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Celebrating Mundane Conflict, Deborah J. Cantrell
Celebrating Mundane Conflict, Deborah J. Cantrell
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
This Article interrogates the dominant conception of conflict and challenges the narrative of conflict as hard, difficult and painful to engage. The Article reveals two primary framing errors that cause one to misperceive how ubiquitous and ordinary is conflict. The first error is to misperceive conflict as categorical — something either is a conflict or it is not. People make that error as a way of trying to avoid conflict. People falsely hope that there might be a category of “not conflict,” like disagreements, that will be easier to navigate. The second error is to misperceive the world and individuals …
The Case For Forgiveness In Legal Disputes, Eileen Barker
The Case For Forgiveness In Legal Disputes, Eileen Barker
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
The article offers information on the education and understanding of forgiveness, which assists lawyers and mediators in supporting their clients in the area of forgiveness. It discusses two types of forgiveness relevant to legal disputes including bilateral forgiveness and unilateral forgiveness, and briefs common misconceptions about forgiveness. It analyzes that the essence of forgiveness is the giving up of resentment, anger, and hatred.
Getting To The Heart Of The Matter - Taking Risks That Honor Yourself And Your Work, Linda E. Meyer
Getting To The Heart Of The Matter - Taking Risks That Honor Yourself And Your Work, Linda E. Meyer
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
I am here to talk to you about what got you into this profession in the first place. And that was a feeling. A feeling that is very hard to articulate, except maybe to yourself. It was a sense that there was something here for you that was new, that was different, that was amazing, and that you could actually be part of a process where things happened and changed. You could be respected. You could be honored. You could feel that you had actually done something that made a difference. I want to tell you that is why I …