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
I’m sitting here the WIP Conference and it’s been a fabulous day so far. I say that because there have been some fantastic presentations, and at this point (mid-afternoon) two that have stood out were from Jen Reynolds (propaganda, persuasion, manipulation, and how we teach negotiation) and Ken Kressel (tacit knowledge of mediators). At this point I’m not … Continue reading Greetings from the Works-in-Progress Conference
Tomorrow I’m off to the 6th Annual Works-in-Progress Conference, which is being most capably hosted by the Moritz School of Law at Ohio State. As you’d expect, many of the Indisputably crew will be there to participate in and report on the event. I hope we can do some live-blogging of the presentations and post about … Continue reading See you at the Works-in-Progress Conference
Another guest posting from FOI Jean Sternlight (UNLV). ————————- With the demise of class actions (thank you Supreme Court in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion) consumer advocates are struggling to find a way to continue to fight corporate malfeasance. Several consumer advocates have formed an organization, Consumers Count, which is designed to help unite multiple consumers … Continue reading Class Actions are Dead, Long Live Social Media?
James Phillips (JSP student Berkeley) and John Yoo (Berkeley) recently authored a piece entitled The Cite Stuff: Inventing a Better Law Faculty Relevance Measure which Yoo describes as Moneyball Comes to the Ivory Tower. In the article Phillips and Yoo create a citation based formula for ranking the relevance of law professors that, like all … Continue reading The Most Relevant ADR Law Prof
