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...
Tag Archives: Negotiation
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....
The third and final student paper I intend to share addresses the emergence of Islamic law in countries that are, or promise to be, important trade partners with western businesses. ...
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...
I first came upon the term "Collaborative Law" in 2006 when I met David Hoffman of Boston Law Collaborative. David is a remarkable guy and could sell ice to an Eskimo if he thought the ice would be a benefit. As concerns collaborative law, David is tireless in his advocacy,...
At the Chicago ABA Meeting, a helpful panel was presented on "Ethics Basis for Business Lawyers." The discussion of Rule 4 -- addressing responsibilities with respect to persons other than clients -- boiled down to the ethics of negotiation. One of my favorite definitions of mediation is "negotiation with adult...
Over the past 18 months I have been getting more and more involved with the "Conflict Transformation Committee" of the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. That's like Quakers. Like the oatmeal. And it's going to get worse before it gets better....