The Chronicle of Higher Education has run a couple stories recently (here) about professors who have incorporated their scholarly disciplines into their tattoos in one way or another. (A chemist named Esther getting the chemical formula for an ester linkage.  An anthropologist with an early hominid skull.  A linguist with a symbol from the international … Continue reading Tattoos and Dispute Resolution →

Jean Sternlight has sent out an announcement about this year’s Boskey Writing Competition, in search of student entrants and faculty readers. Its content is available at: http://www.abanet.org/dispute/essaycomp.html Michael Moffitt

The folks at the Saltman Center at UNLV are hosting a conference on ADR and the economic crisis, February 12-13, 2010.  The program includes a look at foreclosure mediation, arbitration and bankruptcy, and the effects of the economy on community and court mediation programs.  The topics and the speaker list look fantastic! For details: http://www.law.unlv.edu/pdf/SaltmanCenterConference_Feb2010_program.pdf … Continue reading Conflict Resolution and the Economic Crisis →

Sarah Cole offered a wager of a box of buckeyes, looking forward to the Rose Bowl.  I’m  not entirely sure what category of ADR theory this would fall under.  Because the standard ADR lexicon doesn’t recognize “Ways to Surrender a Box of Buckeyes” as one of the field’s core principles, I guess we can shove … Continue reading Of Roses and Contingent Agreements →

The journal’s deadline, for submissions as I understand it, is January 11, and articles can be sent to submissions@cojcr.org.  From an email I received earlier this evening from their Editor-in-Chief, I understand that they have a particular interest in articles discussion “practical applications of ADR, although anything is welcome.” MM

Nancy Welsh of Penn State has sent out a reminder email, soliciting papers for their upcoming conference focusing on Iqbal.  See below for details.  There is SO much to be said about that case, both from an ADR and an CivPro perspective.  I hope that the folks at Penn State will make the proceedings available … Continue reading Call for Iqbal Papers →

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Earlier this Fall, Larry Susskind visited the University of Oregon as part of an ongoing speaker series we host, exploring the intersection of ADR and Environmental and Natural Resources Law.  Larry spoke (occasionally provocatively) about current notions of public participation and deliberative democracy.  An audio recording of his remarks is available at: http://enr.uoregon.edu/media/fireside5_f09.mp3 Michael Moffitt

The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Lawyer as Problem-Solver Award for both individuals and organizations.  Information and the nomination form available at: http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=DR020100. Michael Moffitt

The International Association for Conflict Management has issued a call for submissions for its June 24-27, 2010 conference in Boston.  See the call for submissions here: http://www.iacm-conflict.org/2010/call.pdf Hannah Riley Bowles of the Kennedy School at Harvard (who, by the way, is just wonderful) is part of the team organizing the event. Michael Moffitt