Tag Archives: Public Policy

Thinking Like Mediators About the Future of AI

Imagine you’re a mediator and someone tells you what’s troubling them.  They’re deeply upset about a product they believe poses serious risks.  They cite past harms, question whether it should ever have been introduced, and urge that it be removed from the market or tightly restricted.  The product is already in widespread use, integrated into … Continue reading Thinking Like Mediators About the Future of AI

IAALS Publishes Report on AI for Consumer-Facing Legal Services

IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, released a new report, Regulating AI in the Delivery of Consumer-Facing Legal Services: Unlocking Legal Regulation.   The report outlines a framework for how the legal profession can respond to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) tools already being used … Continue reading IAALS Publishes Report on AI for Consumer-Facing Legal Services

Responsible Realism About AI in Law and Dispute Resolution

Artificial intelligence is already transforming the ways lawyers, educators, students, scholars, and dispute resolution professionals work.  The pace of change is accelerating. How should we respond collectively? How will you respond to help your students and/or clients deal with this new world? To help figure this out, you can read a concise new article, Responsible … Continue reading Responsible Realism About AI in Law and Dispute Resolution

Resolution Systems Institute is hiring a remote researcher!

If you are interested in this opportunity to join a great team, please apply according to the announcement below. If you have questions, reach out to Jennifer Shack, friend of Indisputably, at jshack@aboutrsi.org ResearcherResolution Systems Institute – Chicago – RemoteDo you want to conduct cutting-edge research with a purpose? Join Resolution Systems Institute and make … Continue reading Resolution Systems Institute is hiring a remote researcher!

AALS Program on Difficult Conversations in Polarized Times

From Donna Shestowsky: On behalf of the AALS Section on ADR, I hope you will join us in DC for the AALS Annual Meeting.  Registration is open. Here is some information about our section’s program, which will also serve as our section meeting: In the spirit of the AALS’s recognition of the need for “Defending … Continue reading AALS Program on Difficult Conversations in Polarized Times

What We Do Is So Important

My colleague, Ilhyung Lee, pointed me to another graduation speech highlighting the importance of generally listening respectfully to and engaging with people we disagree with.  He sent me a link to a speech by University of Chicago Law Professor Tom Ginsburg, entitled “Conversation and Democracy.”  I had cited Bret Stephen’s speech and Jen Reynolds linked … Continue reading What We Do Is So Important

The Deplorable Vanishing of Fox’s Trial-Part 2

I posted my short article, The Deplorable Vanishing of Fox’s Trial, on the NYC-DR listserv, which prompted several responses including this one: Given the magnitude of the settlement I question whether the judge imploring the parties to settle made much difference.  I do think the decisions on the summary judgment motion, which left open only … Continue reading The Deplorable Vanishing of Fox’s Trial-Part 2

The Deplorable Vanishing of Fox’s Trial

I just wrote another short piece you might want to read, The Deplorable Vanishing of Fox’s Trial.  Here’s the abstract. About 20 years ago, there was a flurry of worries about “the vanishing trial.”  Professor Marc Galanter described trials as having the potential for “deep accountability” where facts are exposed and responsibility is assessed.  The … Continue reading The Deplorable Vanishing of Fox’s Trial

The Importance of Really Listening – For Ourselves, Others, and Democracy

I recently posted a short article you might want to read, The Importance of Really Listening – For Ourselves, Others, and Democracy.  Here’s the abstract. This article discusses how listening carefully can help others and ourselves and is important for healthy democratic processes.  Relying on Kathryn Schulz’s book, Being Wrong:  Adventures in the Margin of … Continue reading The Importance of Really Listening – For Ourselves, Others, and Democracy

Fox’s Sizzling Bazookas

Dominion Voting Systems’s filings for its motion for summary judgment included incredible smoking gun evidence that Fox News and its parent, Fox Corporation, knowingly published false statements with wild allegations about Dominion’s supposed role in promoting voter fraud in the 2020 election. The court’s ruling on the motion last week was much more damning than Dominion’s … Continue reading Fox’s Sizzling Bazookas