Tag Archives: For Teachers and Students

Arizona State is Hiring

Arizona State is looking to fill several faculty positions in a broad range of topics, one of which is “negotiation and alternative dispute resolution”.  Yay !  We are very interested in international arbitration and are happy to receive application materials in other DR areas as well.  Other areas of interest are: family law, administrative law, … Continue reading Arizona State is Hiring

Teaching Students to Focus on Party Decision-Making

I was thrilled that my recent post, Focus on Party Decision-Making, prompted a stimulating conversation on the DRLE listserv, including thoughtful comments by Mary Bedikian, Doug Frenkel, Dwight Golann, Deborah Hensler, Charlie Irvine, Andrew Mamo, Cash Nickerson, Peter Philips, Jim Stark, Jean Sternlight, Nancy Welsh, and Roselle Wissler. This post discusses some issues in the … Continue reading Teaching Students to Focus on Party Decision-Making

Charlie Irvine’s Challenge to Mediators to Describe Your Mediation System

Charlie Irvine is the Course Leader on the University of Strathclyde’s (Scotland) MSc/LLM in Mediation and Conflict Resolution and the Director of the Strathclyde Mediation Clinic.  The Clinic provides a free mediation service in which experienced practitioners work alongside trainee mediators to help people resolve disputes without going to court or tribunal. The following is … Continue reading Charlie Irvine’s Challenge to Mediators to Describe Your Mediation System

Teaching Students How Practitioners Really Think and Act

How cool would it be for your students to interview lawyers, mediators, arbitrators, or other practitioners about how they really think and act in their work? Practitioners generally develop their own categories of routine and challenging situations in their work, and they develop regular practices and strategies for dealing with them.  In mediation, this involves … Continue reading Teaching Students How Practitioners Really Think and Act

Elayne Greenberg: “High Anxiety: Racism, the Law, and Legal Education”

Elayne Greenberg published an article in the Washington & Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice that is very timely:  High Anxiety: Racism, the Law, and Legal Education.  Here’s the abstract: Conspicuously absent from the United States’ ongoing discourse about its racist history is a more honest discussion about the individual and personal stressors … Continue reading Elayne Greenberg: “High Anxiety: Racism, the Law, and Legal Education”

ADR and Labor & Employment Law Resources

From my colleague, Rafael Gely: As you begin to prepare your courses for the next academic year, the National Academy of Arbitrators’ Research and Education Foundation (REF), an organization that provides funding that promotes research, publications, and education that contribute to the field of labor and employment arbitration, wanted to share with you the following … Continue reading ADR and Labor & Employment Law Resources

Len Riskin Pulls It All Together in Managing Conflict Mindfully

I had the good fortune to be Len Riskin’s colleague from 2000, when I arrived in Missouri, until he moved to the University of Florida in 2007. He now is a Visiting Professor of Law and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law … Continue reading Len Riskin Pulls It All Together in Managing Conflict Mindfully

Problem-Resolution Lawyering Across the Twenty-First Century Law Curriculum

I just saw that two very impressive people in our field, Kris Franklin and Peter Phillips, wrote an excellent article, Pass the Salt: Problem-Resolution Lawyering Across the Twenty-First Century Law Curriculum, 23 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J. 1 (2023), building on the work that many of us have done.  Here’s the abstract: Attorneys work with clients … Continue reading Problem-Resolution Lawyering Across the Twenty-First Century Law Curriculum

Should We Get Rid of the Bar Exam?

It may be a weird time to suggest getting rid of bar exams considering that bar exams will soon include questions about client counseling and advising, negotiation and dispute resolution, and client relationship and management. Inclusion of these subjects on the bar exam could lead to welcome changes in legal education to better prepare law … Continue reading Should We Get Rid of the Bar Exam?