Tis the season of the US News tournament, when our mailboxes fill with literature touting the achievements of law schools far and wide. Most of us think that this “game” is seriously flawed and wish our schools didn’t have play the game, but we generally feel compelled to do so because of the significant consequences. … Continue reading Missouri Scholarship Booklet
For the first time since 2004, this fall, I will not teach our required 1L course, Lawyering: Problem-Solving and Dispute Resolution. We had several sections each year and so I had a chance to impart my views about lawyering to a substantial part of our class. I felt passionate about the value of good lawyering … Continue reading My Last Lecture in Your Course
I am pleased to inform you that the updated collection of DR syllabi is now available on the DRLE website. To those who generously contributed syllabi to share with your colleagues: THANK YOU SO MUCH. Please take a look and let me know if there are any problems we need to fix with the listing … Continue reading New and Improved DRLE Syllabus Collection
This post mostly is not about dispute resolution. I just went to see an amazing film, Alive Inside, which was a 2014 Sundance Award winner. It is a documentary about a social worker whose personal mission is to arrange for people with dementia to listen to music. The film shows people who were extremely withdrawn … Continue reading Alive
It’s so cool that so many people sent their syllabi to share with our community in response to my post last week. I’m sure you will be impressed when you will see them posted. Several folks said that they couldn’t send their syllabi by June 22 but could do so soon afterward. So I am … Continue reading Call for DR Syllabi Extended to June 28
As I have threatened, a few days ago, I sent emails individually nagging colleagues to send me their recent DR syllabi so that I can update the syllabus page on the DRLE website. Thanks so much to those who already responded. If I sent you an email and you haven’t responded yet – don’t make … Continue reading Please Send Me Your DR Syllabi by June 22
Apropros of Art’s post about Jean Sternlight’s speech accepting the scholarship award, here is a picture of Jean’s family and the Saltman Center family.
I love going to the ABA conference. This is my annual reunion with my best friends – and a chance to make new ones. I am completely unbiased but I think that our folks have good hearts and do great work. It was very touching to see my good friend and former colleague, Jean Sternlight, … Continue reading I LOVE the ABA Conference
Sharon Press, at Hamline, sent the following announcement on the DRLE listserv and I want to repeat it and encourage you to think RIGHT NOW what you might share at the ABA conference — in just 10 days. Yikes! Professor Bobbi McAdoo and I thought we’d try something slightly different for the Professor Resource Share … Continue reading Please Share a Resource — and Do it Now
You are cordially invited to this program at the ABA conference in Seattle, which will take place on Friday, April 17, from 3-4:15, in the Orcas Room. My partners in crime for this caper are Alyson Carrel, Jim Coben, and Noam Ebner. Here’s the idea for our program – How many times have you heard … Continue reading Everything You Know about Dispute Resolution is Wrong – Can You Handle the Truth?
