Please join me this Wednesday, March 24th, at 1:30 eastern when I speak with Professors David Matz and Bob Mnookin discussing lessons from Menachem Begin and Camp David and examine today’s leadership challenges. You can register here or here. This is hosted by the Begin Heritage Center that describes the series as such: Menachem Begin’s legacy … Continue reading International Conflict Resolution Symposium–Part 2
Mary Pat Treuthart (Gonzaga) wrote a terrific article describing how to use the Netflix film Marriage Story to teach law students: Marriage Story: A Tale of Divorce, Love … and the Law, 45 Journal of the Legal Profession 65 (2020). You may recall my thumbnail review of the film, Somewhere Between Reasonable and Crazy, suggesting … Continue reading Teaching Dispute Resolution with a Marriage Story
We already started this week talking about creative ways to persuade and I want to continue this week focusing on creativity and negotiation role models. Two women immediately come to mind, as they each used their genre to give the reader/viewer perspective on different life experiences. Maya Angelou based much of her work on her … Continue reading ADR & Activism through Art–Maya Angelou and Frida Kahlo
From AFOI Nancy Welsh: I’m happy to report that we have posted more video conversations arising out of Texas A&M’s symposium on “ADR’s Place in Navigating a Polarized Era.” You can find them here (scroll down to Current Events), along with links to the symposium articles in the Texas A&M Law Review and the Ohio … Continue reading More Video Conversations – ADR’s Place in Navigating a Polarized Era
Last week Sarah Cole had a masterful interview with Jean Sternlight as part of the virtual book launch for Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Foundational Articles (book and book launch details here). Once the video is posted, we will provide a link in case you missed it. What interesting things will we learn from this … Continue reading Discussions in Dispute Resolution Virtual Book Launch – Round 3 with Bob Mnookin
From BFOI Elayne Greenberg: Please join me in congratulating the 2021 Dispute Resolution Advancement Award Winners Avital Mentovich, Professor at University of Haifa’s School of Criminology, J.J. Prescott, the Henry King Ransom Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, and Orna Rabinovich-Einy, Associate Professor on the Law Faculty at the University Haifa … Continue reading 2021 Dispute Resolution Advancement Award Winners
From TFOI Brian Jarrett: You are invited to our 11th Annual International Cyber-Conference on Dispute Resolution, Wed. April 7 @ Noon-2:30 pm (US Pacific Coast Time). Please invite your students, colleagues, and community members to participate in this international event. Each year, the Cyber-conference has promoted a global town-hall style dialogue between students, professors, mediators, … Continue reading 11th Annual International Cyber-conference on Dispute Resolution
From TFOI Rachel Viscomi and Lisa Dicker: After the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many other Black Americans, protests across the country built what became one of the largest movements in American history. Yet many activists in the U.S. felt that what resulted were only piecemeal reforms and lip service. … Continue reading New Report on “Power, Protest, and Political Change” from the Harvard Dispute Systems Design Clinic
From GFOI Lela Love The American College of Civil Trial Mediators (ACCTM) is proud to announce the 2021 American Journal of Mediation National Dispute Resolution Writing Competition sponsored by the American College of Civil Trial Mediators. ACCTM is an association of dispute resolution professionals with substantial practice experience as mediators, arbitrators and conflict management neutrals. … Continue reading American Journal Of Mediation National Dispute Resolution Writing Competition
On the occasion of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s birthday (she would be 88 today), it seems only fitting that we use her wonderful example as another one for negotiation. And, while we could focus on her judicial career, I think a particular lesson comes from her very successful litigation strategy as a lawyer … Continue reading Reverse like RBG–and Happy Birthday
