It must be award season as CPR recently announced its award winners, which Michael hinted at earlier.  Below are the academic winners, I’ll have the law firm winners in a subsequent post.  Since the CPR website is in the shop for repairs, there are no links to the announcements. 

Category I – Outstanding Practical Achievement

College of Commercial Arbitrators Protocols for Expeditious, Cost-Effective Commercial Arbitration (eds. T. Stipanowich, C. von Kann, D. Rothman, 2010)

 Category II – Professional Article

Prof. Richard Birke, Neuroscience and Settlement: An Examination of Scientific Innovations and Practical Applications, 25 Ohio St. J. on D.R. 477 (2010)

Category III – Student Articles/Papers

Maria Banda and John Oppermann, Building a Latin American Coalition on Forests: Negotiation Barriers and Opportunities, Harvard:  Negotiation & Mediation Clinic (2009-2010), Prof. Robert Bordone

and

Kathleen Claussen, Transjurisdictional Ethics in International Commercial Arbitration, Yale:  International Commercial Arbitration Spring 2010) Prof. Michael Reisman 

CATEGORY IV – Books

Nadja Alexander, International And Comparative Mediation: Legal Perspectives, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, The Netherlands (2009)

 Category V – Problem Solving in the Law School Curriculum Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program

Congratulations to another set of worthy winners !!