{"id":1420,"date":"2014-05-01T14:16:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T18:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businessconflictmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2014-05-01T14:16:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T18:16:52","slug":"rutgers-law-students-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.businessconflictmanagement.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/rutgers-law-students-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutgers Law Students Get It"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend and colleague Jonathan Hyman<\/a> asked me to visit his ADR Survey class at Rutgers Law School a few weeks ago. \u00a0Teams within the class had been assigned special topics to study and then present to the larger group, and one team was concentrating on the Corporate\/Community Dialogue films<\/a> that I had worked on and that CEDR had recognized<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The team’s presentation was very capable. \u00a0What blew me away, however, was a half-page handout that they distributed at the end of the presentation.<\/p>\n

The text of the handout, in its entirety, was:<\/p>\n

LESSONS TO YOUNG LAWYERS FROM THE DOCUMENTARY:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Approach issues as a problem to be solved and not as a statutory obligation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Put away the idea that you are well-read and that you know what is best of others, because you don’t. \u00a0You should listen, talk to different people and get involved in the communities where you operate.<\/em><\/p>\n

At the root of human rights lies the concept of human dignity and respect. \u00a0Mediation processes build people’s sense of personal dignity and their sense of being respected.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mediations do not necessarily provide happy endings. \u00a0They are positive mid-points in processes where people feel that they have gained something from the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Negotiations set the stage for relationship building in which the community and company could come together in the future to solve new issues that may arise.<\/em><\/p>\n

Be humble; always have a listening attitude.<\/em><\/p>\n

Never get sued for a problem you don’t already know about. \u00a0Identify problems early.<\/em><\/p>\n

Look beyond your borders. \u00a0Try to have a complete vision of the problem.<\/em><\/p>\n

When the students had finished, Prof. Hyman asked me if I had anything to add. \u00a0I said nope.<\/p>\n

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Students study the Corporate\/Community Dialogue films and get lots of lessons out of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,18,26],"tags":[17,12,19,38,27],"class_list":["post-1420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conflict-resolution","category-human-rights","category-teaching","tag-corporate-social-responsibility","tag-culture","tag-human-rights","tag-lawyers","tag-teaching"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t