From FOI Stacie Strong: I realize that most of us are busy finishing up with exams and taking some well-deserved time off, but I would like to circulate information regarding an opportunity to attend the upcoming UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation) meeting in February as an observer, in case it might be of … Continue reading Opportunity to observe UNCITRAL Working Group II →

Transnational Dispute Management and ARBITRALWOMEN are calling for papers for an upcoming special issue on “Dealing with Diversity in International Arbitration.” Details on the call for papers here.

Wisdom and virtue to the West! http://www.theonion.com/articles/buddhist-extremist-cell-vows-to-unleash-tranquilit,34623/

I write from the WIP Conference at beautiful Southwestern Law School in LA with the following news: Paul Kirgis has been named Dean of Montana Law School. He will be starting on July 1, 2015. Congratulations Paul!

Lauren Newell (Ohio Northern) has published “Redefining Attention (and Revamping the Legal Profession?) for the Digital Generation” on SSRN. The abstract: With computers, text messages, Facebook, cell phones, smartphones, tablets, iPods, and other information and communication technologies (“ICTs”) constantly competing for our attention, we live in an age of perpetual distraction. Educators have long speculated … Continue reading Newell on Redefining Attention →

Over the past year Stacie Strong (Missouri) has been publishing a tremendous number of pieces in the area of arbitration, among other things. See here for some of these pieces. Now that I’m teaching Conflicts of Law, I found “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in U.S. Courts: Problems and Possibilities” particularly compelling. Here is … Continue reading Strong on Arbitration and Other Topics →

I’m in sunny Las Vegas with our friends from the Saltman Center (ten years old!) attending the SALT Teaching Conference. For the conference, I co-submitted a proposal with Suzanne Rowe, the director of Oregon’s Legal Research and Writing (LRW) Center, so today I’ve been hanging out with LRW types. Here are some things I’ve learned … Continue reading ADR + LRW →

From FOI Noam Ebner: Hi everyone, In a couple of weeks, I will be kicking off an educational adventure down a very unclear path, and I’d like to extend an invitation to all of you to join me. Between Oct. 17th and Nov. 20th, I will be teaching a basic negotiation course, offered as a … Continue reading Invitation to a MOOC →

Ken Fox (Hamline) has published “Mirror as Prism: Reimagining Reflexive Dispute Resolution Practice in a Globalized World” in Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, available here. The abstract: Private dispute resolution processes are an increasingly established global phenomenon. Some processes, like international commercial arbitration, have been formally in pace for more than a century … Continue reading Fox on Reimagining Reflexive Dispute Resolution Practice →

Liz Tippett (Oregon) has published “Child Abuse as an Employment Dispute” in Quinnipiac Health Law Journal, available on SSRN. The abstract: Child abuse has traditionally been viewed as the exclusive province of the child welfare system and the police. But when child abuse accusations are made against an employee, such as a teacher or a … Continue reading Tippett on Child Abuse as Employment Dispute →