Yesterday, my Judge died. Ann Aldrich, the federal judge for whom I clerked when I got out of law school, was a Carter appointee. She was one of the first women to graduate from NYU’s law school. As a practitioner, she argued the United Church of Christ v FCC civil rights case that expanded the … Continue reading My Judge
This past week we’ve been passing along some of the commentary on the Supreme Court’s opinion in the Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds case, which came down last week. Below is a response that Alvin L. Goldman sent out on the list-serv in response to Kirgis’ and Sternlight’s comments. Some of the discussion suggests to me overly … Continue reading Goldman’s Take on AnimalFeeds
Here is a link to an article (in which yours truly is quoted) covering the case: http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20100502/ISSUE01/305029980. I had a nice chat about Jackson with Professor Stephen Ware at our 20th law school reunion this past weekend. After that discussion, I am torn about predicting the outcome of this case. I think that a result … Continue reading Jackson v. Rent-a-Center West
Earlier this week Sarah gave us her take on the Supreme Court’s recent AnimalFeeds decision. Here’s another take, this one by Paul Kirgis that he recently sent out on the ADR law prof list-serv. Colleagues- I happen to be teaching class and consumer arbitration this week, a propitious moment for the Supreme Court to hand … Continue reading More on Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds
The call for papers for this year’s Conference on Empirical Legal Studies has hit. This conference is one of the most prestigious conferences, and this year’s conference will be at Yale Law School. Good luck with your submissions. ———————– CALL FOR PAPERS FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES at YALE LAW SCHOOL November … Continue reading Conference on Empirical Legal Studies – Call for Papers
As I mentioned in my previous post, I did plan on blogging about Jackson v. Rent-a-Center West but was side-tracked by the issuance of the Stolt-Nielsen decision. As many of you know, the question in the Jackson case is whether an agreement between a consumer and a business that sends the question of whether the … Continue reading Oral Argument in Jackson v. Rent-a-Center West
In my final ethics class last week, as we were ending the course with some discussion on how to choose law firms, balance life and work, etc, we also discussed how to deal with zinger/illegal/offensive interview questions. The problem in the book was a classic–what would you do if the partner interviewing you for a … Continue reading Job Interviews, Offensive Questions, and Effective Responses
So I have taken a week to think about how to blog about a session that I saw last weekend at the ABA Conference. The session was about using movies to demonstrate gender differences in negotiation and I went to see what teaching tools might be provided. I was on the negotiation program track for the … Continue reading Gender Frustrations
Deborah Jones Merritt (Ohio State) has recently posted her article “Pedagogy, Progress, and Portfolios” to SSRN (link here). She presents thorough and intriguing visions of “Professional Learning Portfolios.” One piece of her article describes the implications for those of us who teach ADR, although frankly, I think the ideas have at least as much relevance … Continue reading Professional Learning Portfolios in law schools
Jean Sternlight from UNLV recently sent this email out via the AALS ADR Section list serv. Her contact information is below. The Boyd Law School at U. Nevada Las Vegas may be hiring someone to teach two dispute resolution courses next winter/spring semester. We are flexible re: which courses. I guarantee good weather, good colleagues, … Continue reading Thinking about visiting? How does Vegas sound?
