From today’s online WSJ, an article with the tagline “Catholic Church Offers to Settle Abuse Claims – With a Catch: A potential flood of lawsuits has spurred the Catholic Church to offer mediation, only if accusers agree not to sue.” About halfway through the article, the paper describes a “mediation” process under which “Alleged victims tell … Continue reading WSJ on Catholic Church Abuse Mediation in Pennsylvania
These are words of Megan Rapinoe, star of the US Women’s Soccer team, which just won the World Cup. She continued, “We got to know that this is everybody’s responsibility. Every single person here, every single person who’s not here, every single person who doesn’t want to be here. Every single person who agrees and … Continue reading We Have to Love More, Hate Less. We Got to Listen More and Talk Less.
On November 1, the Fordham Law Review, in conjunction with the Conflict Resolution and ADR Program and National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School will present a program entitled “Achieving Access to Justice Through ADR: Fact or Fiction?” ADR is enthusiastically promoted as a vehicle for providing access to justice. For parties, there … Continue reading Achieving Access to Justice Through ADR: Fact or Fiction?
The Dispute Resolution Section of the Supreme Court of Ohio is seeking to identify and secure a pool of experienced professionals, including national and state experts, to prepare and present a broad range of beginner and advanced educational sessions at the 2020 Dispute Resolution Conference: “Civility and Solutions – Dispute Resolution in Today’s Courts,” which … Continue reading Call for Proposals for Presenters at Court Program
Conflict Resolution Quarterly publishes scholarship on relationships between theory, research, and practice in the conflict resolution and ADR fields. Conflict Resolution Quarterly is sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution. This call for papers is designed to elicit the latest research, evaluations, and practice notes in the field of Mediation. Each article should include a … Continue reading Call for Papers: Trends and Innovations in Mediation Research
The New York Times “smarter living” column has an interesting piece about letting go of grudges and forgiving others. It cites research about the benefits of doing so. A 2006 study, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology as part of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, suggested that “skills-based forgiveness training may prove effective in reducing … Continue reading Letting Go and Forgiving
David Larson (Mitchell Hamline) has published “Designing and Implementing a State Court ODR System: From Disappointment to Celebration” in the Journal of Dispute Resolution. The article is also available on SSRN. The abstract: For the past two and one-third years I have had the pleasure of working with the New York State Unified Court System … Continue reading Larson on Designing State Court ODR
The “Appreciating our Legacy and Engaging the Future” conference was very rich, with a wonderful collection of presenters in our field covering a wide range of issues. We could only scratch the surface of the subjects considering the wide scope of issues we addressed and we would like to continue the conversation on the blog. … Continue reading Let’s Continue the Great Conversation from Pepperdine
I’m sure that many of you have attended or given conference and faculty talks where the post-talk Question and Answer sessions have fallen apart after audience members offer poorly worded or individualistic questions, or give their own talk instead of asking a question and take up the entire Q&A session. In a recent series of … Continue reading Great ideas from a Twitter thread on productive Q&A sessions
Earlier this week I attended a wonderful conference at Pepperdine Law School attended by 150 ADR legal educators and professionals, where we explored the legacy of the field of ADR and predicted its future. Co-sponsored by the Aggie (Texas A&M) DR Program as well as numerous other law school DR programs), the conference featured panels … Continue reading Conference on past, present and future of ADR at Pepperdine Law School
