What's Happening in Conflict?

New Negotiation & ADR Articles and Research

New Guidelines for Online Processes: The International Council for Online Dispute Resolution has just issued Guidelines for Video Mediation and Video Arbitration.

How Much Justice Can You Afford? More than ever, but the product is different. In a new blog post on Duke Law School's FinRegBlog, Noam Ebner (Creighton NCR) and Elayne Greenberg (St. John's U.) discuss the impact of Online Dispute Resolution's entry into the court system on the legal profession and on the legal services market.

 Theory of Change for ADR: John Lande (Emeritus, U. of Missouri) has edited and published Theories of Change for the Dispute Resolution Movement: Actionable Ideas to Revitalize Our Movement. The name says it all! This important new book can be downloaded for free.

Bringing Technology to Family Conflict: See this new article by Amy Schmitz (U. of Missouri) and Leah Wing (UMASS Amherst) on Beneficial and Ethical ODR for Family Issues

Conferences and Calls for Papers

Conflict Management and Trust Relationships in Organizations has issued a Call for Papers. 

Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, the journal of the International Association for Conflict Management, calls for papers for a special issue on dealing with polarization: Principles and Strategies for Difficult Conversations in 2020 and Beyond.

The International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution invites student-authored papers on ODR for a special issue. Check out the call for papers, and note the deadline has been extended to May 15th, 2020.

Negotiation and ADR Teaching Resources 

The Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution has created a database compiling executive summaries of research articles on conflict resolution, taking a theory-to-practice perspective.  

2019 Resource Share: Check out these new teaching ideas, exercises and resources compiled by Bobbi McAdoo and Sharon Press at the Resource Share session they conducted at the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution's annual conference.

 Competitions and Fellowships

Team Registration for the 19th Annual INADR International Law School Mediation Tournament, organized by Loyola University Chicago School of Law is now open. 

Law students (only) are invited to submit their entries for the annual ADR Writing Competition sponsored by the Dispute Resolution Section of the New York State Bar Association and the American College of Civil Trial Mediators. Fame, publication, and a $10,000 prize for the winner are offered as incentives!

Job Opportunities

The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is seeking a director for the Court’s Mediation and Assessment Program.

The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) seeks a full-time program director located in its offices in Madison, Wisconsin.

Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ, seeks adjunct faculty to teach a course on Conflict and Negotiation.

The University of North Texas at Dallas invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Human Services Management and Leadership, particularly from candidates with significant teaching / practice experience in ADR/mediation, arbitration, negotiation, cross-cultural conflict resolution, marriage & family mediation or restorative justice.

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The Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program, a part of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Creighton University's Graduate School, provides an interdisciplinary program leading to master's degrees and graduate certificates in negotiation and dispute resolution for students from a variety of fields as well as mid-career professionals.