Have your students ever played an April Fool’s Day prank on you? I’ve been lucky, but Stephen Barrows at Aquinas College, is not so lucky. His students pulled one for the ages on him based on his class cell phone policy – if the phone rings you have to answer it on speaker phone. This … Continue reading An Awesome April Fool’s Prank
Semi-regular guest blogger Jean Sternlight (UNLV) brings us news from Public Justice’s take on the “bait and switch” going on in consumer arbitration. ———————————– Public Justice, a public interest law firm that has been fighting mandatory consumer and employment arbitration for many years, recently posted a very interesting piece by Senior Attorney Paul Bland (here) … Continue reading Sternlight – Public Justice on Companies’ Use of ‘Bait and Switch’ in Arbitration
Lydia Nussbaum (UNLV) sends this report from Ken Cloke’s recent visit to UNLV’s Saltman Center. ————————— The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution and the UNLV Boyd School of Law had the pleasure of hosting Ken Cloke on March 3. He spoke to an audience of more than 80 people that included students, faculty, attorneys, and … Continue reading Nussbaum – Lessons on Language: Ken Cloke’s Dance of Opposites
News reports from Florida tell us that confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements are enforceable. From the opinion in Gulliver Schools, Inc. v. Snay, which can be found here. And, a tip of the cap to Lowering the Bar ————————– On November 3, 2011, the parties executed a general release and a settlement agreement for full … Continue reading “Suck it” for $80,000 Alex
Every year the USNews rankings come out and we love them or hate them depending on whether they favor us or not. And at least with the USNews specialty rankings, we know they are peer reviewed, so they are more telling than the overall law school rankings. So – without any further ado, here are … Continue reading USNews Dispute Resolution Rankings
FOI Alyson Carrel (Northwestern) sends this reflection on the recent events in the case of Jewlyes Gutierrez. —————————- This past week, Jewlyes Gutierrez, a transgender teen who was charged with misdemeanor battery after getting into a fight with three other girls who had allegedly been bullying her for weeks, was offered the chance to use … Continue reading Carrel: Reflections on Restorative Justice in the Gutierrez case
There’s recently been a lot of discussion of who should be on the “Mount Rushmore” of sports which has resulted in lots of interesting discussion. And recently Paul Caron did something similar for tax professors over on the TaxProf blog. In that vein, I thought it would be fun to come up with a Mount … Continue reading ADR Prof Mount Rushmore
Have you been a law prof for less than 10 years? Got a paper you’d like to have workshopped? Want to enjoy some great Phoenix weather and catch a spring training ball game? If you can answer three of those four questions in the affirmative, join in the fun at the 5th annual ASU Legal … Continue reading ASU Legal Scholars Conference – March 14 and 15, 2014
Sheila Purcell (Hastings) provides this synopsis of the Northern California ADR Faculty Conference which Hastings hosted on February 1st. Sounds like it was a fantastic event. On February 1, 2014 the UC Hastings Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution and the Gould Center at Stanford Law School co-hosted the Northern California ADR Conference. Faculty and … Continue reading Highlights of the Northern California ADR Faculty Conference
From Stacie Strong via the list serv. McGill University is pleased to host the Nappert Prize in International Arbitration, which is open to all students, junior scholars and junior practitioners from around the world. To be eligible for the prize, authors must be either currently enrolled in a B.C.L, LL.B., J.D., LL.M., D.C.L., or Ph.D. … Continue reading Nappert Prize in International Arbitration
