Last week Jackie Nolan-Haley told us of Fordham’s program on Negotiating with the Dangerous, which was headlined by our very own leader Andrea. And just yesterday an article of another sort of dangerous negotiation crossed my desk – negotiating with toddlers. And you best be careful. Why? The piece’s conclusion: having a toddler is like … Continue reading Negotiating with the Dangerous and Highly Unstable
As part of Mediation Week, Alyson Carrel (Northwestern) and Heather Scheiwe Kulp (Harvard) conducted a live twitter event discussing careers in ADR for young professionals. To link to a Storify capturing all of the tweets, go here. And happy mediation week to all !
For those of us who angst when it comes to law review submission season, my colleague Rhett Larson recently answered several law review submission questions that arise every year. There is a quote attributed to the screenwriter William Goldman regarding Hollywood – “Nobody knows anything.” I increasingly feel like this applies to article submission strategies. … Continue reading Definitive Answers to Unanswerable Law Review Submission Questions
This dispatch comes from frequent guest blogger Jean Sternlight (UNLV). I am writing this blog having just returned from Denver, where I participated in the Consumer Financial Protection Board Field Hearing discussed yesterday at Indisputably by Professor Sarah Cole. As Sarah noted, the CFPB is proposing to prevent companies from using mandatory arbitration to prevent … Continue reading Sternlight: Musings from the CFPB Field Hearing
This dispatch comes from Jackie Nolan-Haley (Fordham) discussing Monday’s program Negotiating with the Dangerous headlines by our very own Andrea. On October 5, 2015, the Fordham Law School Dispute Resolution Society hosted its annual symposium, entitled “Negotiating with the Dangerous.” Keynote speaker Professor Andrea Schneider of Marquette University Law School brushed with broad strokes in … Continue reading Negotiating with the Dangerous at Fordham Law School
HeinOnLine has unveiled its ScholarRank’s Top 250 Authors. The ranking was compiled as follows: The following list is calculated based on an analysis of all articles in HeinOnline. We then ranked each author in each category: number of times cited by articles, number of times cited by cases, and number of times accessed and averaged … Continue reading HeinOnLine Top 250 Authors
From Jean Sternlight at UNLV The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution, together with the UNLV Boyd School of Law and the Duke University School of Law, is sponsoring a conference entitled Magistrate Judges and the Transformation of the Federal Judiciary on September 25-26, 2015 in Las Vegas. This conference will highlight how magistrate judges are … Continue reading Magistrate Judges, ADR & Justice
As the new academic year begins, I like to provide an update as to who has moved where within in the field. As you can see below it’s been an active year (especially for Indisputably contributors!), but I may not have captured everything. If you have information that should be on this list, please send … Continue reading Comings and Goings 2015-16 Edition
From Kristen Blankley (Nebraska) via the list serv: Registration is now open for the ABA Law Student Division Arbitration Competition. This competition promotes greater knowledge in arbitration by simulating a realistic arbitration hearing. Participants prepare and present an arbitration case, including opening statements, witness examinations, exhibit introductions, evidentiary presentations, and summations. Experience what it is … Continue reading ABA Law Student Division Arbitration Competition
UNLV is looking to hire focusing in “our faculty strengths in health law, dispute resolution, and intellectual property.” A copy of the hiring announcement can be found here. By my count that is 4 schools that have stated that DR is part of their specific hiring needs, the 3 others being Arkansas, Willamette, and South … Continue reading UNLV is Hiring
