All posts by Jill Gross

What About Us? Leading in Law School Using ADR Skills

Last Wednesday’s Legal Educators’ Colloquium of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Annual Spring Conference, this year in Las Vegas, featured some wonderful panels on all things “ADR Law Prof.” Besides reuniting in person with our fantastic community, I also spoke on a panel which focused on using ADR Skills as a law school leader. … Continue reading What About Us? Leading in Law School Using ADR Skills

AAA-ICDR Foundation Presents Trauma-Informed Peacebuilding, Lessons Learned from Ukraine, May 3rd 6-8pm

From Tracey Frisch, Senior Counsel, AAA: Please join the AAA-ICDR Foundation and grantee Mediators Beyond Borders International for a special presentation by Ukrainian social psychologist, Dr. Iryna Eihelson. The talk will focus on the importance of trauma-informed practices when working with people affected by humanitarian crises. Dr. Eihelson’s observations are informed by her experience as … Continue reading AAA-ICDR Foundation Presents Trauma-Informed Peacebuilding, Lessons Learned from Ukraine, May 3rd 6-8pm

Sign up to hear Andrea Schneider deliver Blank Lecture at Pace on Arbitrator Ethics

On Wednesday, March 1, at 12:45 PM (Eastern), Prof. Andrea Schneider (Cardozo) will deliver the 2023 Philip B. Blank Memorial Lecture on Attorney Ethics at Haub Law School (Pace). RSVP here to attend either in person or via Zoom. The title of her talk is “The Conflict in Arbitrator Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Public Judges … Continue reading Sign up to hear Andrea Schneider deliver Blank Lecture at Pace on Arbitrator Ethics

ADR Scholarship Projects (Jan. 2023 edition)

From FOI Peter Reilly (Texas A&M), a round-up of recent scholarly projects from ADR profs: Ava Abramowitz (GW Law) and Ken Webb (Kenn Webb Consulting, LLC) Planned Research:  Our research builds on Neil Rackham’s and John Carlisle’s 1978 paper “The Behaviour of Successful Negotiators” (which can be found here). We asked ourselves, can the same … Continue reading ADR Scholarship Projects (Jan. 2023 edition)

President Biden Signs into Law An Act Amending the FAA for Sexual Assault/Harassment Claims

Earlier this week, President Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, a bill passed by both the House and Senate last month amending the Federal Arbitration Act to ban the enforcement of pre-dispute arbitration clauses for disputes relating to sexual assault and sexual harassment. For a thorough discussion of … Continue reading President Biden Signs into Law An Act Amending the FAA for Sexual Assault/Harassment Claims