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Dilyara Nigmatullina’s New Article on Planned Early Dispute Resolution and Technology

April 12, 2021 John Lande

Dilyara Nigmatullina just published an article entitled, Planned Early Dispute Resolution Systems and Elements: Experiences and the Promise of Technology, in the Journal of International Dispute Settlement. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) Faculty of Law, Law Enforcement Research Group. Here’s the abstract: The COVID-19 outbreak has severely impacted global … Continue reading Dilyara Nigmatullina’s New Article on Planned Early Dispute Resolution and Technology →

Teaching Dispute Resolution with a Marriage Story

March 21, 2021 John Lande 1 Comment

Mary Pat Treuthart (Gonzaga) wrote a terrific article describing how to use the Netflix film Marriage Story to teach law students: Marriage Story: A Tale of Divorce, Love … and the Law, 45 Journal of the Legal Profession 65 (2020). You may recall my thumbnail review of the film, Somewhere Between Reasonable and Crazy, suggesting … Continue reading Teaching Dispute Resolution with a Marriage Story →

Anna Howard’s New Book Examines Why Businesses Don’t Use Mediation – And Other Issues

March 11, 2021 John Lande

Anna Howard‘s new book, EU Cross-Border Commercial Mediation: Listening to Disputants – Changing the Frame; Framing the Changes, provides valuable insights about business disputing. It reports the findings of her study about mediation of EU cross-border commercial disputes, but the dynamics she describes occur in the US and probably many other countries as well. Anna … Continue reading Anna Howard’s New Book Examines Why Businesses Don’t Use Mediation – And Other Issues →

New Edition of Psychology for Lawyers

February 24, 2021 John Lande

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 →

I Actually Like Teaching on Zoom

February 16, 2021 John Lande

That’s the title of a thoughtful op-ed in the New York Times by Viet Thanh Nguyen, a professor of English, American studies and comparative literature at the University of Southern California. Take a look. (Click the title of this post to read the article.)

Empathy

January 18, 2021 John Lande

The Washington Post just published an article, Five Things Worth Knowing About Empathy. Take a look. Click on the title of this post to access the article.

Is Empathy Possible in Today’s Polarized Political Environment?

December 29, 2020 John Lande 1 Comment

Four social scientists who study empathy and political division think so. Take a look at their piece in the Washington Post, Our Divided Times Are an Opportunity for Empathy. Really. To access the article, click on the title of this post.

The Dream-Team Of Conflict Resolution TV Shows

October 29, 2020 John Lande

Perhaps less terrifying than watching the political campaign on TV, we soon will have the chance to watch another TV treatment of so-called “mediation.” Fox will show “The Mediator with Ice-T, a weekday, half-hour legal series hosted by the veteran rapper and actor, will get a limited four-week run on Fox-owned stations, including stations in New … Continue reading The Dream-Team Of Conflict Resolution TV Shows →

Timely New Book on Racial Reconciliation Initiative

October 11, 2020 John Lande 1 Comment

This post reviews a wonderful new book, the “new edition” of America’s Peacemakers: The Community Relations Service and Civil Rights by Bertram Levine and Grande Lum, published by the University of Missouri Press. Levine, who died in 2006, published the first edition covering events up to 1990 in Part I. Lum discusses events since then, … Continue reading Timely New Book on Racial Reconciliation Initiative →

Strengthening “Empathy Muscles”

October 7, 2020 John Lande

The New York Times published an important, timely article, 5 People Who Can Help You Strengthen Your Empathy Muscle. It summarizes advice of five people who have spent their lives studying, understanding and practicing empathy. Take a look. (Click the title of this post to get the link to the article.)