Mary E. Jutten wrote a piece in the ABA Journal titled The “Think Like a Lawyer” Approach to Law School is Outdated, which makes some interesting points that will be familiar to readers of this blog. Her most interesting point being that law schools need to teach students to think like professional service providers rather than gladiators … Continue reading The “Think Like A Lawyer” Approach to Law School is Outdated
I haven’t followed the summit closely (for example, I didn’t know that it would be completed today), but some recent chatter about it did catch my attention. The first is that President Trump did not prepare much for this negotiation. As negotiation professors, we preach the importance of preparation for a number of reasons, mostly … Continue reading The North Korean Summit
What I have been dreading for nearly 3 years finally happened. My close friend and colleague Mary Sigler succumbed to pancreatic cancer late Friday night / early Saturday morning. Word is that she passed in her sleep with her dog Luke snuggling with her, the most appropriate way for her to go. I love Mary … Continue reading Mary Sigler (1965-2018)
From our good friend Deb Eisenberg at Maryland via the listserv: Registration is now open for the 12th Annual AALS ADR Works-in-Progress Conference at Maryland Carey Law! We are so excited to host you in Baltimore next October 4-6, 2018. Details and registration here: https://umbforms.wufoo.com/forms/aals-adr-worksinprogress-conference/. Wishing you all a productive and wonderful summer. See you … Continue reading WIP Conference Registration Open
Here’s are some excerpts of Amy Howe’s run down of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on Scotusblog. In 1925, Congress passed the Federal Arbitration Act, which (among other things) provides that an agreement to arbitrate a dispute “shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable.” Ten years later, Congress enacted the National … Continue reading The FAA trumps the NLRA: Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis Decided This Morning
FOI Jean Sternlight (UNLV) brings us this conference opportunity from the city that may lay claim to the home of the most trade shows. Have you ever thought about the exciting disputes that can arise at trade shows? In Las Vegas, we have, as our city hosts many trade shows. If you want to get … Continue reading Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution at Trade Shows
And you thought basketball is what put Loyola-Chicago on the map. TFOI Teresa Frisbie provides this first-hand report about the World Mediation Congress, which Loyola recently hosted. The 300+ mediators, judges, attorneys and students at the International Academy of Dispute Resolution World Mediation Congress and 17th annual international mediation tournament held in March at Loyola … Continue reading Frisbie on the World Mediation Congress at Loyola Chicago
For those of you who don’t follow the lawprof listserv, Ben Davis (Toledo) had an interesting link to an article describing the use of arbitration clauses in summer associate employment contracts. In response to that message, Brian Farkas, one of Cardozo’s super adjuncts, had this response that I thought would be enlightening for our broader … Continue reading Arbitration Clauses in Summer Associate Contracts for Employment
Every year at the ABA DR Section Spring Conference there are several awards that get a lot of attention – for example, this blog announced that Charlie Craver will deservedly receive the Outstanding Scholarly Work Award and the Divided Community Project at (the) Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law also will deservedly receive the … Continue reading ABA DR Section – Chair’s Awards
Here they are, this year’s US News Rankings for dispute resolution programs. Unlike the rankings for law schools, these are voted on by law school faculty – consider them reputational rankings. Congratulations to all ! Rank School Name 1 Pepperdine University 2 Ohio State University (Moritz) 3 Harvard University 4 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 … Continue reading 2018 US News Rankings
