This article was originally submitted to Kluwer Mediation Blog, and may be viewed here. It has been reproduced with permission. I was recently witness to a mediation session during which two seasoned negotiators behaved disappointingly. Why? On the other side was a negotiator, who walked in with a cane, accompanied by her lawyer. From the …
After a night of fun, the participants and judges were all set to kick off the last set of preliminary rounds for day three of the 7th edition of NLIU-INADR ILSMT on 25 November 2018. The judges and participants tackled a dispute involving a religious sect’s ritualistic animal sacrifice, which the community opposed. The focal …
The second day of the 7th edition of NLIU-INADR ILSMT took place on 24 November 2018 and began with anxious participants preparing for the preliminary rounds. While teams huddled together revising their strategies, the judges were briefed about the simulated legal issues by none other than Case Ellis. Ellis, who is affiliated with INADR, deliberated …
Day Two Of The NLIU-INADR ILSMT: The Grind Begins Read More »
The 7th edition of the International Law School Mediation Tournament (ILSMT), 2018, was organised by the National Law Institute University (NLIU) with the support of the International Academy of Dispute Resolution (INADR). Eager participants and professional judges from across the globe gathered in Bhopal to kick-start this endeavour and take mediation to a whole new …
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The Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program at Harvard Law School has released the first episode of their new podcast, Thanks for Listening. Episode One is about politics around the Thanksgiving table and bridging the divide at family gatherings. Wherever you are in the world, navigating political conversations with family members can prove challenging, and an increasingly divided …
New Podcast – Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program Read More »
After a conversation I had with Tim Cullen MBE, director of the Oxford Programme on Negotiation at the University of Oxford’s the Saïd Business School, I understood that a negotiation process can be divided into three different phases: the preparation, the negotiation itself, and the outcome. The first one includes the time prior to the …
Advice for Negotiators: A Conversation with Tim Cullen Read More »
Johannes P. Willheim, internationally trained disputes lawyer, mediator and professional negotiator, opened up this year’s Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC) in Vienna with a keynote on the Future of Dispute Resolution Professionals. Watch it here.
When did you first hear about the CDRC event? The first time I heard about the CDRC was when I participated at the ICC. I had joined as a member of my university’s elective course of mediation to represent the University of Vienna in Paris. ICC was one of the best experiences and I wanted …
Ask An Expert, CDRC 2018 Edition: Lisa El Imshati Read More »
When did you first become interested in mediation? We mediate every day—formally and informally. I have been mediating informally between divorced parents since I was young and I think this laid a foundation for my formal interests throughout the course of my education. In grade school, I volunteered to be a peer mediator and participated …
Our fourth and final day here at the CDRC was certainly among the most exciting. The day began with the semi-finals. To recap, the four negotiator teams and two mediator teams included NALSAR University, Singapore Management University, MGIMO University, NLSU Bangalore, SOAS University of London and Marquette University.
