The word of the month for June is NPT, which stands for “non-promotable task.” I have just finished reading The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work (2022), by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart. The starting point of the book is a group of women who start meeting to … Continue reading June: NPT →

Carrie Menkel-Meadow (UC-Irvine) has asked us to post the following letter/message regarding the Negotiation Journal at Harvard’s PON.  Kind of ironic in light of Harvard’s # 1 ranking in the USNews ADR Specialty Rankings. Dear Colleagues and Friends: It was so good to see so many of you in person at ABA-DR Annual Meeting in … Continue reading The Negotiation Journal at Harvard is in REAL Danger →

Readers might recall my post about the exchange between U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Rep. Greg Murphy during the annual trade policy agenda hearing a few weeks back where Rep. Murphy said he thought Ambassador Tai was “too nice” to be a good negotiator for the United States.   As a follow-up to the commentary on … Continue reading Nice v. Tough–One More Take →

Jen Robbennolt, Jessie Bregant, and Verity Winship have been commenting on the Fox/Dominion settlement, linking it to their recent work on how the public perceives and understands settlement.  They suggest that for all that is notable about the settlement, including the record-breaking dollar amount, its non-acknowledgement acknowledgement, and its implications for media and democracy, public … Continue reading Robbennolt, Bregant, and Winship on the Fox/Dominion Settlement →

This year the USNews rankings came out with little fanfare, or the fanfare was that they were on the cusp of being released and then weren’t for 6 weeks or more as they corrected their data.  And once they did come out, it seemed that no one noticed.  But others did notice, most notably Tax … Continue reading 2024 USNews ADR Specialty Rankings →

In the category of “funny/cute stories about ChatGPT,” two offerings: First, you may enjoy this article by Maxwell Strachan, “I Asked ChatGPT to Control My Life, and It Immediately Fell Apart.” The article begins: Within minutes of my decision to hand my life over to AI, ChatGPT suggested that, if able, I should go outside … Continue reading Yet Another ChatGPT Post →

Last Wednesday’s Legal Educators’ Colloquium of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Annual Spring Conference, this year in Las Vegas, featured some wonderful panels on all things “ADR Law Prof.” Besides reuniting in person with our fantastic community, I also spoke on a panel which focused on using ADR Skills as a law school leader. … Continue reading What About Us? Leading in Law School Using ADR Skills →

The word of the month for May is “akimbo.” Akimbo is a description of a stance: arms and legs flung out haphazardly (or sometimes, less chaotically, hands on hips with elbows turned out). Something that’s akimbo is less controlled, less predictable, and less coordinated. It’s an unexpected juxtaposition of body and limbs. Nominated for eight … Continue reading May: Akimbo →

I posted this on Facebook over the weekend but also wanted to share with our blog community as well: For all the students and faculty with whom I’ve traveled to Israel over the years, I thought you’d be interested in the NYT Saturday profile of Justice Aharon Barak (linked here), explaining why protestors are in … Continue reading Visiting with Justice Barak →