On Thursday September 28 (beginning at 12:10 eastern), Texas A&M Professor Cynthia Alkon will deliver The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s 2023 Lawrence Lecture on Dispute Resolution: “Negotiating for Justice in our Criminal Legal System.” Here is the description from OSU’s website. There is widespread and bipartisan agreement that the criminal legal system … Continue reading Cynthia Alkon to Deliver Moritz’s 2023 Lawrence Lecture →

Donna Shestowsky, the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, will deliver the 2023 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution on April 12, 2023 at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.  Titled “Discussing Procedure”, the lecture will begin at 12:10 ET and conclude at or before 1:20.  If … Continue reading Donna Shestowsky to deliver Moritz’s Schwartz Lecture on April 12! →

From FOI, ADR Notable and Gary Doernhoefer: A few days spent on the campus of Grinnell College left me more hopeful about our society than I’ve felt in quite a while. Grinnell has a Peace and Conflict Studies concentration (PCS) – a set of courses that will be reflected in the student’s transcript along with … Continue reading We can help tomorrow’s peacemakers today →

I spoke with a reporter from Bloomberg BNA yesterday about Jackson v. Amazon.com, Inc. (oral argument 11/17/22). The case raises a number of interesting arbitration issues: whether Amazon’s broad arbitration clause includes a worker’s privacy claim (Amazon was monitoring employee’s discussions on social media), whether a federal court’s decision that an Amazon last-mile driver is … Continue reading Amazon Tries to Avoid Class Action in California →

On Monday October 31, beginning at 12:10 EST, Stacia Jones will deliver The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s Lawrence Lecture on Dispute Resolution titled A Better Way to Negotiate That Drives Towards Equity and Justice. Stacia is lululemon’s Global Vice President & Head of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Action – she graduated from … Continue reading Stacia Jones to Deliver Moritz’s 2022 Lawrence Lecture – hybrid event →

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s Divided Community Project (DCP) in collaboration with OSU’s Mershon Center for International Security Studies released the second edition of a dispute systems design-centered guide for communities advancing racial equity initiatives. Titled A Practical Guide to Planning Collaborative Initiatives to Advance Racial Equity (2nd ed. 2022) (available at … Continue reading OSU’s DCP Releases Second Guide to Advance Race Equity Initiatives →

Santa Clara University Acting President and Santa Clara Law Dean Emerita Lisa Kloppenberg recently published her new book “The Best Beloved Thing is Justice: The Life of Dorothy Wright Nelson” (Oxford University Press). See https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-best-beloved-thing-is-justice-9780197608579?cc=us&lang=en. Judge Nelson blazed a trail for women in the legal profession – becoming one of the first female law professors … Continue reading Santa Clara Law–Stanford Law Conflict Resolution Workshop Presents Lisa Kloppenberg’s New Book on Judge Dorothy Nelson →

Moritz’s own Ellen E. Deason will deliver the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s 2022 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution. Titled “Mediation: Questions Through the Lens of Equity”, Prof. Deason’s lecture will take place on March 31, 2022 in person in Moritz’s Saxbe auditorium AND on Zoom beginning at 12:10 EST. Register here: https://go.osu.edu/schwartz2022. … Continue reading Ellen Deason to Deliver Moritz’s Schwartz Lecture on March 31! →