The Department Of Homeland Security agency has posted a vacancy announcement for the FEMA ADR Corps. These "Reservist ADR Advisors" are temporary, intermittent, on-call Federal employees who are deployed on short notice for 30-60 days to large presidentially-declared disasters. Using a variety of…

Join us to learn the key principles to building relationship and trust with any teenager, whether “troubled” or not. Want to know how to set effective boundaries, how to avoid ever getting into a power control battle, and how to have a whole lot of fun in the process? In a job…

New Orleans Peacekeepers spread awareness of Conflict Resolution Campaign

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I just love Ms. Jonas, the English teacher at ACE Charter High School in Reno. She is an innovator who teaches job related scenarios and skills needed to address them.

Ms. Jonas uses a technique called “Quickwrite.” Each week, she gives the students a word and asks them to write…

The United States Ombudsman Association is pleased to announce that our 2016 Annual Conference: “The Ombudsman: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Fairness” will be held October 17-21, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia, at the Westin Arlington Gateway. Please click here for the registration packet and visit our conference page at…

Turns out, non-verbal communication (actions, not words) can play a lead role in resolving conflict. Margaret Paul, PhD, who authored an article for The Huffington Post, calls this type of communication-in-confict “loving actions.” Read-on to learn more:…

The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System released a new  'Foundations of Practice' study based on a survey of more than 24,000 lawyers across the US. The study identifies “foundations” that lawyers need in the short term after graduation. 

In a post on Indisputably, Prof. John Lande lists the top skills and qualities that lawyers need - according to lawyers themselves - and notes that the only place in the law school curriculum where…

I happened across the teachings of a Vietnamese monk recently as part of an online search of something entirely unrelated. Fortunately, I had a few moments to light on that page and I found a question.

I think it might be a pearl. Something you are so lucky to find … and it’s so very simple.

Thich Nhat Hanh believes that we should ask our loved ones closest and dearest to us one very straight forward question – and then stop to really…

What's Happening in Conflict Resolution" is a weekly round up of the all the ADR news, jobs, events and more. Check it out each week and view past versions [HERE].…

The Ombudsman for Public Education in Washington DC is accepting applications for its third cohort of fellows. The Ombudsman Fellows will, "work directly with families, learn about the education system…

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