CPR, one of the leading ADR organizations in the country, just requested nominations for their annual awards program. Specifically the request states: The focus is on scholarship, which addresses the resolution, prevention or creative management of major disputes involving public or business institutions, such as those between corporations, between government and corporations, or among multiple … Continue reading CPR Awards – Request for Nominations
Today I’m in route to lovely Malibu, California to participate in the Teaching Law School ADR Courses conference at Pepperdine Law School (prior blog post here). I’m grateful to be going as this is the first week of unbearable Arizona summer weather with a forecast high of 111 (not a typo) on Wednesday. More seriously, I’m looking … Continue reading Off to Pepperdine – Teaching Law School ADR Courses
About a year ago or so the Indisputably crew asked Paul Kirgis, Associate Dean at St.John’s University in New York City, if he wanted to join the crew and become a blogger. Wisely, he suggested acting as a stealth blogger to see if he’d like it or not. As regular readers know, his “stealth” posts were … Continue reading Paul Kirgis, Now an Official Indisputably Contributor
Paula Young from the Appalachian School o f Law recently sent around an email asking for ADR themed submissions for the Spring volume of the Appalachian Journal of Law. The specifics of the call for papers are below. The Appalachian Journal of Law currently seeks articles on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and related topics for … Continue reading Call for Papers – Appalachian Journal of Law
Our friends at Pepperdine will be hosting a conference entitled Teaching Law School ADR Classes: Mediation, Negotiation, Arbitration and the ADR Overview Course on June 21-22, 2011. The conference line up looks great with heavyweights like Carrie Menkel–Meadow, Len Riskin, and Nancy Rogers (to name a few), and the programming is both comprehensive and in-depth. This may … Continue reading Teaching Law School ADR Classes
In light of all of the arbitration opinions coming out of the US Supreme Court the last several years, not to mention the Court’s recent decision to grant cert in CompuCredit v. Greenwood, the AALS ADR Section has issued a call for papers for its upcoming program at the AALS Conference in January 2012. The explanatory … Continue reading Call for Papers: The Supreme Court and the Future of Arbitration
The Oregon Law Review is doing a call for papers for a special ADR-themed issue — “ADR for the Masses” — that addresses some of the challenges and issues inherent in using appropriate/alternative dispute resolution processes in large-scale contexts, including mass torts, mass settlements, collaborative governance, and organizational DSD (not an exhaustive list). The call for … Continue reading Call for Papers – ADR and the Masses
As one would expect, it’s a big day at Indisputably when the Supreme Court issues another arbitration opinion. UNLV law prof and FOI (Friend of Indisputably) Jean Sternlight adds to the analysis. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – I mostly agree with Paul Kirgis’ explication of the … Continue reading Sternlight on AT&T v. Concepcion
As Jill mentioned last week, the Indisputably crew was assembled in Denver for the ABA DR Section meetings last week. It was good, as always, to hang out w/ the crew – and rumor has it that there are some incriminating photos that may make it on the blog. Luckily they’re all family friendly. Readers know that we’re … Continue reading Temple Grandin and the ABA DR Section Meetings in Denver
If you’ve been following the blog posts related to the Marquette-ASU Israel trip, you’ll recall the awful time we had getting back to the US. Ben Traver didn’t have to endure this problem as he scheduled a couple of extra days in Israel to travel on his own. Having a true sense of adventure and a natural … Continue reading Israel Reflections – A Close Call
