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International Conflict Resolution Processes – Menkel-Meadow and Schneider

The powerhouse team of Carrie Menkel-Meadow (UCIrvine) and Andrea Kupfer Schneider (Cardozo) have just published a new book, International Conflict Resolution Processes (Carolina Press 2025).  The book will have a teachers’ manual and was developed based on their learning and experiences teaching in 25 countries.  Nice cover and blurb below.  Congrats ! The book explores … Continue reading International Conflict Resolution Processes – Menkel-Meadow and Schneider →

Please Complete This Short Survey By Friday, February 14

Hi everyone. I am doing a research study entitled “Conceptions of Facilitative and Evaluative Mediation,” and I would REALLY APPRECIATE it if you would take about five minutes to respond to the short survey below. Informed Consent Disclosure You are not required to answer any of the questions if you don’t want to.  Your participation … Continue reading Please Complete This Short Survey By Friday, February 14 →

Call for Submissions – Writing Competition – Arbitration +Environmental Law

I am pleased to share this announcement of a new writing competition co-sponsored by the North America Committee of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations (CGA-NA) and the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. We are seeking papers from anyone interested in the intersection of arbitration and environmental law, and papers should make a … Continue reading Call for Submissions – Writing Competition – Arbitration +Environmental Law →

How You Can Speak Dispute Resolution Well

“The mediation failed.” This statement implies that reaching agreement is the only measure of success.  It also implies that the mediation process failed, not that the parties made a legitimate decision not to settle during a mediation session. When you hear someone say that, does smoke come out of your ears?  Do you get hot … Continue reading How You Can Speak Dispute Resolution Well →

Choosing to Use Good Language in the “ADR” Field

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On October 30, 2024, Debra Berman posted a message on the DRLE listserv encouraging colleagues to drop the word “alternative” from “ADR.”  Her post quickly prompted 24 responses.  As usual, people were respectful, appreciative, collaborative, and funny even as they expressed differing views.  This was one of our best discussions, and I wish we had … Continue reading Choosing to Use Good Language in the “ADR” Field →

Michael Colatrella Named Dean of McGeorge School of Law

Last week, University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law named Michael T. Colatrella Jr. as its new dean effective July 1. Many of us know Michael, who hosted the AALS WIP conference last fall. He is the inaugural Tracy A. Eglet Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution.  He joined McGeorge in 2009 as an assistant … Continue reading Michael Colatrella Named Dean of McGeorge School of Law →

What can Los Angeles Learn from Seventeenth Century London?

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You all know about the LA fires that have wreaked unprecedented destruction and devastation in the region. Everyone in LA has been affected somehow. Many have lost their homes, schools, and communities. Those of us who don’t fall into this category know and love people who do. Others of us are trapped in a living … Continue reading What can Los Angeles Learn from Seventeenth Century London? →