CADRE, the National Center on Dispute Resolution in Special Education, is hosting a symposium: “Showcasing Exemplary Practices: The Fifth National Symposium on Dispute Resolution in Special Education” on October 26-28, 2011 in Eugene, Oregon. The event is intended for state dispute resolution coordinators, directors of special education, dispute resolution practitioners, parent advocates, attorneys, educators, service … Continue reading Dispute Resolution in Special Education →

Sean Nolan recently sent out information from his completed survey of how US law schools integrate dispute resolution into their required curricula. The survey was part of the work completed by the Legal Education, ADR, and Problem-Solving (LEAPS) Task Force of the ABA DR Section. I am pasting the information below: Survey overview: The purpose … Continue reading Who Requires Dispute Resolution? →

I was delighted to see that the Werner Institute at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska has announced that the deadline for submitting proposals for the 2011 AALS Works-in-Progress Conference has been extended to September 30. This will provide an opportunity for scholars who were unable to submit their proposal by the initial … Continue reading Works-in-Progress Conference–Deadline Extended →

The New York Times carried a story today about a labor union that is often afraid to ask for more or confront management. In New York, members of the Federation of Catholic Teachers are reportedly working without a contract and as a group tend to not want to confront management, the Archdiocese. When teaching negotiation, … Continue reading A Labor Day Lesson →

FOI Jean Sternlight has just announced a symposium in which I expect our blog readers will be interested.  The focus is democracy in the workplace, and the symposium will be interdisciplinary in nature.  See the below call for papers for details.  As Jean notes, Las Vegas is quite nice in February! UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS WILLIAM S. … Continue reading UNLV Law School Saltman Center Call for Papers–Democracy and the Workplace →

From the National Law Journal yesterday: “Judge stalls Prius headlight settlement, citing ‘big problem’ with fees” —– A federal judge, citing concerns about a request for attorney fees, has put the brakes on a proposed class action settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and nearly 300,000 owners and lessees of Prius hybrids who claimed that their … Continue reading Prius Headlight Settlement “Stalled” →

Last week my good friend Greg Scott, a reading and writing instructor at the University of Missouri, collapsed as he was walking to class and passed away a short while later.  Greg’s true love in life was teaching.    Not everyone can make Legal Research and Writing somebody’s favorite law school class, but he did time and … Continue reading Gregory J. Scott, 1957-2011 →

A newly formed Swiss political party is trying to save us all (or at least the Swiss) from boring power point presentations. The new Anti-Power Point Party wants to prohibit power point, claiming it would both save money (by their estimate €350bn) and help us to once again enjoy “real discussion about ideas as opposed … Continue reading Against Power Point →