Conflict Resolution|Negotiation|Teaching

Psychological Barriers to Accurate Risk Assessment

Conflict Resolution|Negotiation|Teaching

Psychological Barriers to Accurate Risk Assessment

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....

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Mediation|Teaching

Dwight Golann's Book on "Mediating Legal Disputes"

Mediation|Teaching

Dwight Golann's Book on "Mediating Legal Disputes"

In 1999, CPR Institute published Kathleen Scanlon's volume Mediator's Deskbook.  It was (and still is) a terrific book, subsequently translated into Japanese and Chinese, but alas out of print after 11 years.  James Henry, CPR's founder and president, thought of it as "the well-thumbed paperback that every mediator leafs through...

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Negotiation|Teaching

Understanding Interests Means Adding Value

Negotiation|Teaching

Understanding Interests Means Adding Value

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...

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Arbitration|Conflict Resolution|Europe|International|Mediation|Teaching

ADR in Italy

Arbitration|Conflict Resolution|Europe|International|Mediation|Teaching

ADR in Italy

My class in International Commercial Dispute Resolution at New York Law School is now finished, and each student was required to prepare a paper on a related topic of their choice.  All were good, happily, and some students wrote on topics that readers of this blog may find useful.  With their...

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