CRQ. They’ve got a good turnaround for a peer-reviewed journal … Continue reading Conflict Resolution Quarterly – Call for Submissions
The following post comes from Karen Halverson Cross at John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Karen participated in the Works in Progress Conference last fall and this is the very timely paper following from it. My paper, ”Letting the Arbitrator Decide? Unconscionability and the Allocation of Authority between Courts and Arbitrators,” addresses a topic that … Continue reading Letting the Arbitrator Decide Unconscionability
Sister Helen returned to the University of Oregon campus earlier this year, and you can access a free, YouTube version of her one-hour presentation on the death penalty, justice, reconciliation, forgiveness, and human rights here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOHAWOmdNG8 Michael Moffitt
As I clear my desk off after having completed a major project, I’m looking through the stacks of routing materials that have been awaiting my attention. In the November 2009 issue of Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation, Charlie Craver (George Washington Univ. Law School) has an interesting piece discussing negotiation styles. He critiques … Continue reading A New Take on Negotiation Styles
For those interested in the important and growing field of Environmental Dispute Resolution, the Pace Environmental Law Review just published a special volume entitled “Environmental Interest Dispute Resolution Changing Times-Changing Practice.” I contributed a co-authored piece on Environmental Dispute Resolution in the Law School Curriculum. Other scholarship published includes: ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST DISPUTE RESOLUTION: CHANGING TIMES— … Continue reading Pace Environmental Law Review publishes special volume devoted to EDR
FINRA’s Investor Education Foundation recently has awarded grants to four law schools (Howard, Pepperdine, Florida International and Suffolk) to start Investor Advocacy law school clinics (securities arbitration) in law schools located outside of New York. See Press Release, here. Currently, approximately 14 law schools operate securities/investor rights clinics, but most are in the New York metropolitan area. As a result … Continue reading Want to run a securities arbitration clinic?
You can now register here for the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Spring Conference in San Francisco, CA. It will take place April 7-10, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. Wednesday, April 7 will feature two separate one-day symposia on Collaborative Law and Court ADR. The Legal Educators’ Colloquium will take place on Saturday, April 10. I hope … Continue reading Registration now open for the ABA DR Spring Conference
