John Lash recently posted a brief essay on the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. It won’t take more than five minutes to read, and it’s well worth your time. The first sentence of the article (“In 1985, at the age of 18, I was sentenced to life in prison for murder.”) and the last sentence of … Continue reading Restorative Justice: An Interesting Perspective
Perhaps of interest to those who have experience in the Caucuses, or those wondering what would happen if a law student interested in conflict resolution were to decide to spend a summer in parts of the former Soviet Union working on a rule of law project, or those who just enjoy a well-written travel blog, … Continue reading A Law Student in the Caucuses
The National Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE) is advertising a Policy Analyst position. (Here.) CADRE works with state and local education and early intervention systems, parent centers, families and educators to increase the nation’s capacity to effectively resolve special education disputes, reducing the use of expensive adversarial processes. I don’t normally … Continue reading Special Education ADR Policy Analyst Position
The ABA Journal recently ran a story about the settlement of the lawsuit David Byrne (of Talking Heads fame) brought against Charlie Crist for the unauthorized use of a song in an election advertisement. The ABA Journal article appears below and here. Good story about the lawsuit here. The 90-second videotaped apology is also available … Continue reading David Byrne IS Manly (oh and something about a mediated settlement)
Not precisely ADR-focused, but really interesting new blog at geeksforwonks.org Think of it as a site for good governance / transparency / data-driven / collaborative policy-making. I’ve already seen a couple of deeply thought-provoking ideas described there (including some about opportunities for law students and legal education). It will be fun to follow. MM
Maybe this isn’t news to the rest of you, but I just learned that the Supreme Court is now making oral arguments (both audio and transcripts) available really soon after the arguments take place. It used to be that we had to wait years to get them. Now, you can listen on read right away … Continue reading Oral Arguments Now Available
I just learned about the letterblogatory blog, and it’s great. From Ted Folkman of the law firm of Murphy & King (also incidentally a former judicial clerk to Ann Aldrich), it contains high-quality analysis of some really interesting international arbitration cases, among other things. The most recent case-of-the-day reads like a caricature of an arbitration-meets-civil-procedure … Continue reading lettersblogatory & the Case of the Day
Rick Bales has now posted a great article, “A Data-Driven Snapshot of Labor and Employment Law Professors,” on SSRN. It is scheduled to appear in the St. Louis University Law Journal later this year. I gave it a quick read this morning, and many of the data-driven findings parallel recent developments among ADR faculty. His … Continue reading Who’s Teaching Labor/Employment Law ?
Article from this morning’s National Law Journal Daily posted below. Potentially helpful case to illustrate the distinctions between requirements to participate, requirements to make an offer, requirements to participate in good faith, requirements to settle, etc? MM Refusal to talk settlement doesn’t merit sanctions Sheri Qualters The National Law JournalMarch 17, 2011 A defendant’s failure … Continue reading Not “Talking Settlement” & Not Engaging in Misconduct
From Kelly Lynn Anders: Creighton Law School’s 2011 TePoel Lecture and Law Review Symposium will be held on Friday, March 25. The topic of this year’s Law Review Symposium is “Moral and Ethical Perspectives in War, Terrorism, and Military Law.” The 2011 TePoel Lecturer, Dr. Cynthia G. Irmer, will discuss “Transforming Conflict with a New … Continue reading “Transforming Conflict with a New Framework”
