John Lande received the Outstanding Scholarly Work at the Legal Educators Colloquium Luncheon at the ABA DR conference in San Diego. John, as readers of Indisputably know well, is very deserving of this award. He has written numerous books, articles and blog posts, as a beloved professor at Missouri and in retirement. Brian Pappas gave a heartfelt introduction and reminded attendees about John’s oversized impact on ADR legal education through his scholarship and thoughtful analysis of numerous subject matter areas. John gave a great speech thanking the section and encouraging attendees to rea ..read more

I hate those television commercials that encourage you to “Call now!” or risk missing out on some unbeatable deal.  The deal will usually still be there tomorrow.  However, there is one time when “Call now!” makes a lot of sense and that is when you have, or even think you may have, a medical malpractice claim.  If you don’t “Call now,” you may find that it is too late to bring your case or at least too late to get a good lawyer to agree to take it for you. Good medical malpractice lawyers don’t take every case that comes their way.  They literally cannot afford to do so ..read more

Because scholars have academic freedom, we can write about anything we want, without direction by deans or clients.  So our choice of topics and perspectives is a good indicator of what we really care about. Over the years, I was struck by the eclectic mix of subjects that Elayne Greenberg wrote about.   A common thread in many of her writings was a pragmatic concern for righting injustices and improving processes in dispute resolution. I copied her webpage to preserve it, assuming that her school will take it down eventually.  It describes her research as follows: Profess ..read more

Happy Passover to all!  Here is the last student blog of the trip (other than I’ll post my own wrap up later this week) Our last part of the trip were two speakers that I wanted to save for the end in order to really focus on the skills and thinking that our law students were going to need as they themselves reflected and then spoke about their experiences.  First, we focused on listening skills with a workshop from Professor Guy Itchakov.  Guy’s work on the deep listening skills that are needed to change minds has been groundbreaking.  (For more, you can listen to him on H ..read more

A key reason why people conduct estate planning in the first place is the desire to transfer assets to beneficiaries efficiently, but some trusts, such as dynasty trusts, are more appropriate for those wanting to establish a lasting legacy spanning multiple generations. Due to the long-term and irrevocable nature of these trusts, considering carefully before [...] The post When To Consider A Dynasty Trust appeared first on Harrison Law ..read more

In this episode of the Law Firm Marketing Decoded podcast, we’ll be discussing what the latter means and how to accomplish optimization for AI-generated searches. The post Optimizing Your Law Firm Website for AI Searches appeared first on LawLytics ..read more

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I share the feelings of sadness and loss because of Elayne Greenberg’s death that people described on the DRLE listserv.  I don’t have a lot of words to add to the eloquent things that others have said.  She was a truly decent person who cared about others and worked hard to make the world a better place.  She was concerned about a wide range of issues.  She was idealistic and I often was struck by her spirit of optimism about handling tough social problems, often when I felt discouraged.  She had an easy smile – no hip wiggling needed. I can add the following photos o ..read more

It is with incredible sadness that I am announcing the passing of our dear DR colleague Elayne Greenberg on Friday.  Here is the letter that went out to St John’s faculty yesterday: Colleagues, I am sad to share the news that our colleague Elayne Greenberg passed away last night. Elayne’s son, Carey Alexander (who graduated from the Law School in 2012) let me know about Elayne’s passing tonight. Here is what Carey told me: With great sadness, I write to let you know that my mother passed away last night. Her partner, Robert, and I were both with her and it was as peaceful a passing as w ..read more

Another part of our day on Thursday was thinking about the law and law schools.  On Monday evening, we had heard from Cochav Elykam-Levy, who is the chair of the civil commission on the war crimes committed by Hamas against women and children.  (And, while we were still in Israel, she was awarded the Israel Prize for her work.) Student Maya Baker reflected: Cochav Elykam-Levy, a feminist legal expert advocating for international recognition of sexual crimes on October 7, found herself entrenched in a circumstance familiar to survivors of sexual violence – begging to be believed. In h ..read more