I am passing along this announcement from the AAA: The American Arbitration Association® (AAA®) is pleased to announce applications are now open for the 2025 Diverse Student ADR Summit, taking place in New York City on November 1–2, 2025. This unique program offers first, second, and third-year law students an in-depth introduction to careers in … Continue reading AAA 2025 Diverse Student ADR Summit →

For those who might be interested, I am passing along  this Call for papers for a Special Issue of Transnational Dispute Management (TDM, ISSN 1875-4120) titled “One Century of Arbitration in the United States: The Federal Arbitration Act at Home and Abroad” edited by professors Björn Arp and Kiran Nasir Gore. The United States’ Federal Arbitration … Continue reading TDM Call for Papers for a Special Issue on “One Century of Arbitration in the United States: The Federal Arbitration Act at Home and Abroad” →

Posted on behalf of FOI Kristen Blankley (Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln): The AALS DR Section is excited to announce the winner of the 2024 Best Scholarly Article Award: Rachel Wechsler (Missouri) for Intimate Partner Violence: Access to Protection Beyond the Pandemic, published in the Boston College Law Review (2024). You can access the article here. The … Continue reading Winner of AALS Section of DR 2024 Best Scholarly Article Award →

  Thanks once again to Peter Reilly (Texas A&M) for compiling this edition of ADR Scholarship Projects, highlighting the many wonderful works our community is producing! Hal Abramson (Touro Law)  I am pleased to report that my article entitled Time-Pressured Negotiations should be published this summer in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review. I also finished a short … Continue reading ADR Scholarship Projects – August 2025 →

I am thrilled to share that Professor Imre Szalai will be joining Pace|Haub Law this fall, adding incredible strength to our nationally-ranked ADR program. The full announcement is here: Arbitration Scholar, Professor Imre Szalai, Joins Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Faculty | Pace University New York Welcome to White Plains, Imre!

I am pleased to share this announcement of a new writing competition co-sponsored by the North America Committee of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations (CGA-NA) and the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. We are seeking papers from anyone interested in the intersection of arbitration and environmental law, and papers should make a … Continue reading Call for Submissions – Writing Competition – Arbitration +Environmental Law →

  Please join me (Jill Gross – Haub Law/Pace) and Rick Bales (Ohio Northern) for the online book launch of THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT: SUCCESSES, FAILURES, AND A ROADMAP FOR REFORM, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Federal Arbitration Act, this volume brings together a … Continue reading Register for Virtual Book Launch: The Federal Arbitration Act: Successes, Failures, and a Roadmap for Reform →

Happy New Year everyone! Here is the latest installment of scholarship projects by ADR Profs and practitioners all around the country. Thanks again to Peter Reilly (Texas A&M) for compiling and circulating this impressive list. Hal Abramson (Touro Law) Time-Pressured Negotiations 30.2 Harv. Negot. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025) This article considers how to negotiate when you … Continue reading ADR Scholarship Projects – January 2025 →

Posting on behalf of the AAA: I am writing to inform you of a wonderful opportunity for second and third year law students.  On November 9 and 10, 2024 the American Arbitration Association is holding its Annual Diverse Student ADR Summit in New York.  For more information click here.  Accepted students will receive a scholarship for up … Continue reading AAA’s Diverse Student ADR Summit →

Some of you may have seen the news articles (e.g., here and here) in the past day or so reporting on a motion to compel arbitration brought by Disney lawyers in a Florida state court wrongful death case. The widow of a woman who suffered a fatal allergic reaction at a Disney World restaurant is … Continue reading Disney+ to Disney World “Infinite” Arbitration Clause →