I am back in the office after attending the Fourth Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies this past weekend at the USC Gould School of Law, where I presented this draft of my paper on attorney negotiation ethics. Thanks to Russell Korobkin for thoughtful remarks as an official commenter on the paper and to those who … Continue reading Are ADR and Empirical Legal Studies Cousins ?
This blog posting is brought to us by Professor Sean Nolon at the University of Vermont who told this story to me at the WIP Conference… A few days back, my two young boys, who are 5 and 7, gave me a great interaction to use in my Environmental Dispute Resolution course. It builds on … Continue reading Of Oranges and Liner Posts
The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Lawyer as Problem-Solver Award for both individuals and organizations. Information and the nomination form available at: http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=DR020100. Michael Moffitt
At the Works in Progress conference last weekend, amidst much animated discussion on arbitration, Bob Mnookin took any takers with a bet that the Supreme Court will rule that interlocutory appeals from a class action certification are permitted. Dwight Golann argued that the Supreme Court will follow Hall St and rule that these interlocutory appeals are not permitted. … Continue reading Arbitration Betting
Professor Theodore J. St. Antoine will be speaking at Case Western Reserve University School of Law on “Mandatory Employment Arbration: Keeping it Fair and Keeping it Lawful” tomorrow, November 19, 2009, at 5-6pm (EST). The lecture will be broadcast live on webcast and be available for later viewing at: http://law.case.edu/lectures.
The International Association for Conflict Management has issued a call for submissions for its June 24-27, 2010 conference in Boston. See the call for submissions here: http://www.iacm-conflict.org/2010/call.pdf Hannah Riley Bowles of the Kennedy School at Harvard (who, by the way, is just wonderful) is part of the team organizing the event. Michael Moffitt
It has been 10 days since my grandmother’s funeral and I have been, if not enjoying this past week, definitely enjoying telling stories about her life and her influence on her grandchildren. She died at age 99, laying down to take a rest because she did not feel well—the Torah writes that those who die in their … Continue reading Lessons from my Grandmother
With the 20th anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall yesterday, I have been reflecting a lot on divides. I was lucky enough to spend a year working in Germany, from August 1988 to May 1989, in Cologne for the year between college and law school. And, although it killed me not to get … Continue reading Take Down This Wall
Oregon hosted a conference over the past weekend at which Larry Susskind (MIT, PON, and the Consensus Building Institute) was the keynote speaker. I scribbled a bunch of notes on which I’ll blog at some point. But first, I have to confess that I had no idea that Larry Susskind has a blog at http://theconsensusbuildingapproach.blogspot.com/. … Continue reading Larry Susskind in the blogosphere
If you have the chance to attend this year’s WIP conference at Harvard, I suggest that you do for a number of reasons. Of course, the primary reason is that the presentations look strong (list is below) and the presenters would love to hear your thoughts on their works. Also, believe it or not, this … Continue reading AALS ADR Section Works-in-Progress Conference – Harvard Law School Nov. 13th and 14th
