NPR’s evening show All Things Considered aired a piece this evening discussing the use of rape as a weapon of terror and intimidation during warfare in several recent global hotspots. As many readers of this blog know, this is not a recent phenomenon – anyone recall the Rape of the Sabine Women? Despite the fact … Continue reading Secretary of State Clinton: More Women Needed in International Mediation Efforts
Over the weekend Bob Bordone at Harvard sent out an email announcing that its Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program is accepting applications for a new Clinical Fellow and Lecturer on Law position. The fellowship is a two year commitment beginning on July 1, 2010. A job description as well as instructions for applying for the … Continue reading Clinical Fellow and Lecturer on Law – Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program
The RFP to host the AALS DR Section’s WIP Confernce in the fall of 2010 recently came out, and it appears in it’s entirety below. Just an fyi, this year’s conference (at Harvard Nov. 13th and 14th) is shaping up quite nicely and we’ll have more information about it here shortly. * * * * * * * … Continue reading Request for Proposals – Hosting the AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Works-in-Progress Conference
Please join me in welcoming Professor Paul F. Kirgis from St.John’s University as a guest blogger here on Indisputably. As you may recall, St.John’s recently hosted a symposium entitled: ADR Meets Bankruptcy: Cross Purposes or Cross Pollination? (For more info on the conference, go here.) According to Paul, the presentations were eye-opening, and we’ve asked … Continue reading Welcome Guest Blogger Paul F. Kirgis
On Friday October 9th our good friends at the University of Missouri have a symposium entitled the Creeping Legalism of Labor Arbitration. There’s been a lot of discussion recently about whether arbitration is the new litigation, and this program will take that concept a step further. The line up of speakers is very good, which … Continue reading The Creeping Legalism of Labor Arbitration
On November 6th our friends at Fordham will be hosting their annual dispute resolution forum, this one on the intersection between culture and disputing processes. Professor Oscar Chase from the NYU Law School will be the keynote speaker and will be followed by an excellent panel of discussants. For more information, including registration information, go … Continue reading The Relationship between Culture and Disputing Processes
The winners of the ABA’s 2009 Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition for Law Students were recently announced, and awards the winners are [drum roll please]: First prize went to Andrea Yang from the Georgetown University Law Center for her paper entitled Ethics Codes for Mediator Conduct: Necessary But Still Insufficient. Honorable Mention was awarded to … Continue reading Boeskey Competition Winners Announced
Our friends at St.Johns in NYC are hosting an interesting conference on the intersection of bankruptcy and dispute resolution entitled ADR Meets Bankruptcy: Cross-Purposes or Cross-Pollination? There’s a good line-up of speakers, which should make the program worth your time if you can go. In this economic climate, I expect there’s plenty of intersection of … Continue reading ADR Meets Bankruptcy: Cross-Purposes or Cross-Pollination?
Since I’ve been posting about hiring in the legal academic market this year, I’d be remiss if I failed to plug the Aspiring Law Professors Conference that we’re hosting here at Arizona State on Saturday October 17th. The conference is designed for those who are going on the teaching market and will focus on issues … Continue reading Aspiring Law Professors Conference
I’ve been a subscriber to the National Arbitration Forum’s ADR Law & Policy Update for a couple of years now, and I have to say that I miss my weekly (or so) emails. I’m guessing that the Update is a casualty of the NAF’s difficult summer (see here and here among other places), and that’s … Continue reading ADR Law & Policy Update – Where Have You Gone?
