In my final ethics class last week, as we were ending the course with some discussion on how to choose law firms, balance life and work, etc, we also discussed how to deal with zinger/illegal/offensive interview questions.  The problem in the book was a classic–what would you do if the partner interviewing you for a … Continue reading Job Interviews, Offensive Questions, and Effective Responses →

So I have taken a week to think about how to blog about a session that I saw last weekend at the ABA Conference.  The session was about using movies to demonstrate gender differences in negotiation and I went to see what teaching tools might be provided.  I was on the negotiation program track for the … Continue reading Gender Frustrations →

Deborah Jones Merritt (Ohio State) has recently posted her article “Pedagogy, Progress, and Portfolios” to SSRN (link here).  She presents thorough and intriguing visions of “Professional Learning Portfolios.”  One piece of her article describes the implications for those of us who teach ADR, although frankly, I think the ideas have at least as much relevance … Continue reading Professional Learning Portfolios in law schools →

Jean Sternlight from UNLV recently sent this email out via the AALS ADR Section list serv.  Her contact information is below. The Boyd Law School at U. Nevada Las Vegas may be hiring someone to teach two dispute resolution courses next winter/spring semester.  We are flexible re: which courses.  I guarantee good weather, good colleagues, … Continue reading Thinking about visiting? How does Vegas sound? →

Here they are, and congrats to all. Best Law Schools Specialty Rankings: Dispute Resolution Ranked in 2010  1. Pepperdine 2. Hamline / Missouri (tie) 4. Harvard 5. Ohio State 6. Marquette 7. Oregon 8. Fordham / Cardozo (tie) 10. UNLV 11. Penn State 12. Northwestern / UC Hastings (tie) 14. Columbia  15. Arizona State / … Continue reading US News dispute resolution rankings in their entirety →

Following up on an interesting session on “Teaching the ADR Survey Class” at the ABA meeting last weekend in San Francisco, I wanted to post a couple links for people more interested in using videotapes and other interactive media in teaching their class.  First, courtesy of Vivian Hilder at Manitoba, I link here to a … Continue reading Videos and Other Ideas for the ADR Survey Class →

While the subject of cilantro has virtually no connection to alternative dispute resolution, I am thrilled that the New York Times has recognized (here) that it is not my fault that cilantro tastes like hazardous waste to me.  I have spent many a meal arguing (ahh, there is the ADR connection) with fellow diners about my … Continue reading The Great Cilantro Debate →

Love them or hate them, the always controversial US News rankings have surfaced (top 50, next 50).   As always, we at Indisputably are interested in the specialty rankings because they rank dispute resolution programs among others.  The purported top 10 are below, which include a big jump from 4 to 2 for Hamline.  Once I have a complete list, I’ll … Continue reading US News Rankings . . . . →

One of the many interesting events that I attended in San Francisco at the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference was a session during the Annual Symposium on Dispute Resolution and the Courts devoted to the “Latest Innovations in ADR Programs for Self-Represented Litigants.”  This session talked about a number of approaches to educate self-represented litigants in … Continue reading Educating self-represented litigants →

I am writing from the Spring Conference of the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution in sunny and pleasant San Francisco, CA.  Highlights for me so far have included helping organize, judge and watch the ABA Representation in Mediation Competition, won by the University of Maryland School of Law (students Jeffrey Lillien and David Pantzer, coached by Toby Guerin).  Following … Continue reading Greetings from San Francisco… →