On January 17th, CPR presented its 30th Annual ADR Awards at a ceremony at the Lodge at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California. The press release is available here, and in case you’re not familiar with the awards, they have several categories such as lifetime achievement, academic articles and practical achievement. The list of award … Continue reading CPR Awards Announced !!
The press reports are coming in fast and furious at this time on an office shooting during a mediation today at an office building here in Phoenix. The reports I’ve read (here and here) indicate that 1 person is dead, 1 person is out of emergency surgery, and others are in the hospital with other less … Continue reading Mediation Related Shooting in Phoenix (updated)
Many of us use a version of the prisoner’s dilemma game as part of our negotiation courses. In the game, participants have the choice of cooperating with others to get a minimal reward, or they can increase their winnings by taking advantage of everyone else. After the students play the game, I introduce Robert Axelrod’s … Continue reading Rethinking Tit-for-Tat
Friend of Indisputably Jean Sternlight sent a message out to the list serv this morning about UNLV’s decision to hire a new tenure-track ADR position. She asked me to post the listing in its entirety here. It sounds like a good gig, and getting the opportunity to work closely with Jean will be a treat. … Continue reading Tenure-Track ADR Position Opening at UNLV
This week the Arizona Supreme Court issued an order approving, on an experimental basis, an order allowing second semester law students to take the bar. The Court’s order came down too late to impact the Feb. 2013 exam, but will be in effect for Feb. 2014 and 2015. After 2015, the Court will revisit the rule and decide whether … Continue reading Arizona to Allow 2nd Semster 3Ls to Take the February Bar
If you haven’t seen this video trailer about the Landfill Harmonic, it will make your day. Enjoy. http://vimeo.com/52711779
The Arizona Bar’s monthly magazine, Arizona Attorney, is a surprisingly good read and every month there’s an article that deserves your full attention. This month, that article is entitled Broemmer v. Abortion Services of Phoenix, Ltd.: Arizona’s Curious Contribution to the Law of Contractual Arbitration. The Broemmer case, at 840 P.2d 1013 (1992), is in numerous … Continue reading Quaint Remembrances of Contract Law and Arbitration
We all know Abraham Lincoln’s famous quote about discouraging litigation. Here’s another we should tell our students, especially when teaching negotiation ethics: There is a vague popular belief that lawyers are necessarily dishonest. Both quotes can be accessed here. Hat tip PrawfsBlog
At the Works-in-Progress Conference at Ohio State (again, great job putting the conference together) I presented an early draft of a paper entitled Regulating the Rogue Mediator. The abstract is below, and yes it is the longest abstract in the history of mankind. At present the private practice of mediation is unlicensed and unregulated. Barriers … Continue reading Regulating the Rogue Mediator
The Supreme Court decided to take the American Express case [an arbitration case]. Because the court took the case even though Justice Sotomayor has recused herself, it looks like the 2nd Circuit will be reversed. I was in a motorcycle commercial when I was living in Taiwan. And yes, they dyed my hair … Continue reading Overheard at the WIP Conference
