ADR Prof Blog

I am happy to welcome Susan Yates and RSI to the ADR blogosphere.  Their new court-connected blog is outlined below in a message from Susan:
I am excited to announce Resolution Systems Institute’s new blog, Just Court ADR. The blog is written by two RSI colleagues and myself, and highlights important topics in court ADR. We [...]

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Every other year or so, I try to attend the International Association of Conflict Management (IACM) annual meeting to keep up to date on what is going on in other related fields.  The meeting is very high powered–some of the best known names in the conflict resolution field in business schools, econ departments, public policy, [...]

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A few weeks ago, Kathleen Parker, a writer for the Washington Post, likened Obama to a woman because of his negotiation style, calling him the first female president. (See the article here.)  Confronted with crises and criticisms, our President hasn’t responded in the alpha dog style of many male politicians. Instead, he’s a listener and [...]

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Below is a call for papers from the International Economic Law Interest Group of the ASIL.  Recently the group has focused more and more on dispute resolution–both consensual and arbitration–as an issue of economic law and so I think there could well be DR professors whose work falls squarely in this field.  Having started early on [...]

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This morning our Marquette Foreclosure Mediation Program was singled out as a primary reason that the Mayor of Milwaukee won a public policy award for “Innovative Response to Economic Downturn” from the Public Policy Forum and last week the MFMP won “Lawyer of the Year” from the Milwaukee Bar Association.  Not a bad week! 
I have [...]

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