I am at the end of a two week trip to Cambodia.   I was co-leading a trip for our students to study rule of law development in a post-conflict country.  One of  the amazing experiences we had was spending three days with the Arbitration Council of Cambodia learning about labor arbitration in the country.  Photos … Continue reading It is a small world… →

Political eons ago – 20 days ago, to be precise – President Trump had a successful negotiation of sorts. If you can remember that far back, that’s when the House of Representatives approved a health care bill that Mr. Trump advocated. In prior posts, I discussed Mr. Trump’s failure to win adoption of his original … Continue reading President Trump’s Negotiation Skills (or Lack Thereof) – Part 4 →

Rick Bales shared with me a very intriguing call for papers for a conference in Malaysia on August 9 and 10: https://icdr2017.org/2017/04/27/call-for-papers/ According to the website: The International Conference on Dispute Resolution (ICDR) 2017 accepts papers in English, Arabic and Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia/Indonesia). Authors are invited to submit quality papers presenting original research or any … Continue reading Call for Papers for International Conference on Dispute Resolution →

Sharon Press and Bobbi McAdoo have been doing a fabulous service for our community every year by conducting the “Resource Share” sessions at the ABA’s Legal Educators Colloquium.  They not only lead these entertaining sessions, but they also compile the collected resources, which I recently posted. Even though you have (hopefully) just finished grading for … Continue reading Readings for Next Year’s Courses →

Len Riskin (Northwestern) asked me to pass along this announcement for an upcoming workshop at Northwestern.   This will be cross-posted under events. Managing the Negotiation Within: Internal Family Systems Training for Mediators and Lawyers Faculty: Richard Schwartz, developer of the IFS Model & David Hoffman, Mediator & Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School When … Continue reading Managing the Negotiation Within: Internal Family Systems Training for Mediators and Lawyers →