Indisputably’s own Jen Reynolds has been named the Interim Dean at Oregon Law starting April 15th – over 10 days ago! Here’s the university’s announcement with more details. We wish her nothing but the best during this new adventure !
It is the time of year for law schools’ yearly genuflecting to the USNews Rankings, and this year is no different – even for those of us in the Dispute Resolution community. With that in mind, here are the 2025 USNews rankings for law school Dispute Resolution Programs. Drumroll please. . . . . Ohio … Continue reading 2025 USNews ADR Specialty Rankings
Empirical researchers Jessica Bregant (Houston), Jennifer Robbennolt (Illinois), and Verity Winship (Illinois) have a new article about lay opinions of settlement. Lots of interesting information here, including that a considerable majority of respondents thought that in an ideal world at least 75% of disputes would be resolved by settlement, with 100% being the most common … Continue reading Settlementality by Bregant, Robbennolt, and Winship
Cribbing from the announcement recently sent by Donna Shestowsky (UC-Davis) via the listserv. Good luck !! The AALS Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution invites submissions for its annual “Best Scholarly Article” Award. This award will recognize the best dispute resolution article published in a law review or other academic journal, in print or online, bearing a 2023 volume date. The Section began presenting this award in … Continue reading Call for Submissions – Best Scholarly Award from the AALS ADR Section
If you’re in the DC area and interested in international arbitration, join us and the ICC as we host a program entitled Flying into the Future with Aerospace & Aviation Arbitration. The program is free of charge (!!) on Thursday April 4, 2004 at 5:30pm at the ASU Barrett and O’Connor Washington Center in DC. … Continue reading ASU / ICC Program in Washington D.C. – Flying into the Future with Aerospace & Aviation Arbitration
I’m happy to announce that one of Indisputably’s own John Lande (Missouri) will be receiving the Outstanding Scholar Award from the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section. From his early works in family mediation to his current focus of professionalism in the field (many blog posts on this topic!), John has made a major contribution. Much deserved … Continue reading John Lande to Receive the ABA DR Section’s Outstanding Scholar Award
The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) announced the winner of the 41st Annual CPR Awards over the weekend. From the press release. The CPR Institute’s Annual Awards program honors outstanding scholarship and practical achievement in the field of alternative dispute resolution. Award criteria focuses on scholarship which addresses the resolution, prevention or creative … Continue reading 2023 CPR Award Winners
Peter Reilly (Texas A&M) directed the panel to discuss where mediation is going. Erin Archerd (Detroit Mercy) Is restorative justice different than mediation or really mediation itself? Like mediation, it is a part of “peace making,” and like mediation we need to ask ourselves whether the process has been lessened in the name of results. … Continue reading Worries and Hopes as We Look to the Future
Michael Greene (Texas A&M) posed questions to each panelist to get them started, and their remarks are below. Lisa Blomgren Amsler (Indiana) She started with a discussion of the dispute system design process in general, discussing stakeholders, processes and structures, context and culture, resources, as well as all kinds of implicit assumptions with each which … Continue reading Different Frames for Assessing What Mediation Provides
Cynthia Alkon (Texas A&M) moderated this program and started with this simple question – why are you bullish on mediation? Jim Alfini (South Texas) He is generally positive because mediation has been able to thrive in all kinds of environments, for example the move to Zoom during the pandemic was swift and smooth. And now … Continue reading Bullish on Mediation
