Category Archives: Fun

Mediation is Unsuccessful in lawsuit between former Louisville Basketball players and NCAA

February 8, 2019 Kelly Browe Olson Leave a comment

5 former Louisville basketball players are suing the NCAA about the NCAA’s removal of their 2013 National Championship title. The players, led by Luke Hancock, want the title restored and are also seeking restitution for individual damages. Unfortunately mediation on January 28th was unsuccessful and the mediator has returned the case to the court, saying … Continue reading Mediation is Unsuccessful in lawsuit between former Louisville Basketball players and NCAA →

Congratulations to Ellen Deason, Awarded OSU Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching

February 24, 2016 Sarah Cole 11 Comments

I thought our blog readers might enjoy hearing this wonderful news about my colleague, friend, and fellow dispute resolution professor Ellen Deason (also an occasional contributor to our blog). Today, Ellen’s early morning International Business Arbitration class was interrupted by Bruce McPheron, Ohio State Interim Executive Vice President and Provost, to announce her selection for … Continue reading Congratulations to Ellen Deason, Awarded OSU Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching →

Failure to Communicate

June 26, 2015 John Lande 3 Comments

It’s a damn miracle that people on your planet ever understand each other. My good friend, Charlie Irvine, who mediates and teaches in Glasgow, Scotland, wrote an amusing and/or horrifying blog post about students’ statements in law school exam answers. (Charlie blogs on the Kluwer Mediation Blog, which has some very thoughtful contributors. I saw … Continue reading Failure to Communicate →

Recipes for Success

May 1, 2015 John Lande 2 Comments

I love the cookbook that Andrea and 1001 chefs wrote, Cooking Up a Deal: Negotiation Recipes for Success. It’s a wonderfully short and fun piece to assign for the last day of class. For the final class in several courses, I ask students to develop their own personal recipes and then we will develop a … Continue reading Recipes for Success →

Indisputably Then and Now

April 28, 2015 John Lande Leave a comment

Here’s a mug shot of this motley crew when I caught up with them in 2011. And here’s one of them (yikes, us) last week (sans Paul, Jen, and yours truly). As you can see, they are sharper and better lubricated now.

I LOVE the ABA Conference

April 18, 2015 John Lande 1 Comment

I love going to the ABA conference. This is my annual reunion with my best friends – and a chance to make new ones. I am completely unbiased but I think that our folks have good hearts and do great work. It was very touching to see my good friend and former colleague, Jean Sternlight, … Continue reading I LOVE the ABA Conference →

Please Share a Resource — and Do it Now

April 7, 2015 John Lande Leave a comment

Sharon Press, at Hamline, sent the following announcement on the DRLE listserv and I want to repeat it and encourage you to think RIGHT NOW what you might share at the ABA conference — in just 10 days. Yikes! Professor Bobbi McAdoo and I thought we’d try something slightly different for the Professor Resource Share … Continue reading Please Share a Resource — and Do it Now →

Everything You Know about Dispute Resolution is Wrong – Can You Handle the Truth?

April 2, 2015 John Lande 4 Comments

You are cordially invited to this program at the ABA conference in Seattle, which will take place on Friday, April 17, from 3-4:15, in the Orcas Room. My partners in crime for this caper are Alyson Carrel, Jim Coben, and Noam Ebner. Here’s the idea for our program – How many times have you heard … Continue reading Everything You Know about Dispute Resolution is Wrong – Can You Handle the Truth? →

Israel Reflections 2015–Day One: Masada & the Dead Sea

March 24, 2015 Andrea Schneider Leave a comment

For a little different start to our trip, I decided this year to fit in a visit to Masada and the Dead Sea. This was both for getting over jet lag purposes and because the history and geology of both places are a great frame for the rest of the week. From student Jillian Igl-Dickson, … Continue reading Israel Reflections 2015–Day One: Masada & the Dead Sea →

Fun, General, International, Mediation

New Player on the International Mediation Scene

Link March 10, 2015 Kelly Browe Olson Leave a comment

A little humor for a gloomy Tuesday.

Andy Borowitz at the New Yorker discusses a new mediation option for the legislative and executive branches.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/iran-offers-to-mediate-talks-between-republicans-and-obama?intcid=mod-yml