Today’s Wall Street Journal features an interesting piece on the use of “judges for hire” — Inside the Little-Known World of Private Judging. When I first saw the headline, still a bit blurry-eyed before morning caffeine, my mind immediately went to Judge Judy and other courtroom-style TV shows — which, of course, are really just … Continue reading Private Judging – An Introduction →

On behalf of my co-editors Andrea Schneider and Sarah Cole, I am happy to announce that Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Coming of Age (2000-2009) is available for purchase.  Note – use the code AUFLY30 to save 30% from the list price. Getting a book project to fruition is a labor of love, and there … Continue reading Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Coming of Age (2000-2009) →

Roselle Wissler (Arizona State) and I have published our final article empirically examining aspects of initial joint sessions and initial caucuses. Participant Actions and Intermediate Outcomes in Initial Joint Sessions and Initial Caucuses recently appeared in the Journal of Dispute Resolution (here). The findings are based on the online survey responses of over 1000 civil … Continue reading Participant Actions and Intermediate Outcomes in Initial Joint Sessions and Initial Caucuses – Final Article from Study of Over 1,000 Mediators →

This year the Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center at Arizona State is taking the Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Conference on the road.  The conference will be on Thursday June 27th in Geneva, Switzerland in partnership with the Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement.  This year’s keynote speaker is Professor Anthony Patt, Ph.D, Professor of Climate Policy … Continue reading Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Conference – Geneva June 27, 2025 →

Ok, so it’s not dead yet.  However, it is with sadness that I pass along news of the demise of Dispute Resolution Magazine as we know it.  ABA DR Section Chair Susan Guthrie made the announcement in a recent email sent to the Section’s membership tying the decision to funding restraints.  As Co-Chair of the … Continue reading The ABA’s Dispute Resolution Magazine is dead. Long live Dispute Resolution Magazine !! →

Alyson Carrel (Northwestern) asked me to post this message which she just sent on the ADR prof list serv.  It’s worth your time if you haven’t already read it, and if you have it’s worth a second read. I’ve been reflecting deeply on my values over the past few weeks. As our institution and colleagues … Continue reading The Roles We Play →

This year’s rankings have been released, with Ohio State leading the way once again.  Looking at the rankings, the schools in the top 10 look pretty familiar and there are a lot of ties.  Some schools made huge jumps – like Stetson (up 33 spots), Miami (up 22 spots), Houston (up 19 spots), and Pace … Continue reading 2025 USNews ADR Rankings →

Watching the dismantling of much of what I have understood the United States to be and to stand for has left me questioning a lot of things, like it has with most everyone.  The one I want to noodle on here is what it means for us as a field.  Is this an existential crisis … Continue reading An Existential Crisis for the Field? →

I’ve been highlighting the academic winners of the CPR Awards with short summaries of the each award winner (past entries here, here, here, and here , and this is the final post of this series.*  Today I’m highlighting one of the recipients of the Outstanding Contribution to Diversity Award, an award that typically does not go … Continue reading Final CPR Award Summary – Simpson, Outstanding Contribution to Diversity Award →

Yesterday the ADR Prof list serv lit up with the news that Jen Reynolds, one of Indisputably’s regular contributors, has been appointed Dean of the University of Oregon’s Law School. Yay !!  From the university’s press release: The feedback we received during the extensive search process repeatedly returned to the idea that Jen will bring … Continue reading Jennifer Reynolds named Dean at Oregon →