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DRI Leads Int'l Program to Redefine Negotiation Education
Most of the teaching models for negotiation education were developed nearly 30 years ago. Thanks to globalization and a host of other factors, the science of contemporary negotiation has become far broader, nuanced and complex in the intervening years. Hamline's Dispute Resolution Institue is hosting a series of global academic conferences focusing on the delivery of negotiation education with the goal of helping to create cutting-edge curriculum that reflects the changes in the field of negotiation during the past three decades.
The ambitious project will span four years and three countries: Italy, Turkey and China. The first stage was the initial event held last May in Rome, Italy, where 50 internationally renowned negotiation scholars from around the world gathered. Participants in Italy observed a negotiation training based on current approaches, critiqued the training and then worked together in multi-disciplinary and transnational teams to write about how best to "re-think" negotiation teaching in light of culture and context. Hamline's new DRI Press has published the emerging scholarship from the event, RETHINKING NEGOTIATION TEACHING: INNOVATIONS FOR CONTEXT AND CULTURE (DRI PRESS 2009)with financial support from the JAMS Foundation. The book is available and may be downloaded free of charge at www.hamline.edu/law/adr/negotiation2.0 or bound copies may be purchased.
A few seats remain for Dean's Dinner
It's not too late to reserve a seat for the 2009 Dean's Dinner, to be held November 18 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. This year's program will feature keynote speaker Matt Miller. Miller has been called one of the "most original thinkers" in journalism by television's public affairs program, The McLaughlin Group. He is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller, "The 2% Solution: Fixing America's Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love," which includes agenda-setting ideas and creative, common-sense solutions for some of America's biggest political problems.
Miller writes a monthly column for Fortune magazine and is an award-winning contributor to The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly and other national magazines. He is a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition and hosts "Left, Right & Center," a political week-in-review program aired on public radio stations across the country. He is a senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company and to the McKinsey Global Institute, the firm's in-house think-tank. Miller also is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
The annual Hamline University School of Law Dean's Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. with a cocktail reception, with dinner and the keynote presentation to follow. Individual tickets are $175. For more information, contact Hamline Alumni Director Susan Stephan at 651-523-2338 or sstephan01@hamline.edu.
A few seats remain for Dean's Dinner on Nov. 18
It's not too late to reserve a seat for the 2009 Dean's Dinner, to be held November 18 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. This year's program will feature keynote speaker Matt Miller. Miller has been called one of the "most original thinkers" in journalism by television's public affairs program, The McLaughlin Group. He is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller, "The 2% Solution: Fixing America's Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love," which includes agenda-setting ideas and creative, common-sense solutions for some of America's biggest political problems.Miller writes a monthly column for Fortune magazine and is an award-winning contributor to The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly and other national magazines. He is a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition and hosts "Left, Right & Center," a political week-in-review program aired on public radio stations across the country. He is a senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company and to the McKinsey Global Institute, the firm's in-house think-tank. Miller also is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
The annual Hamline University School of Law Dean's Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. with a cocktail reception, with dinner and the keynote presentation to follow. Individual tickets are $175. For more information, contact Hamline Alumni Director Susan Stephan at 651-523-2338 or sstephan01@hamline.edu.
DRI Hosts "Second Generation" Project in Turkey
Most of the teaching models for negotiation education were developed nearly 30 years ago. Thanks to globalization and a host of other factors, the science of contemporary negotiation has become far broader, nuanced and complex in the intervening years. Hamline's Dispute Resolution Institute is hosting a series of global academic conferences focusing on the delivery of negotiation education with the goal of helping to create cutting-edge curriculum that reflects the changes in the field of negotiation during the past three decades.The ambitious project will span three years and three countries: Italy, Turkey and China. The first stage was the initial event held last May in Rome, Italy, where 50 internationally renowned negotiation scholars from around the world gathered. Participants in Italy observed a negotiation training based on current approaches, critiqued the training and then worked together in a multi-disciplinary and transnational teams to write about how best to "re-think" negotiation teaching in light of culture and context.
Local History Series returns to Landmark Center with focus on Federal Courts
This fall, the "Uncle Sam Worked Here: Conversations in Local History" lecture series will return to Landmark Center. The fall series is focused on the notable history of the Federal Courts and will feature at the court system that produced three Supreme Court Justices during the 20th century: Chief Justice Warren Burger, Associate Justice Pierce Butler, and Associate Justice Harry Blackmun.
The morning will begin with a guided tour of the "Uncle Sam Worked Here" exhibit in Landmark Center, beginning at 9:30 am, departing from the Visitor Information Center located on the first floor of Landmark Center. Complimentary refreshments will be served at 10:30 am, followed by the keynote address at 10:45am in the historic Courtroom 326. The programs--which will be held on three successive Saturdays: October 31, November 7 and November 14--are free but require a reservation by calling 651-292-3063 or by email to: kthompson@landmarkcenter.org
The fall series is sponsored by the Federal Bar Association (Minnesota Chapter) and the Minnesota State Bar Foundation. The series will return spring of 2010 with new speakers and related topics. The "Uncle Sam Worked Here" exhibit is open during building hours. For more information please visit www.landmarkcenter.org.
