From Karen Tokarz (Wash U) – hot off the list serv ————————————– Dear Friends – Washington University Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program will host a scholarship roundtable Friday, November 15, 2013, focused on “New Directions in Global Negotiation & Dispute Resolution,” in conjunction with the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute.   Papers will be published … Continue reading RFP – New Directions in Global Negotiation and Dispute Resolution →

Just a reminder that the deadline for responding to the call for papers for the AALS Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution program at the 2014 Annual Meeting in New York is September 5, 2013. The program topic is ADR and the Regulatory State. The author of the selected paper will join our esteemed colleagues Nancy … Continue reading Call for Papers – AALS ADR Section – Sept. 5 Deadline →

ASU will be hosting the 5th annual Aspiring Law Professors Conference on Saturday September 28, 2013.  For anyone going onto the market this year and anyone thinking about taking the plunge into the legal academy, its well worth the time.  The conference is free, and there are opportunities to do a mock interview and a mock job talk.  Details … Continue reading 5th Annual Aspiring Law Professors Conference →

The RFP for the Clinical Conference just hit the newsstands.  This year’s theme is “becoming a better clinician” and will be explored along three tracks – learning theory and pedagogy, law school curricular reform, and community engagement and mindfulness.  Proposals are due by September 27, 2013. Selections will be made and participants notified by October … Continue reading Request for Proposals – 2014 AALS Clinical Conference, April 27-30, Chicago →

On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced some fundamental changes in how the Department of Justice is going to address charging, prosecuting, and ultimately plea bargaining criminal cases in the federal system.   Holder announced the “Smart on Crime” initiative during a speech to the ABA. From my reading, there are some key changes including: 1.  A … Continue reading The end of incarceration generation? →

From Friend of Indisputably, Richard Reuben (the University of Missouri-Columbia): The AALS Dispute Resolution Section this fall is starting a new a mentoring program for junior ADR scholars, and I want to invite you to participate as either a senior or junior scholar. This program will of course offer mentoring on scholarship, opening the door … Continue reading Exciting New Mentoring Program for Junior ADR Scholars →

For those of you who are interested, the text of the bill proposed on Friday is here.

From Science Magazine, “Quantifying the Influence of Climate Change on Human Conflict.”  Hsiang, Bruke, and Miguel conducted a study of studies and conclude by finding a  “strong causal evidence linking climatic events to human conflict across a range of spatial and temporal scales and across all major regions of the world.” I decided to read … Continue reading Climate Change and Human Conflict →

Last Friday, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn) introduced the “Investor Choice Act” into the House of Representatives, a bill that proposes to ban broker-dealers, investment advisers, funding portals and municipal securities dealers from including mandatory arbitration clauses in their customer and client agreements. While Dodd-Frank explicitly authorized the Securities and Exchange Commission to ban such arbitration … Continue reading Bill Banning Predispute Arbitration Clauses in Broker-Dealers’ Customer Agreements Introduced into Congress →

I hope the fact that I have now seen a second story about high schools using mediation and reducing violence and suspensions means that there is a serious trend in the United States and that we are changing how we treat high school students, particularly in poorer neighborhoods. This story from the Atlantic describes changes … Continue reading Another Good Story from High School →