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Restorative Conferencing: What it is, why it worksJuly 18, 2018By Phillip Schaedler In the 2014 – 15 school year there were 1300 expulsions from Michigan schools. Greater than 50% of those expulsions lasted more than 180 calendar days, over half the school year. Students who are expelled or suspended often struggle ... | So you think you know how best to converse?July 18, 2018By Erin Archerd As attorneys, negotiators, and mediators, leading conversations is what we do. We think we know a lot, based on our training and experience, about how people talk with one another. But, have we ever looked empirically at how conversations ... |
Lights, camera, action: video is the way to goJuly 18, 2018• It’s predicted that 82 percent of all Internet traffic will be video by 2020. • When given the choice, four times more Internet users prefer to watch a video than read text. The picture is becoming increasingly clear: Internet users ... | Movie lifts spirits of those needing a legal pick-me-upJuly 18, 2018Tom Kirvan Legal News, Editor-in-Chief For political moderates and those who lean left, last week was not a time to rejoice at the news emanating from the nation’s highest court. Immigrants, labor unions, Muslims, voting rights proponents, and a general ... |
Attention lawyers, your clients' use of emoji mattersJuly 18, 2018By Traci R. Gentilozzi Emoji are all around us. You’ve seen them – those tiny (sometimes strange) pictures that people insert in their texts, emails and social media posts. People tend to use these images to reflect their emotions or feelings ... | CannoliJuly 18, 2018We caught up with neighbors last night dining al fresco at a local Italian restaurant. After the meal, my friend had a hankering for cannoli, “with crushed pistachios at both ends.” “Al Fresco” is Sicilian for never sitting with your ... |
