Love it or hate it – I sure feel both ways – technology is going to be an increasing part of our lives in the future. And that goes double for dispute resolution practitioners. Dispute resolution is fundamentally about communication, and technological developments are rapidly revolutionizing how we communicate. I became more conscious of the … Continue reading Technology in Real Practice Systems
Susan Yates, the longtime Executive Director for Resolution Systems Institute (RSI), is stepping away from the organization to try her hand at different opportunities. Susan is a great friend of this blog as well as to many in the ADR world. We wish her nothing but the best in her new adventures. And, this means … Continue reading Resolution Systems Institute seeks a new Executive Director
On January 11, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule change to its Codes of Arbitration Procedure and Mediation Procedure — proposed by FINRA — to bar individuals who are not attorneys from representing parties in the FINRA Dispute Resolution forum. Before the rule change, FINRA banned non-attorney representation in its arbitration and … Continue reading Compensated Non-Attorney Representation Banned in FINRA Arbitrations and Mediations
Bringing this back to the front as a friendly reminder of the Schiefelbein Conference on Thursday January 11th starting at 8am MT / 10am ET. You can find the agenda here. Of particular interest to this blog’s readers (particularly students) is the session titled Breaking In: Careers in International Dispute Resolution scheduled at 12:30pm MT … Continue reading Back to Front – Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Conference Thursday at 8am MT / 10am ET
The Real Practice System Menu of Mediation Checklists received many rave reviews. People said that they are “interesting,” “informative,” “so very useful,” “really helpful,” “great,” “excellent,” “wonderful,” “fantastic,” “invaluable,” “impressive,” “very thorough,” “brilliant,” and “utterly awesome” resources. “Just wow!” I identified numerous ways that the checklists could be used by practitioners, program administrators, and faculty, … Continue reading Practitioners Tell Why Real Practice System Checklists Are So Useful
From BFOI Peter Reilly (Texas A&M): Let me open this edition with gratitude for Quinnipiac-Yale’s wonderful Works-in-Progress conference that took place in October…huge thanks again to Charlie Pillsbury, Carrie Kass, and Jen Brown for an excellent, fun, and productive conference!!! Ava Abramowitz (GW Law), Ken Webb (Kenn Webb Consulting, LLC) and Jennifer Shack (RSI) This is the fourth update on … Continue reading ADR Scholarship Projects (Jan. 2024)
In November, OSU’s Divided Community Project responded to a request from the AAA-ICDR Foundation to provide student- and campus-focused resources for campus leaders dealing with the effects of the violence in the Middle East. The project’s first deliverable from their #CampusBridge initiative is a guide, Leading a Divided Campus: Ideas and Illustrations, accessible at https://go.osu.edu/dcpcampus. The … Continue reading New Divided Community Project Resources for Campus Leaders
Tom Valenti is a Chicago-based conflict resolution specialist offering mediation, arbitration, and facilitation services and training. He also is a humanitarian activist who is a co-founder of Mediation Beyond Borders. He co-leads the Athens Migration Dialogue Project, which helps local communities to design, organize and conduct dialogues that address difficult and dangerous issues, such as … Continue reading Tom Valenti: Using Real Practice Systems Checklists in Practice and Teaching
Brian Farkas has been deeply involved in our field since he was a student at Cardozo, where he was the editor-in-chief of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. He is an attorney at ArentFox Schiff LLP, a prolific author and speaker, and a regular adjunct professor at Cardozo. He is one of the people who … Continue reading Brian Farkas: Using Checklists in My Course on the Law of Settlement
Jeff Trueman is a Maryland mediator who you may recall from my post, Jeff Trueman’s Study on Nightmares of “Positional” Tactics in Mediation. He is one of the people who responded to my request for people to describe how the Real Practice System checklists can be helpful. I said that people could write as little … Continue reading Jeff Trueman: Checklists Are More Important Than I First Thought
