The AALS Dispute Resolution Section’s Executive Committee is seeking a host for the 5th Annual Works-in-Progress Conference to take place in the fall of 2011. The Section’s Executive Committee has decided to extend the proposal deadline to noon Eastern time on Monday September 20th. Proposals should be sent to me care of my assistant Suzy Lynn at … Continue reading Proposal Deadline Extended – AALS Works-in-Progress Conference
Hot off the presses – Bob Bordone has announced that the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program is accepting applications for a new Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law, a 2 year position starting on July 1, 2011. Go here for the complete job description along with directions to apply, and an excerpt from the listing is below. … Continue reading Clinical Instructor and Lecture on Law – Harvard Law School
The recent news coverage regarding threats to burn the Koran have not filled me with hope, or made me smile, until now. A man was planning to burn the Koran in a public park in Amarillo, Texas. That plan was thwarted by the quick action of a local skateboarding protester. He grabbed the Koran after … Continue reading “Dude, you’ve got no Koran”
Lela Love and Gina Brown just sent around an announcement about a new ABA Section award. Contents below. MM ————— I am writing to urge you to submit a nomination for what we hope becomes an important award of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution : The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Award for Outstanding … Continue reading ABA DR Section: Award for Scholarly Work
The International Ombudsman Association is again sponsoring a contest to reward scholarship relevant to Organizational Ombuds. In the second IOA-sponsored writing competition, graduate and law students are invited to submit articles on the issue of how organizational ombudsmen can avoid being deemed as agents for notice. The author of the winning article will receive a … Continue reading Writing Contest on Ombuds
On Saturday October 2, 2010 Arizona State will be hosting the Aspiring Law Professors Conference. Anyone who is interested in a move to legal academia can benefit from the conference, however, it is specifically designed for those who will be going to the AALS Hiring Conference for interviews later this fall. Thus, the conference’s marketing … Continue reading Aspiring Law Professors Conference
As I mentioned last month, I don’t know that formulas always make things clearer but an NPR story from July on handshakes might prove me wrong. A hat tip to Natalie Fleury for this idea : Marketplace on NPR aired a story about the science behind the handshake. Geoffrey Beattie, a professor at the University of Manchester researching … Continue reading Handshake Science
Creating a split with the Third and Eleventh Circuits, the Ninth Circuit has held that a mandatory arbitration clause in a credit card agreement is unenforceable under the Credit Repair Organizations Act. The case, Greenwood v. CompuCredit Corp., was a class action stemming from a credit card marketed to consumers with weak credit as a … Continue reading Circuit Split on Credit Card Arbitration
Wallace Warfield died about a week ago, and the world of conflict resolution is now far less rich. Wallace taught at ICAR at George Mason, and he did stints with SPIDR, with ACUS, with Community Relations Service at DOJ, with Eastern Mennonite University, and with street gang worked in NYC. He worked in conflict zones … Continue reading Wallace Warfield 1938-2010
Kim Knight, the Executive Director of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section, has resigned her post to take a position with the AARP. Having worked with her the last few years, I can say that she will definitely be missed. Good luck Kim !! Here’s the announcement sent out by Wayne Thorpe, the Section’s President. Our Section … Continue reading Kim Knight Stepping Down at the ABA DR Section
