I’m not sure I’m surprised by the contents. Depends on how optimistic I was feeling before I read the draft.  Available at bit.ly/1ma8X3S TOTH: John Steele (@JohnSteele2225) via Twitter    

Colleagues — the University of Oregon School of Law is seeking a Program Director for our nationally ranked ADR Center. The position description is here. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like any additional information. And please forward to anyone you think might be interested. Thank you!

Have you been a law prof for less than 10 years?  Got a paper you’d like to have workshopped?  Want to enjoy some great Phoenix weather and catch a spring training ball game?  If you can answer three of those four questions in the affirmative, join in the fun at the 5th annual ASU Legal … Continue reading ASU Legal Scholars Conference – March 14 and 15, 2014 →

Sheila Purcell (Hastings) provides this synopsis of the Northern California ADR Faculty Conference which Hastings hosted on February 1st.  Sounds like it was a fantastic event. On February 1, 2014  the UC Hastings Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution and the Gould Center at Stanford Law School co-hosted the Northern California ADR Conference.  Faculty and … Continue reading Highlights of the Northern California ADR Faculty Conference →

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The Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) Journal announces its new volume, Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: In Search of a Roadmap. From the TDM publisher: TDM focuses on the forms, methods, strategies and implications of transnational dispute management: commercial and investment arbitration, mediation, negotiation, including the culture of arbitration, economic analysis and organisational and managerial techniques. … Continue reading Check out the Transnational Dispute Management Journal →

Hi all–as many of you know, the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution conducted a survey last year of its lawyer members and the results are in!  The report by Gina Brown and myself can be found here.  Our abstract is below: This report to the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution outlines the results of a … Continue reading ABA DR Section Survey on Gender Differences →

Request for Proposals Hosting the AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Section 2014 Works-in-Progress Conference  The AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Section is seeking a host for the 8th Annual Works-in-Progress Conference to take place in the fall of 2014.  The WIP Conference has become one of the “must attends” in the ADR academic field.  Previous hosts include … Continue reading Call for Proposals – 2014 Works in Progress Conference →

I wanted to let our readership know that the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution will be holding its annual symposium next month, this time focusing on Dispute Resolution in Special Education. The symposium will take place at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University and will comprise a number of events … Continue reading Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution Symposium on Special Education and Dispute Resolution →

I am delighted to share a new article from Donna Shestwosky and look forward to reading her findings! NEW STUDY REVEALS HOW PEOPLE WANT THEIR LAWSUITS RESOLVED As court systems throughout the country struggle to deliver civil justice in the face of budget cuts, a new study by a UC Davis law professor finds that … Continue reading Shestowsky on Litigation Preferences →