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
…. an Academic Professional position in the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. Highlights from the posting are below, and if you have any questions send them to Doug Yarn at dyarn@gsu.edu. The Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Georgia State University College of Law currently seeks qualified applicants for the position of Academic … Continue reading Georgia State is hiring…..
Lisa Blomgren Amsler (formerly Bingham) at Indiana. Big congratulations for an award well deserved. The award will be presented during the Legal Educators’ Luncheon at the ABA DR Section meetings in Miami in April. The announcement in its entirety is below. Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work to Lisa Blomgren Amsler Professor Lisa Blomgren Amsler (formerly Bingham) … Continue reading ABA DR Section Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work goes to ……
FOI and semi-regular guest blogger Jean Sternlight (UNLV) shares with us her latest thoughts about mandatory arbitration. ——————————————– These have been very bleak times for those, like me, who abhor mandatory arbitration because they think it disserves consumers, employees, and others. In case after case such as AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion (2011) and American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant (2013) the … Continue reading Sternlight: Tide Turning a Bit on Mandatory Arbitration Through Recognition that Process Suppresses Claims?
With the death of Nelson Mandela, without doubt the most significant political leader in my lifetime, lots has been written about his impact not only on South Africa but also on the world. And plenty is still to be written. Mandela’s impact comes in many ways large and small, but more importantly it still resonates … Continue reading Mandela – A Titan Remembered
The Morris and Stewart Udall Foundation, a federally funded foundation located in Tucson, Az., has an opening for the Director of the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. You can see the full ad here, and learn more about the foundation here. This is a great gig – federal benefits and good pay. A blurb … Continue reading Director – US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, a programmatic arm of the Udall Foundation
On November 18, 2013, the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution hosted its fall 2013 symposium, entitled “Bioethics, Healthcare Policy, & Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Age of Obamacare.” Friend of Indisputably Lela Love was kind enough to send along this synopsis of the event. ———————- “Tell us please, what treatment in an emergency is administered by … Continue reading Bioethics, Healthcare Policy, & Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Age of Obamacare
Jill gave a report from the WIP Conference at Cardozo over the weekend, and Cardozo’s Lela Love – who is as gracious a host as you can find – was kind enough to send along her thoughts about the conference as well. Here’s hoping that next year’s conference is as successful as this year’s was. … Continue reading Work in Progress – Processes for Advancing Scholarly Writing
