On April 29, 1992, the Los Angeles riots began. I was a new public defender working in downtown Los Angeles. I remember the announcement that the jury had acquitted the four police officers caught on tape brutally beating Rodney King. The riots started that evening, but I, like most in Los Angeles, thought it would … Continue reading Twenty Years Ago Today
Last Saturday at the ABA Conference, I moderated a panel called “Approaches to Scholarship in ADR,” featuring Michael Moffitt (Oregon), Scott Peppet (Colorado), Andrea Schneider (Marquette), and Jean Sternlight (UNLV). It was a wonderful discussion of the peculiar challenges of ADR scholarship, the mysteries of law review placement, and the demands of tenure for pre-tenured … Continue reading Advice on scholarship
It looks like the CFPB will begin its required study of consumer arbitration. From Ballard Spahr: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced today that is has initiated its study of consumer arbitration as mandated by Section 1028 of the Dodd-Frank Act. It submitted to the Federal Register for publication a “request for Information Regarding Scope, … Continue reading CFPB will begin study of consumer arbitration
Friend of Indisputably Kristen Blankely (Nebraska) was kind enough to jot down her thoughts about journaling while preparing her for her panel on integrating writing skills into ADR courses. A personal note – I’ve cut way back on the journaling over the years, but I was crazy enough to require 9 journals the first time … Continue reading Why I Assign Journaling
In January, I reported here that FINRA had filed a rule change proposal with the SEC to amend FINRA Dispute Resolution’s Code of Arbitration Procedure to clarify that collective actions are not arbitrable in the forum. The SEC granted accelerated approval earlier this month. The approval order explains that FINRA amended slightly its proposal in response … Continue reading SEC Approves FINRA Proposal to Exempt Collective Actions from FINRA Arbitration
This may be first joke posted on Indisputably. What’s the difference between a terrorist and a mother-in-law? You can negotiate with a terrorist. Moty Cristal – Israeli crisis negotiator during his keynote address.
I know that word that the Cleveland Browns have suffered a defeat is surprising only because we are not presently in the midst of a football season. But [insert your own joke here about how losing habits die hard, know no season, etc. As a school-aged Ohioan in the Mike Phipps and Brian Sipe eras, … Continue reading The Cleveland Browns Lose … but it’s actually news
Jean Sternlight’s Oregon Law Review article “Tsunami” is now available online here. It includes a thorough but accessible survey of the range of judicial responses to the Concepcion decision, along with an overview of some possible legislative and administrative responses. The article makes for really good reading, unless you pay careful attention to what these … Continue reading Sternlight on Concepcion
Sean Nolon from Vermont Law School asked me to post the following RFP for the 3rd Annual Colloquium on Environmental Law. From his email sent out to the ADR listserv: For those of you who are working on scholarship in the area of environmental dispute resolution, let me direct your attention to an upcoming event at Vermont … Continue reading THIRD ANNUAL COLLOQUIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP
As promised, here are more details about the upcoming Works-in-Progress Conference. If you attend the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Conference next week, please stop by the Ohio State University Journal of Dispute Resolution to speak with our Symposium Editors about the conference. The Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Dispute Resolution’s Sixth Annual … Continue reading 2012 Works-in-Progress Conference at Ohio State — More Information!
