A recent article has been making the rounds of ADR professionals. The current issue of the American Psychological Association’s publication Psychology, Public Policy and Law (Vol. 16, No. 2, at 133-57) features a report of a study conducted by a group of scholars from Australia, Sweden and the United States....
James F. Ring and some colleagues gave a fascinating talk at the recent ABA Dispute Resolution Section on Game Theory. Where it started was cutting a cake. Where it ended was cutting out the lawyers, at least by implication. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Ring runs an enterprise called...
I told my wife that I wanted to do the following exercise with my 50-person ADR survey class at New York Law School: "Find a partner and face each other. Touch your palms together about face-level and then grasp each other's hand. The person who can get the other person's hand past their...
Christian Duve is a handsome, very bright, very perceptive attorney mediator practicing with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt, Germany. I have known and admired him for many years and recently learned a lot (once again) listening to a conversation he held with GE's Michael McIlwrath on negotiation techniques....
In January 2001, I attended a CPR Annual Meeting in which Carrie Menkel-Meadow moderated a fascinating panel discussion on "Gender and Negotiation/Mediation." The question presented was: "Does the gender of participants influence expectations, behaviors, performance or outcomes in negotiation and mediation settings?" The panelists included Charles Craver of George Washington...