The next Law & Society Association Annual Meeting is in Chicago from May 27-May 30, 2010. Proposals for individual papers and panels are due on December 8, 2009. To learn more see: http://www.lawandsociety.org/ann_mtg/am10/call.htm The Law & Society Annual Meeting brings together a wonderfully diverse group of scholars from a variety of fields and countries. There are … Continue reading Law & Society Association Call for Papers
Consider this a reminder that proposals to host next year’s AALS ADR Section’s Works-in-Progress Conference are due tomorrow, October 31st. All of the details for submitting a proposal can be found here.
A good friend of mine is a journalist in Afghanistan who was in the Hotel Serna in Kabul this morning when it was hit by mortar. You can read her account at: http://www.globalpost.com/notebook/afghanistan/091028/the-unexpected-hazards-life-war-zone. The New York Times reported that attack and the deadly attack that same morning by the Taliban at a UN guest house … Continue reading Should we negotiate with the Taliban?
This past weekend I facilitated a meeting of the Arizona Foreclosure Mediation Task Force, and I have to admit that I did not understand the extent of the foreclosure crisis in Arizona and across the country. One thing that struck me is that this problem is so big in scope. For example, someone threw out … Continue reading Foreclosure Mediation – How Helpful Is It?
As I wrote about last week, I was at a negotiation conference in Istanbul where we were given assignments to actually negotiate in the Spice Market. Melissa Manwaring, who used to work with the Program on Negotiation and is now a professor at Babson College, came up with the great idea of each person from her group of … Continue reading Does the Ayres Study Work in Istanbul?
Cardozo Law School’s Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution is hosting its Eleventh Annual Symposium, entitled, Conflict Resolution at Work: ADR in the Public and Private Sectors, on Thursday, November 5th, 2009. This event will have panel discussions focusing on the practical application of ADR in the fields of health care, real estate, and government. See www.cardozojcr.com, for … Continue reading Annual Cardozo ADR Symposium
On November 17, 2009, Pace Law School’s Kheel Center on the Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes will present an all-day conference at The University Club in New York City (One West 54th St) entitled “Changing Times, Changing Legal Practice: Effective Legal Strategies to Resolve New Environmental Disputes.” The registration deadline is November 6. A registration form … Continue reading Kheel Center Environmental ADR Conference
The 12th Annual ODR Cyberweek is coming up next week and, as part of the festivities, the ABA’s Section of Dispute Resolution is sponsoring two activities that sound very interesting. The announcement, in its entirety, is below. * * * * * * * * * * * The Committee on Ethics of the American … Continue reading 12th Annual ODR Cyberweek – October 26-30
I just returned from a conference in Istanbul, which was the second of three conferences on the next generation of negotiation teaching. It was fascinating; and I will have several posts in the next few days about different pieces of it. One of the most interesting concepts behind this conference was the opportunity to take … Continue reading Adventure Learning in Turkey
NPR’s evening show All Things Considered aired a piece this evening discussing the use of rape as a weapon of terror and intimidation during warfare in several recent global hotspots. As many readers of this blog know, this is not a recent phenomenon – anyone recall the Rape of the Sabine Women? Despite the fact … Continue reading Secretary of State Clinton: More Women Needed in International Mediation Efforts
