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Hope and Hopelessness in Intractable Conflicts
July 11, 2014
Have you ever been involved in a conflict you just couldn’t imagine being resolved? In other words, a conflict that was so entrenched, you felt hopeless? Researchers studying the role of emotions in the context of intractable (lengthy, all-encompassing, and possibly violent) conflicts have begun to look at the emotion of hope to understand what effect it can have on conciliatory attitudes. Hope is considered an important emotion in conflict resolution because it involves thinking about different...
July 11, 2014
Have you ever been involved in a conflict you just couldn’t imagine being resolved? In other words, a conflict that was so entrenched, you felt hopeless? Researchers studying the role of emotions in the context of intractable (lengthy, all-encompassing, and possibly violent) conflicts have begun to look at the emotion of hope to understand what effect it can have on conciliatory attitudes. Hope is considered an important emotion in conflict resolution because it involves thinking about different...
How to Find Good Quotations
July 10, 2014
Have you tried Wikiquote.org? This site contains a great number of quotable quotes and a search engine to help you locate...
July 10, 2014
Have you tried Wikiquote.org? This site contains a great number of quotable quotes and a search engine to help you locate...
Resolving Conflict and Building Peace in Social Networks: An Impossible Task?
July 10, 2014
Given the often overwhelming complexity of many social networks involved in well-intentioned initiatives – reducing urban...
July 10, 2014
Given the often overwhelming complexity of many social networks involved in well-intentioned initiatives – reducing urban...
ADR in Bankruptcy: Expanding Opportunities
July 10, 2014
Andrew Olejnik of Jenner & Block and Olivier André of the CPR Institute have co-authored an article that appears in Bankruptcy Law Reporter on the growing use of ADR tools in bankruptcy. Dating the trend from a 2009 conference convened by the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, the authors conclude that “many large, complex cases increasingly have turned to ADR tools as a means to resolve disputes.” The full article appears here. In some cases the ADR phase is statutorily required....
July 10, 2014
Andrew Olejnik of Jenner & Block and Olivier André of the CPR Institute have co-authored an article that appears in Bankruptcy Law Reporter on the growing use of ADR tools in bankruptcy. Dating the trend from a 2009 conference convened by the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, the authors conclude that “many large, complex cases increasingly have turned to ADR tools as a means to resolve disputes.” The full article appears here. In some cases the ADR phase is statutorily required....
First Things First: There Must Be An Arbitration Agreement In Order To Compel Arbitration
July 10, 2014
Two courts recently refused to compel arbitration because the defendants could not prove that the parties had entered into...
July 10, 2014
Two courts recently refused to compel arbitration because the defendants could not prove that the parties had entered into...
Influential Papers for 2013
July 10, 2014
Googlers across the company actively engage with the scientific community by publishing technical papers, contributing open-source packages, working on standards, introducing new APIs and tools, giving talks and presentations, participating in ongoing technical debates, and much more. Our publications offer technical and algorithmic advances, feature aspects we learn as we develop novel products and services, and shed light on some of the technical challenges we face at Google. Below are some of the especially...
July 10, 2014
Googlers across the company actively engage with the scientific community by publishing technical papers, contributing open-source packages, working on standards, introducing new APIs and tools, giving talks and presentations, participating in ongoing technical debates, and much more. Our publications offer technical and algorithmic advances, feature aspects we learn as we develop novel products and services, and shed light on some of the technical challenges we face at Google. Below are some of the especially...
Vermont Law School Starts Incubator Program for New Grads
July 9, 2014
According to this press release, Vermont Law School in partnership with the Vermont Bar Association will be starting an incubator project to help new grads launch solos practices in underserved areas of the state. That makes more than 20 law schools (and bar associations) to start incubator projects according to this list maintained by the ABA. Many of these incubator projects provide participants with subsidized (or free) on-campus office space as well as mentorship. While mentorship and supervision...
July 9, 2014
According to this press release, Vermont Law School in partnership with the Vermont Bar Association will be starting an incubator project to help new grads launch solos practices in underserved areas of the state. That makes more than 20 law schools (and bar associations) to start incubator projects according to this list maintained by the ABA. Many of these incubator projects provide participants with subsidized (or free) on-campus office space as well as mentorship. While mentorship and supervision...
Synchronization: The Power of Moving Together
July 9, 2014
What do dance partners, choirs, marching bands, reciting the pledge of allegiance and religious chanting have in common? They all suggest that synchronizing activities facilitate bonding and mutual support among the participants involved. In a series of studies conducted at Stanford, researchers found that people walking in step with each other, or singing and waving cups in unison, reported greater feelings of connectedness and trust with their group – and earned higher pay-offs when playing...
July 9, 2014
What do dance partners, choirs, marching bands, reciting the pledge of allegiance and religious chanting have in common? They all suggest that synchronizing activities facilitate bonding and mutual support among the participants involved. In a series of studies conducted at Stanford, researchers found that people walking in step with each other, or singing and waving cups in unison, reported greater feelings of connectedness and trust with their group – and earned higher pay-offs when playing...
New Pepperdine Survey of Dispute Resolution Professionals
July 9, 2014
Straus Institute Academic Director Thomas Stipanowich reports: The Straus Institute recently conducted two major surveys of dispute resolution professionals: a survey of experienced arbitrators with the cooperation of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and a survey of experienced mediators with the cooperation of the International Academy of Mediators. These studies produced a wide array of new information on arbitrator and mediator practices and perspectives that we hope will contribute to debate...
July 9, 2014
Straus Institute Academic Director Thomas Stipanowich reports: The Straus Institute recently conducted two major surveys of dispute resolution professionals: a survey of experienced arbitrators with the cooperation of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and a survey of experienced mediators with the cooperation of the International Academy of Mediators. These studies produced a wide array of new information on arbitrator and mediator practices and perspectives that we hope will contribute to debate...
Mediating International Investment Disputes
July 9, 2014
A quick note that Harvard Law Review just published a note this month entitled Mediation of Investor-State Conflicts (Harvard Law Review, June 2014). It’s very exciting to see this concept hitting the mainstream and the timing is good. As the current litigation between Argentina and its unhappy bond holders demonstrates, alternate processes between states and their investors might work better! The International Bar Association approved rules of mediation for investor-state disputes at the end of 2012....
July 9, 2014
A quick note that Harvard Law Review just published a note this month entitled Mediation of Investor-State Conflicts (Harvard Law Review, June 2014). It’s very exciting to see this concept hitting the mainstream and the timing is good. As the current litigation between Argentina and its unhappy bond holders demonstrates, alternate processes between states and their investors might work better! The International Bar Association approved rules of mediation for investor-state disputes at the end of 2012....
