Category Archives: Dispute Systems Design

Procedural Justice in Judicial Settlement Conferences

July 8, 2013 art hinshaw Leave a comment

ADR law prof favorites Nancy Welsh (Penn State), Donna Stienstra (Federal Judicial Center), and Bobbi McAdoo (Hamline) have recently put a most interesting book chapter, The Application of Procedural Justice Research to Judicial Actions and Techniques in Settlement Sessions, up on SSRN (available here). The piece is a chapter in the recently released book The Multi-Tasking Judge: Comparative … Continue reading Procedural Justice in Judicial Settlement Conferences →

FINRA Dispute Resolution Pilots Telephonic Mediation for Small Claims

January 17, 2013 Jill Gross Leave a comment

FINRA Dispute Resolution announced yesterday that it will launch a pilot program to offer pro bono or reduced-fee telephonic mediation to parties whose dispute has a dollar value $50,000 or less. Kudos to FINRA for devising this low cost option to benefit investors of modest means whose claims are too small to make an arbitration … Continue reading FINRA Dispute Resolution Pilots Telephonic Mediation for Small Claims →

Penn State hires Feinberg to mediate Sandusky sex abuse claims

September 21, 2012 art hinshaw 2 Comments

According to this piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Kenneth Feinberg has been hired to mediate the civil claims against Penn State University as part of the Sandusky sexual predator scandal. According to the article: “We are seeking to make sure we do the right thing in terms of providing a just outcome for the victims,” Penn State president Rodney … Continue reading Penn State hires Feinberg to mediate Sandusky sex abuse claims →

To Brainstorm or Not To Brainstorm

February 21, 2012 Paul Kirgis 2 Comments

Jonah Lehrer has an interesting piece in the New Yorker discussing research into brainstorming. His focus is mainly on creativity in research groups, but there are some lessons for brainstorming in dispute resolution contexts as well. For example, he describes research showing that the classic brainstorming advice–no criticism–is counterproductive. In fact, the evidence suggests that … Continue reading To Brainstorm or Not To Brainstorm →

koshe on Israel Reflections 2024–Day Three–The Nova Music Festival Site: “THANK YOU SO MUCH”

Renier P Pierantoni on Remembering Elayne: “May she RIP. She is an icon in the ADR world and was clearly adored by many.”

Susan M Yates on My Appreciation – Part 2: “Congratulations, John! It is an honor to work with you and a pleasure to be your friend.”

Susan Yates on Susan Yates received the D’Alemberte Raven award: “Thank you, Kelly, for these kind words and for being part of the nomination team! I’m not sure what I…”

Katarzyna Przyluska on John Lande receives the ABA DR Section Scholarly Work Award!: “Congratulations!”

Rosa Maria Abdelnour Granados on Jen Reynolds Named Interim Dean at Oregon: “Congratulations ,Jen!! For your designation in Oregon and for the II book StarWars with Noam and other negotiation experts”

Peggy McGuinness on Appreciating Elayne Greenberg’s Scholarship: “John- Thank you for posting this lovely tribute to a warm and wonderful colleague, who will be missed at St.…”

Rich Facey on What I’m Reading – Collateral Damage of War: “Have you read about Marla Ruzicka, American aide worker who gave her life to record civilian casualties in Iraq and…”

Kelly on Israel Reflections 2024–Day Three–Meeting with Freed Hostage Liat Atzili: “What a remarkable person. Your students’ reflections are thoughtful, I’m sure this is one of the most memorable experiences in…”

Jill Gross on Israel Reflections 2024–The Law (and Strategy) of Hostage Negotiations: “Such interesting descriptions. I am living vicariously through these blog posts about the trips!”