A belated Valentine’s Day post.  The Harvard Law School Negotiators, a student organization seeking to provide students with opportunities to become involved in negotiation and dispute resolution work, hosted a program entitled Negotiating Love: Interpersonal & Romantic Relationships. The program, moderated by Rachel Viscomi, focused on the importance of interpersonal negotiations in romantic relationships and … Continue reading Negotiating Love: Interpersonal Negotiation & Romantic Relationships →

Most of us saw John’s post a few days ago regarding the open position of Director of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section (here). For those who were wondering what happened to David Moora, the former Director, here is the announcement:     After serving as Director of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section for five years, … Continue reading ABA DR Section – What happened to the former Director? →

From FOI, Professor Elayne E. Greenberg, St. John’s University School of Law: It is my great pleasure to announce that the nationally respected dispute resolution and procedural justice scholar Donna Shestowsky, a professor of law and Martin Luther Kind Jr. Scholar at UC Davis, will receive St. John’s 2016 Mangano Dispute Resolution Advancement Award. The … Continue reading Congratulations to Donna Shestowsky! →

Ramona Lampley (St. Mary’s) has published Underdog Arbitration: A Plan for Transparency, in the Washington Law Review, in which she proposes an interesting solution to the lack of transparency in mandatory arbitration.  Here is the abstract: The use of mandatory, pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer, employment, health-care, and even nursing home agreements is ever-increasing, even … Continue reading Lampley on “Underdog Arbitration” →

In a rare win for consumers, the Fourth Circuit decided that an arbitration agreement that precluded the arbitrator from applying federal or state law to decide disputes arising under the parties’ loan agreement was unenforceable because it precluded application of law. Read Lise Gelernter’s analysis posted on Workplace Prof Blog: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2016/02/4th-circuit-on-an-extreme-arbitration-waiver-case.html Hat tip to Rick … Continue reading Interesting Fourth Circuit Decision Precludes Consumer from Waiving Rights Under Federal Law →

Since returning, I’ve received calls from those about to go and questions from others—what are the Cuban people like?  And what do they think of Americans? The official Cuban policy, of course, is that the US policy has been shortsighted and narrow minded.  And the list of US policies that need to change was also outlined … Continue reading Cuba–Do They Like Us? →

Our fellow Indisputably blogger and resident kind soul, Michael Moffitt, has decided to decline a second 5 year term as Dean at Oregon.  His statement is here, but more telling is what Oregon’s provost said: I speak for his fellow deans and everyone in Academic Affairs when I say his leadership of the law school … Continue reading Moffitt Stepping Down as Dean (summer of 2017) →

The AALS ADR Section Executive Committee is pleased to announce that this year’s AALS ADR Section Works-in-Progress will be at Marquette University Law School, on September 22-24, 2016. The Executive Committee decided to award Marquette the WiP without our usual bidding process in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the WiP, and in recognition that … Continue reading AALS ADR Works-in-Progress 2016—at Marquette! →