I love the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution annual conferences. They always put on a wide array of wonderful sessions and it’s a great time to connect with friends, new and old. As I did last year, I am listing some sessions that particularly intrigue me. The following reflects my idiosyncratic tastes and it would … Continue reading ABA Conference Sessions You Might Consider
From FFOIs Sharon Press and Bobbi McAdoo: Dear Colleagues, The Annual ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Conference is a little over a month away and we are again collecting information for the annual Legal Educators’ Resource Share. We’re not certain, but we think this might be the 5th year for this event. This year’s … Continue reading Legal Educators’ Resource Share
From TFOI Jackie Font-Guzmán: The Werner Institute and the 2040 Initiative at the Creighton University School of Law invite you to a symposium exploring how the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Loving v. Virginia has influenced society institutionally, demographically and relationally. The symposium, entitled 50 Years of Loving: Seeking Justice Through Love and Relationships, … Continue reading What the World Needs Now
From GFOI Hal Abramson: Dear Friends and Colleagues: This past weekend the Board of Governors selected International Academy of Mediators (IAM)’s new Scholars in Residence (SIR) in light of the fact that our current wonderful scholar, Hal Abramson, is at the end of his tenure with us. Thanks to Hal we have established a durable … Continue reading To SIRs (Lela Love and Dwight Golann) With Love
A message from Jackie Font-Guzmán: Dear ADR community, This year the Werner Institute is celebrating its 10 year anniversary and what a decade it has been! We wish to thank our ADR community for sharing this journey with us. As part of our anniversary events we will be hosting a workshop led by Deb Gerardi … Continue reading Werner Institute Celebrates Ten Years at Creighton
Rishi Batra was promoted from assistant to associate professor at Texas Tech, effective today. Congratulations, Rishi! Art does a fabulous service by publicizing the comings and goings in our community. So this is a small – and presumably non-exhaustive – supplement. If you know of someone who has been promoted, gotten tenure, or received the … Continue reading Congratulations, Rishi!
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. This is the last post in the book club series, at least for now. It is a compilation of a … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Summary of Negotiation Frameworks
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. Rishi Batra suggested reading Samuel Arbesman’s book, The Half Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Rishi Batra About “The Half Life of Facts”
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 scene from the David Grossman book, To The End of the Land (English translation 2010). Here’s … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About David Grossman’s To the End of the Land
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 the book Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace (2014) by Lawrence … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About Lawrence Wright’s Thirteen Days in September
