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
For those of you in Arizona for an early spring break, come and join us this evening at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law as Kenneth Feinberg of 9/11 Victims’ Fund fame delivers the inaugural Bruce E. Meyerson Lecture in Dispute Resolution. For more information, go here. [Click title of post to access link.] … Continue reading Bruce E. Meyerson Lecture at Arizona State
Another well deserved award. Congrats to Grande Lum and the entire Ohio State crew ! Text of the press release is below. The ABA’s Section of Dispute Resolution has named the Divided Community Project (DCP) at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law the recipient of the 2018 institutional Lawyer as Problem Solver Award, … Continue reading Divided Community Project at Ohio State to Receive Lawyer as Problem Solver Award
