I have gotten emails from dispute resolution colleagues asking what we, in Missouri’s dispute resolution center, might do (or might have done) to help manage the conflict at our university more constructively. For years, some folks in our DR community have noted despairingly that we aren’t engaged in major conflicts like the one that has … Continue reading How Can We Help in Major Social Conflicts, if at All?
First, I suggested that trials should be considered as part of (A)DR. Now, my school publishes a symposium on judicial education in our Journal of Dispute Resolution. You might understandably wonder if we have lost our freaking minds. I submit not. Rather, I think that this reflects an evolution of our goals and how we … Continue reading Dispute Resolution Systems and the Future of Our Field
According to William Mitchell’s website: The ABA Accreditation Committee gave official notification Sept. 30 that it is recommending the Mitchell Hamline combination for acquiescence by the ABA Council in December. If the council grants its acquiescence, Mitchell Hamline School of Law could begin operations prior to the start of the next semester. Both schools have … Continue reading Congratulations to William Mitchell and Hamline on Merger
Tis the season of the US News tournament, when our mailboxes fill with literature touting the achievements of law schools far and wide. Most of us think that this “game” is seriously flawed and wish our schools didn’t have play the game, but we generally feel compelled to do so because of the significant consequences. … Continue reading Missouri Scholarship Booklet
For the first time since 2004, this fall, I will not teach our required 1L course, Lawyering: Problem-Solving and Dispute Resolution. We had several sections each year and so I had a chance to impart my views about lawyering to a substantial part of our class. I felt passionate about the value of good lawyering … Continue reading My Last Lecture in Your Course
I am pleased to inform you that the updated collection of DR syllabi is now available on the DRLE website. To those who generously contributed syllabi to share with your colleagues: THANK YOU SO MUCH. Please take a look and let me know if there are any problems we need to fix with the listing … Continue reading New and Improved DRLE Syllabus Collection
This post mostly is not about dispute resolution. I just went to see an amazing film, Alive Inside, which was a 2014 Sundance Award winner. It is a documentary about a social worker whose personal mission is to arrange for people with dementia to listen to music. The film shows people who were extremely withdrawn … Continue reading Alive
It’s so cool that so many people sent their syllabi to share with our community in response to my post last week. I’m sure you will be impressed when you will see them posted. Several folks said that they couldn’t send their syllabi by June 22 but could do so soon afterward. So I am … Continue reading Call for DR Syllabi Extended to June 28
As I have threatened, a few days ago, I sent emails individually nagging colleagues to send me their recent DR syllabi so that I can update the syllabus page on the DRLE website. Thanks so much to those who already responded. If I sent you an email and you haven’t responded yet – don’t make … Continue reading Please Send Me Your DR Syllabi by June 22
Apropros of Art’s post about Jean Sternlight’s speech accepting the scholarship award, here is a picture of Jean’s family and the Saltman Center family.