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Beyond Reason, Using Emotions as You Negotiate

March 15, 2006

Daniel Shapiro, associate director of the Harvard Negotiation Project
The Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution welcomed Daniel Shapiro - author of Beyond Reason, Using Emotions as You Negotiate. Daniel Shapiro is the associate director of the Harvard Negotiation Project.

The News Media and Its Impact on Conflict

Sept. 15-16, 2006

The Center for the Study of Conflict, Law & the Media hosted a research symposium on “The News Media and Its Impact on Conflict.” Scholars attended from a wide variety of disciplines, including law, journalism, conflict resolution, psychology, communication, and political science from such institutions as Harvard, Southern California, Wisconsin, Purdue, Marquette, Bar-Ilan (Israel) and Missouri. Several members of our law faculty presented research papers or facilitated discussion, including John Lande, Jim Levin, Phil Harter, Len Riskin, and Richard Reuben. Provost Brian Foster made a short presentation on interdisciplinary research at lunch. For more details, see the symposium web site at http://www.csclm.org/ResearchSymposium.htm. This symposium was co-sponsored by the Law School, the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, the J-School, the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, and the Office of the MU Vice Provost for International Programs and Strategic Initiatives.

Chancellor’s Global Issues Forum: “What’s Happened to Academic Freedon Since 9/11?”

Sept. 28, 2006

The Chancellor’s Forum, “What’s Happened to Academic Freedom Since 9/11?” featured Dr. Robert M. O’Neil, director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression and president emeritus of the University of Virginia. This forum was one of several planned as part of the Difficult Dialogues project. The Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution is among the sponsors of the project.

Awareness in Dispute Resolution, Law and Legal Education:  Philosophical Maps, Perspectives and Emotions

Oct. 20, 2006

The MU Law School and the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution hosted a symposium featuring Leonard Riskin and distinguished panelists: Baruch Bush, Clark Freshman, Chris Guthrie, John Lande, Margaret Shaw, Nancy Welsh, James Westbrook, and Charles Wiggins. For more information, see the symposium web site at http://www.law.missouri.edu/cle/programs.html.

Innovative Models of Lawyering: Collaborative Law and Other Processes

Oct. 12, 2007

The Center sponsored a symposium entitled “Innovative Models of Lawyering: Collaborative Law and Other Processes.” David Hoffman, the founding partner of the Boston Law Collaborative, LLC, and a former chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, gave the keynote presentation entitled, “Practicing Law as Form of Dispute Resolution: Towards a Unified Field Theory of ADR.” Prof. John Lande presented the results of his empirical study of Cooperative Practice in Wisconsin and Center Director Robert Bailey and Prof. Stephen Easton moderated discussions. Articles based on the presentations will be published in the Journal of Dispute Resolution, including an article by Lawrence P. McLellan (LLM ’06). For more information, see http://law.missouri.edu/cle/program-descrip/descrip08/innovativelawyeringsymposium.pdf.