ADR Prof Blog

Dear all, as I just sent out to our listserve as well, it is time to remind you of the Boskey Competition for two reasons–(a) I need your students to submit essays; and (b) you might be right now in the midst of grading the next competition winner as we speak. This competition offers your students [...]

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Yesterday was the last day of class for our International Conflict Resolution class and, to close,  I thought I would post some oversarching comments.  Particularly as the new Secretary of State, John Kerry, embarks on what I hope will be a successful quest to learn more about the Israeli Palestinian conflict and encourage the parties to [...]

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In a poll conducted by Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports, Alternative Dispute Resolution ranked fourth in terms of what areas of law need more attention from the legal academy in terms of more full-time faculty doing research in the area .  The full poll results can be found here.   So, blog readers, what do you think?  [...]

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A highlight of our trip was meeting with Justice Aharon Barak.  Barak has been hailed as the father of Israeli constitituional law and Justice Elana Kagan called Justice Barak her “judicial hero.”  His remarks covered a widespread range of topics from the development of Israeli law to several difference famous Israeli Supreme Court cases to [...]

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As we wrote about the last Israel trip, noting the complications and contradictions of the country are crucial to also understanding it.  On the 65th anniversary of Israeli independence, this blog post from student Kristina Minor discusses the importance and implications of Zionism: Israel is by far the most complicated place I have ever been.  [...]

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