Earlier this summer my wife was visiting w/ one of her law school classmates on a leisurely Sunday morning. As they were catching up, the friend mentioned that someone in her office had agreed to renew as an adjunct at one of their local law schools. Originally, the friend’s colleague was asked to teach Property, … Continue reading Mediation and Three Other Words
I trust that all of our dedicated readers (not you Mom!) are arriving back to your offices and are thinking what else do I need to do other than get ready for the first week of classes. Consider this a friendly reminder that proposals for the ABA DR Section Conference in Miami are due on … Continue reading Submission Deadline for Proposals for the ABA DR Section Conference – less than 2 weeks away
From Karen Tokarz (Wash U) – hot off the list serv ————————————– Dear Friends – Washington University Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program will host a scholarship roundtable Friday, November 15, 2013, focused on “New Directions in Global Negotiation & Dispute Resolution,” in conjunction with the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute. Papers will be published … Continue reading RFP – New Directions in Global Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
ASU will be hosting the 5th annual Aspiring Law Professors Conference on Saturday September 28, 2013. For anyone going onto the market this year and anyone thinking about taking the plunge into the legal academy, its well worth the time. The conference is free, and there are opportunities to do a mock interview and a mock job talk. Details … Continue reading 5th Annual Aspiring Law Professors Conference
The RFP for the Clinical Conference just hit the newsstands. This year’s theme is “becoming a better clinician” and will be explored along three tracks – learning theory and pedagogy, law school curricular reform, and community engagement and mindfulness. Proposals are due by September 27, 2013. Selections will be made and participants notified by October … Continue reading Request for Proposals – 2014 AALS Clinical Conference, April 27-30, Chicago
Jean Sternlight passes this along this call for papers for what looks like an interesting symposium. ——————————————————————– Forced Arbitration In The Workplace: A Symposium About the Symposium The Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law (BJELL) and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy (The Institute) will be holding a symposium on February 27, … Continue reading Call for Papers – Forced Arbitration in the Workplace
ADR law prof favorites Nancy Welsh (Penn State), Donna Stienstra (Federal Judicial Center), and Bobbi McAdoo (Hamline) have recently put a most interesting book chapter, The Application of Procedural Justice Research to Judicial Actions and Techniques in Settlement Sessions, up on SSRN (available here). The piece is a chapter in the recently released book The Multi-Tasking Judge: Comparative … Continue reading Procedural Justice in Judicial Settlement Conferences
Friend of Indisputably Hiro Aragaki (Loyola, Los Angeles) shares his thoughts on Imre Szalai’s (Loyola, New Orleans) new book Outsourcing Justice: The Rise of Modern Arbitration Laws in America. And don’t forget to follow Imre’s blog of the same name (outsourcingjustice.com) which most appropriately states “By reading this blog, you agree to arbitrate. (Just kidding)” … Continue reading Aragaki on Szalai’s Outsourcing Justice: The Rise of Modern Arbitration Laws in America
It seems so early for this announcement, but it is upon us. The ABA Section on Dispute Resolution is seeking proposals for the 2014 conference in Miami. The call is below and the conference proposal web page can be accessed here. ——————————————- The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for … Continue reading Request for Proposals for the ABA DR Section Spring Conference
From Jean Sternlight via the list serv. ————————- University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution Psychology and Lawyering: Coalescing the Field Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Las Vegas, Nevada In recent years both academics and practitioners … Continue reading Call for Papers – Psychology and Lawyering: Coalescing the Field
