You may remember the AALS ADR Section’s program “The Supreme Court and the Future of Arbitration” at the AALS Annual Meeting in January. I thought the program was fantastic – kudos to Ron Aronovsky for putting the program together and to the presenters (including Indisputably contributors Sarah Cole and Jill Gross) who did a terrific job. … Continue reading Sternlight on Mandatory Arbitration and Procedurally Difficult Claims
Yes, you read that right. According to The Independent (a UK newspaper): Feminine charm [a combination of friendliness and flitation] is a strategic behaviour aimed at making the person you are negotiating with feel good in order to get them to agree to your goals,” says Dr Kray. . . . . Researchers believe the … Continue reading Scientists Prove Feminine Charms Increase Negotiation Success
If you want to experience lovely Malibu, California on a daily basis you will be glad to know that Pepperdine is looking to hire in the ADR areana this year. Note that 2 of the 3 people on the lateral subcommittee (Stipanowich and Weston) are affiliated with the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution. Here’s the ad. Pepperdine U. School of Law is seeking to … Continue reading Facutly Hiring at Pepperdine
My piece (w/ Jess Alberts) entitled Gender and Attorney Negotiation Ethics is now up on SSRN. Frequent Indisputably readers will remember that it was a part of last December’s Washington University New Directions in Negotiation and ADR Conference and appears as part of an ADR symposium issue in Wash U’s Journal of Law and Policy. The abstract is below. Building on a prior … Continue reading Gender and Attorney Negotiation Ethics
The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for the 2013 Spring Conference. The Deadline for Proposals is September 7, 2012. The Conference will take place on April 3-6, 2013 at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park. Proposals can be submitted for concurrent CLE programs, Symposium on ADR in the Courts sessions, Legal … Continue reading Request for Proposals – ABA Dispute Resolution Section Spring Conference
ASU will be hosting the 3rd annual Aspiring Law Professors Conference on September 15th. The Conference is designed for Visiting Assistant Professors, Fellows and others who plan to go on the academic teaching market, but anyone considering a career as a law professor will find it valuable. To see a short flier for the conference go here, … Continue reading Aspring Law Professors Conference
The guidelines for the 2012 CPR Awards are out and can be accessed here. A blurb about the awards program from the CPR website follows. The CPR Institute’s Awards Programs honors outstanding scholarship and practical achievement in the field of alternative dispute resolution. Award criteria focuses on process, techniques, systems, commitment, and scholarship which address the resolution, … Continue reading CPR ADR Awards – 2012 Guidelines Announced
Last week at the Arizona Bar meeting my colleague Timothy Burr presented a progress report for the Foreclosure Mediation Unit of ASU’s Lodestar Dispute Resolution Program. The program was well attended and has generated some buzz in the legal community. In some sense this was the FMU’s coming out party as we’ve been keeping a … Continue reading Arizona Foreclosure Mediation – Part 1
While mediation is common in the legal system, the public is not very familiar with mediation and what happens in the process. This lack of familiarity is not helped by mediation on the big or little screens (see Wedding Crashers or Fairly Legal) or by the confidentiality protections that keep people from discussing their mediations … Continue reading Publicizing Mediation Successes
After my blogging absence for most of May, I’ve got quite a bit to catch up on. There’s more from the ABA DR Section Conference and more about journaling, Sheriff Joe and the DOJ, ASU’s new legal venture, and the disbarment of the former Maricopa County Prosecuting Attorney (a special for those who also teach PR). In … Continue reading Faculty Hiring at Arizona State
