I forgot to include two things in my list of readings and resources you might want to think about as you plan for the coming academic year. The Theory-of-Change Book, which can be downloaded for free, contains 63 bite-size think pieces, averaging less than 4 pages each, written by 59 contributors in the following sections: … Continue reading Two More Things
As an annual tradition, this is a reminder of some of my favorite things you might use in your courses as you gear up for next academic year. Here’s a link to the latest and greatest version of the “resource share” compiled by Sharon Press and Noam Ebner. Here’s a post suggesting how you can … Continue reading Readings and Resources for Teaching
Like it or not, facilitative and evaluative mediation are part of the social reality of our field. Despite the fact that these models are misleading and provide counterproductive concepts to guide mediators’ behaviors and set parties’ expectations, they are inescapable. They are standard elements in texts, courses, trainings, and general discourse in our field. They … Continue reading Reconciling Allegedly Alternative Mediation Models by Using DIY Models
Peter T. Coleman, professor of psychology and education at Columbia University, an award-winning scholar and a prolific author, recently published his latest book, The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization. He holds a joint appointment at Teachers College and The Earth Institute. In his spare time, he is the director of the Morton Deutsch … Continue reading Peter Coleman’s Outstanding Evidence-Based Work on Reducing Polarization
From Sharon Press and Noam Ebner: Greetings everyone! We hope that the end of the term is wrapping up well for all. We are pleased to share with you the 2021 Legal Educators’ Resource Share and Appendices which are attached to this message. As a reminder, the Resource Share is the compilation of resources and … Continue reading 2021 Resource Share Materials
There’s too darn much ADR research. Too darn much if you have any hope of keeping up with it. We are blessed and cursed with an interest in a subject that deals with virtually every aspect of life and is studied in many different disciplines. So we are fortunate that Jim Coben and Donna Stienstra … Continue reading Coben & Stienstra’s Fabulous Annotated Bibliography of Empirical Research
From GFOIs Sharon Press and Noam Ebner: Dear Colleagues: The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution will once again host a virtual conference in April and we are pleased to announce that the Resource Share will take place live on Saturday, April 17, from 12:00 noon 1:00 pm Eastern. For those of you who are new … Continue reading Please Send Materials for This Year’s Resource Share
From TFOI Rachel Viscomi and Lisa Dicker: After the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many other Black Americans, protests across the country built what became one of the largest movements in American history. Yet many activists in the U.S. felt that what resulted were only piecemeal reforms and lip service. … Continue reading New Report on “Power, Protest, and Political Change” from the Harvard Dispute Systems Design Clinic
My colleague, Amy Schmitz, and mediate.com CEO Colin Rule announced that they have re-built and re-designed the arbitrate.com website from the ground up to offer a powerful set of updated features and capabilities. Take a look. [Click on the title of this post to access the website.]
The ABA recently published the second edition of Psychology for Lawyers: Understanding the Human Factors in Negotiation, Litigation, and Decision Making, by Jen Robbennolt and Jean Sternlight. Based on the latest research, it provides insights about perception, memory, judgment, decision making, emotion, persuasion and influence, communication, and the psychology of justice. It applies these insights … Continue reading New Edition of Psychology for Lawyers
