A Review of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Arbitration Decisions
Hat tip, Rick Bales at Workplace Prof Blog: https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2020/09/judge-barretts-arbitration-decisions.html
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Alyson Carrel to Deliver Moritz’s 2020 Lawrence Lecture – Virtually
On Tuesday September 22, 2020 (beginning at 12:10 eastern), Alyson Carrel will deliver The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s 2020 Lawrence Lecture on Dispute Resolution: “Reimagining Negotiation for the 21st Century.” Here is the description from OSU’s website. The current pandemics have forced the ADR field (and the world) to embrace the growing … Continue reading Alyson Carrel to Deliver Moritz’s 2020 Lawrence Lecture – Virtually
Call for Papers for Thai Arbitration Institute Law Journal
If you are interested, here is a call for papers for the Thai Arbitration Institute Law Journal: https://tai.coj.go.th/en/content/category/detail/id/8/cid/10745/iid/200883
Online Book Party for Dispute System Design
On July 8th between 4:30 and 5:30 Pacific Time, authors Lisa Bingham-Amsler, Jan Martinez and Stephanie Smith will discuss their book, Dispute System Design, with co-hosts Grande Lum and Sheila Purcell and visit with those who can join them for a book party. UC Hastings Law, Sheila Purcell and Grande Lum host the July 8 … Continue reading Online Book Party for Dispute System Design
Putting More Schein on Arbitration at the Supreme Court
Imre Szalai let me know that cert was granted (again) in HENRY SCHEIN, INC. V. ARCHER AND WHITE SALES, INC. A nice write up of the issues to be addressed in the return of Schein can be found at: https://blog.cpradr.org/2020/06/15/supreme-court-returns-schein-to-its-docket-with-a-focus-on-arbitrability/
Rick Bales, FOI, on Online Labor Arbitration
My friend and colleague Rick Bales posted the following on Workplaceprof Blog: The Current Status of [Online?] Labor Arbitration In March 2020, many states imposed stay-at-home orders because of the covid-19 pandemic. Most labor arbitration hearings were postponed. However, as it became clear that the pandemic would not be going away quickly, arbitrators and parties … Continue reading Rick Bales, FOI, on Online Labor Arbitration
Book Review: A Must Read and a Fun Read — Mediation and Popular Culture by Professor Jennifer L. Schulz
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to review a very recent publication, Mediation and Popular Culture, by Professor Jennifer L. Schulz (Routledge 2020), available at: https://www.routledge.com/Mediation–Popular-Culture-1st-Edition/Schulz/p/book/9780367181055. As a dispute resolution professor who teaches students fascinated by popular culture, I am always on the lookout for opportunities to connect my world with the world my … Continue reading Book Review: A Must Read and a Fun Read — Mediation and Popular Culture by Professor Jennifer L. Schulz
More on Legislative Negotiation from the Kennedy School at Harvard
This morning I received the following information about useful materials on legislative negotiation from Jane Mansbridge, Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard Kennedy School: In this moment of great uncertainty regarding the Covid-19 virus and the difficulties of producing legislation in the divided political settings of Congress and many of the state … Continue reading More on Legislative Negotiation from the Kennedy School at Harvard
Congressional Policymaking with an Emphasis on Legislative Negotiation Fellowship
An interesting new opportunity, courtesy of Peter Reilly. Applications are due by June 15, 2020. The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce a new Fellowship in Congressional Policymaking with an emphasis on legislative negotiation open to legal, social science, and humanities scholars. If you know of an emerging … Continue reading Congressional Policymaking with an Emphasis on Legislative Negotiation Fellowship
Issuance of Title IX Rules Governing Educational Institutions
The Department of Education today issued the long-awaited rules governing the administration of Title IX in universities and K-12. According to the press release, the “key provisions” of the Department of Education’s new Title IX regulation are: Defines sexual harassment to include sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking, as unlawful discrimination on the … Continue reading Issuance of Title IX Rules Governing Educational Institutions
Learning More About Fairshake.com
One of the great benefits of teaching law students is that, frequently, they teach you. I’ve been reading my end of the semester seminar papers and learned more about Fairshake, the entity created to help consumers use the arbitration system to obtain settlements (or hearings) with major companies who have agreed to pay the vast … Continue reading Learning More About Fairshake.com
Reflections on Campus Collaboration and Virtual Tools
On April 24 Divided Community Project (DCP) Deputy Director Bill Froehlich and Steering Committee Chair Grande Lum joined HNMCP’s Neil McGaraghan and Kyle Strickland (from the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity) to record a webinar session for the ABA’s virtual conference. Bill shares a few reflections on the session which focus … Continue reading Reflections on Campus Collaboration and Virtual Tools