In a recent DRLE listserv colloquy, I threatened to save for another day an extended rant about why we are so doggone attracted to using confusing jargon. That day has arrived. What’s Wrong with BATNA and All the Other ATNAs? My mania was stimulated by an exchange of listserv posts about the use of BATNA … Continue reading BATNA’s Got to Go — and Here’s a Better Idea
Some of our colleagues recently contributed their new and updated syllabi and teaching materials to share on the DRLE website, as follows. Thanks to all of them as well as everyone who previously generously contributed syllabi and teaching materials. I hoped to include instructions for students about managing online environment but I didn’t get any. … Continue reading Get Yer Syllabi Here
Greetings Colleagues! Please find attached to this message the compilation of the 2020 Legal Educators’ Resource Share which this year was held during the virtual ABA DR Section Conference. Noam and I appreciated seeing so many of you… and for your continued generosity in sharing your experience. The main document is annotated with yellow highlights … Continue reading Resource Share 2020
GFOI Jackie Font wrote this op-ed in the wake of the current events highlighting historic racial injustices: Here are ways that the academic community can promote racial equality. (Click on the title of this post to read the article.)
If you teach students that it’s important to analyze their BATNAs, consider including material in your course on litigation interest and risk assessment, aka LIRA. Virtually every negotiation, mediation, and ADR survey course teaches students that they should figure out their BATNA when negotiating or mediating. That is sooooo much easier said than done, as … Continue reading Resources for Teaching About BATNA, Bottom Lines, and LIRA
Several contributors to the Theory-of-Change book suggested that we should reconceptualize our field, shifting away from defining it in terms of particular dispute resolution procedures such as negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. I think that this idea makes sense, and this post suggests that we should include a decision-making lens that may be part of a … Continue reading Decision-Making as an Essential Element of Our Field
We are very fortunate to belong to a very generous community of law school colleagues who teach dispute resolution. One reflection of colleagues’ generosity is our freely sharing resources with each other. My law school has hosted the Dispute Resolution Resources in Legal Education (DRLE) website to facilitate this sharing. In particular, we have collected … Continue reading Reminder – Calling All Syllabi – By June 1
There are a lot of continuing professional educational programs coming up and here are the ones I have heard about lately. ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Conference For readers of this blog, the biggie is the virtual conference of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution all next week. Be there or be square. The Section … Continue reading Lots of Educational Programs
From F. Peter Phillips: New York Law School’s ADR Skills Program invites you to join… THE WEDNESDAY LUNCH SERIES: CONVERSATIONS in CONFLICT RESOLUTION Beginning May 20 and for every two weeks thereafter, New York Law School will offer informal and provocative conversations with interesting leaders in the field of conflict avoidance, management and resolution. All … Continue reading NYLS Wednesday Lunch Conversations
From Leah Wing: Dear Colleagues, The National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution is happy to announce the unveiling of a newly updated extensive Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) bibliography which is available on our website and here. It is wonderful to see so many new partners from the courts, alternative dispute resolution, and many other … Continue reading Extensive ODR Bibliography
