As you are likely aware, the US and China are embroiled in a trade war levying tariffs on an assortment of goods that travel between the two countries.  Today Bloomberg reports that one of the major barriers to resolving this agreement is President’s Trump’s reputation. After a weekend of confusing signals, Trump’s credibility has become … Continue reading Reputation Matters – the Real World Edition →

Every year I do my best to keep track of faculty moves and the like and post them here to spread the news.  We’re light on moves again this year, but we have several interesting interim appointments.  As I say every year, it’s entirely possible that I’m missing something that should be on the list.  … Continue reading Comings, Goings, and Other Milestones – 2019 edition →

At the ABA Meeting the team of Deb Eisenberg, Carol Izumi, Lydia Nussbaum, and Ellen Waldman put together a great program on trigger warnings as a part of the Legal Educators’ Colloquium.  After hearing their discussion of students having difficulties coping with some of the issue brought up during in simulations, I was a bit … Continue reading Trigger Warnings Needed Here? (Updated 8/9/19) →

I’ve been meaning for some time to highlight ADR articles that are published in mainline law reviews where blog readers might not see them as easily as they otherwise might.  So here’s the first go around, and this will probably be more monthly than article by article. Bradford, C. Steven. Online arbitration as a remedy … Continue reading Recent ADR Scholarship in non-ADR Law Reviews →

We want you to remind about an important and highly interactive international dispute resolution conference taking place on June 18-19, 2019 in Malibu, California. The conference is entitled “Appreciating Our Legacy and Engaging the Future.” It is particularly designed for dispute resolution practitioners, faculty, and leaders to address current issues and to learn from each … Continue reading Appreciating Our Legacy and Engaging the Future – Pepperdine School of Law, June 18 and 19 →

Amy Cohen (Ohio State), a talented polymath, shared with us the following discussion, first appearing on the Law and Political Economy blog, about how restorative justice is being adopted by penal system reformers on both sides of the political divide.  She was kind enough to send it our way for cross-posting. Today, groups of left … Continue reading Cohen on Restorative Justice and Moral Neoliberalism →

One of the my professional service activities is to be a member of the Committee on Mediator Ethical Guidance, which issues advisory opinions on mediation ethics issues using the Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators.  The Committee always seeks queries on ethical matters, but with the problems surrounding the ABA’s new web site a formal … Continue reading Committee on Mediator Ethical Guidance seeks queries →

I have the great pleasure to share the news that FOI Michael Colatrella (Pacific-McGeorge) will become Interim Dean at the School of Law starting July 1st while Dean Michael Hunter Schwartz takes on the role as Interim Provost.  More details are available here. Congratulations Michael !

Last week I posted the USNews DR specialty rankings from memory having seen them on the Spivey Consultants home page.  They are now public, and newsflash, my memory was not quite right.  Apologies to Cardozo, which clocked in at 8 tied w/ Marquette (I had them at 9), and Hastings, which is not Cal-Berkeley, and … Continue reading Updated – 2020 USNews Dispute Resolution Rankings →

Today the USNews rankings of law schools and law school specialty programs were “leaked.”  That means they were distributed to law school deans to prepare their publicity statements, to trumpet the good and explain the bad.  And the specialty rankings were tabulated differently this year, requiring voters to rate every school for which they had … Continue reading The 2020 USNews Dispute Resolution Rankings →