I recently posted about the Equifax Fiasco, and am still having problems getting everything straightened out with them.  I’m resigned to thinking that when 143 million people try to do something at once, there will always be bottlenecks. FOI Jean Sternlight (UNLV) had a recent op-ed in Law360 discussing how the Equifax Fiasco relates to … Continue reading Sternlight on the Equifax Fiasco →

By now you’ve probably heard that Equifax was hacked and the personal data for approximately half the country has been compromised.   Naturally, you should check to see if you were affected here.  I’m proud to say that I’m potentially affected and scheduled to work with them on Wednesday – yay! On Friday evening on the … Continue reading The Equifax Fiasco and Dispute Resolution – updated →

Throughout the year I do my best to keep track of faculty moves and the like and post them here to help spread the news.  This year’s list is pretty light compared to the last few years, but some big things were afoot – like you weren’t paying attention.  If you know of any moves, … Continue reading Comings and Goings – 2017 edition →

Registration for the 11th Annual Works-in-Progress Conference at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law is open for 10 more days.  The conference is scheduled on Friday and Saturday, October 20th and 21st, with a welcome dinner on Thursday evening October 19th.  Come to share current research, obtain feedback, exchange ideas, connect with colleagues, and … Continue reading Just 10 Days Left . . . →

Today is the day that registration opens for the 11th Annual AALS ADR Section WIP Conference to be held at Arizona State on Oct. 20th and 21st, with an opening dinner reception on Thurs. Oct. 19th. Not only does registration open today, but today also marks the first day applications for the travel grants for … Continue reading 11th Annual AALS ADR Section Works-in-Progress Conference – Registration Open !! →

This is a quick update on the upcoming AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Works-in-Progress Conference that will be taking place at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University on October 20th and 21st.  And don’t forget that the festivities begin on Thursday the 19th with a dinner for conference attendees Conference … Continue reading AALS Works-in-Progress Conference – update →

Len Riskin (Northwestern) asked me to pass along this announcement for an upcoming workshop at Northwestern.   This will be cross-posted under events. Managing the Negotiation Within: Internal Family Systems Training for Mediators and Lawyers Faculty: Richard Schwartz, developer of the IFS Model & David Hoffman, Mediator & Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School When … Continue reading Managing the Negotiation Within: Internal Family Systems Training for Mediators and Lawyers →

FOI Donna Shestowsky (UC Davis) has a forthcoming piece in the Harv. Neg. L. Rev. entitled When Ignorance Is Not Bliss: An Empirical Study of Litigants’ Awareness of Court-Sponsored Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs.  She gave a talk about her findings in this paper at the Court Connected portion of last week’s ABA Dispute Resolution Spring … Continue reading Shestowsky – When Ignorance Is Not Bliss →

FOI Hiro Aragaki (Loyola-LA) provides his thoughts on last week’s United Airlines debacle. In the past week the Internet went ablaze with news reports of United Airlines passenger Dr. David Dao’s merciless ejection from a Louisville-bound flight.  Members of the AALS Contracts list serve picked the incident apart from multiple perspectives—breach of contract (by whom?), … Continue reading Aragaki – The Dao of Friendly Skies →

Having recently focused on gender (is it more appropriate to say sex?) in my negotiation class, this caught my eye.  In a study of US Supreme Court Justices and oral argument, researchers Tonja Jacobi and Dylan Schweers found that women justices were interrupted at a much higher rate by their male colleagues and by male … Continue reading Justice, Interrupted →