Tag Archives: Appreciation

Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About Lee Blessing’s Walk in the Woods

July 15, 2016 John Lande Leave a comment

This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7: Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. David Matz suggested A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing (1988). Here’s his description of it. This is an … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About Lee Blessing’s Walk in the Woods →

Fabulous TED Talk by David Hoffman on Lawyers as Peacemakers

June 24, 2016 John Lande 1 Comment

Thanks to Kim Wright, at Cutting Edge Law, I learned about a wonderful TED talk that David Hoffman gave: Lawyers as Peacemakers. Really?!? Yes, Really. It describes his personal journey from a hippie seeking social justice to lawyer who sometimes litigated to full-time peacemaker practicing mediation and collaborative law (CL). It is an inspiring talk, … Continue reading Fabulous TED Talk by David Hoffman on Lawyers as Peacemakers →

Appreciation of Serial

March 18, 2016 John Lande Leave a comment

In a recent post, I mentioned that as a DR person, I particularly like the Serial podcast, and Erin Archerd asked why. I really love the way that the program seeks to learn and portray the complex realities of the stories it covers. It looks at them from many angles so that listeners get a … Continue reading Appreciation of Serial →

Early Neutral Case Management, Tony Piazza, Biases, and Thanks for the Feedback

August 17, 2015 John Lande 1 Comment

I just came back from the bi-annual training retreat of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN), where I was one of the speakers. I caught the second half of the program and each of these sessions was fascinating, as I describe below. I had never heard of NADN before, and I was impressed … Continue reading Early Neutral Case Management, Tony Piazza, Biases, and Thanks for the Feedback →

koshe on Israel Reflections 2024–Day Three–The Nova Music Festival Site: “THANK YOU SO MUCH”

Renier P Pierantoni on Remembering Elayne: “May she RIP. She is an icon in the ADR world and was clearly adored by many.”

Susan M Yates on My Appreciation – Part 2: “Congratulations, John! It is an honor to work with you and a pleasure to be your friend.”

Susan Yates on Susan Yates received the D’Alemberte Raven award: “Thank you, Kelly, for these kind words and for being part of the nomination team! I’m not sure what I…”

Katarzyna Przyluska on John Lande receives the ABA DR Section Scholarly Work Award!: “Congratulations!”

Rosa Maria Abdelnour Granados on Jen Reynolds Named Interim Dean at Oregon: “Congratulations ,Jen!! For your designation in Oregon and for the II book StarWars with Noam and other negotiation experts”

Peggy McGuinness on Appreciating Elayne Greenberg’s Scholarship: “John- Thank you for posting this lovely tribute to a warm and wonderful colleague, who will be missed at St.…”

Rich Facey on What I’m Reading – Collateral Damage of War: “Have you read about Marla Ruzicka, American aide worker who gave her life to record civilian casualties in Iraq and…”

Kelly on Israel Reflections 2024–Day Three–Meeting with Freed Hostage Liat Atzili: “What a remarkable person. Your students’ reflections are thoughtful, I’m sure this is one of the most memorable experiences in…”

Jill Gross on Israel Reflections 2024–The Law (and Strategy) of Hostage Negotiations: “Such interesting descriptions. I am living vicariously through these blog posts about the trips!”