Love them or hate them, the always controversial US News rankings have surfaced (top 50, next 50).   As always, we at Indisputably are interested in the specialty rankings because they rank dispute resolution programs among others.  The purported top 10 are below, which include a big jump from 4 to 2 for Hamline.  Once I have a complete list, I’ll … Continue reading US News Rankings . . . . →

One of the many interesting events that I attended in San Francisco at the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference was a session during the Annual Symposium on Dispute Resolution and the Courts devoted to the “Latest Innovations in ADR Programs for Self-Represented Litigants.”  This session talked about a number of approaches to educate self-represented litigants in … Continue reading Educating self-represented litigants →

I am writing from the Spring Conference of the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution in sunny and pleasant San Francisco, CA.  Highlights for me so far have included helping organize, judge and watch the ABA Representation in Mediation Competition, won by the University of Maryland School of Law (students Jeffrey Lillien and David Pantzer, coached by Toby Guerin).  Following … Continue reading Greetings from San Francisco… →

The folks at the Werner Institute have launched adrhub.com, a portal focused on ADR.  I’ve spent a little time there, and I plan to check back often in the next few weeks to see how it develops.  Some of the materials and information it looks like they’re planning to make available would be great contributions. … Continue reading ADR portal “ADRhub” launched →

Geoff Sharp, a mediator from New Zealand, is the mind behind Mediator blah…blah.  I still have that blog site bookmarked, even though Geoff shut it down a long time ago.  It was one of the best, smartest, most insightful mediation sites around, in my opinion.  I miss it.  If you didn’t catch it the first … Continue reading Geoff Sharp is back in the ADR blogosphere →

Just a short note that most of the contributors to this blog will be in San Francisco for the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference the rest of the week.  Our blog may be a little slow this week, but once we get back many of us will comment on the various sessions that we think were interesting.  … Continue reading See you in San Francisco →

John Lande, one of the panelists on the first shoptalk session during the Legal Educators’ Colloquium, sent this preview via the AALS ADR Section list-serv this morning.  I post it here for those ADR Prawfs who have yet to sign up for the list-serv.   Michael Moffitt, Jean Sternlight, Nancy Welsh and I want to give a preview of … Continue reading Talkin’ Shop at the ABA DR Section Conference →

I am very sorry to report that one of the most influential supporters of mediation in Ohio, Chief Justice Moyer, died unexpectedly today. I will miss him as a person and as a leader in the dispute resolution movement (he was a moving force behind the development of the Uniform Mediation Act and the Ohio … Continue reading Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, Champion of Mediation, Dies Unexpectedly Today →

The Virginia Legislature did not pass the restorative justice bill, SB 679, during this legislative session.  As I reported on Indisputably in January, the bill would have given formal structure to restorative justice programs in Virginia and would have specifically allowed a judge to order an offender into a restorative justice program.  The story of … Continue reading Next Year in Virginia? →

For those of you heading to the ABA DR Section Conference in San Francisco next week, I encourage you to participate in the Legal Educators Colloquium (LEC) – the portion of the conference specifically dedicated to ADR Profs.  The entire lineup of presentations is available here.  You can’t go wrong with any of them.  I also … Continue reading Legal Educators Colloquium – ABA DR Section Conference →