This week academics and practitioners will join together at the 2nd National Conference on Restorative Justice:  “Mainstreaming Restorative Justice: Empowering Communities, Restoring Responsibility” at the University of Texas at San Antonio, on May 13-15, 2009. According to the website:  “The National Conference on Restorative Justice will feature four primary program tracks.  These tracks are: Academic and Research, Faith and … Continue reading Restorative Justice in Texas and Beyond →

This is enormously happy news for our field, in my opinion.  Bravo, Bob! Read the release here or at http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/news/bordone-appointment.html Michael Moffitt

Yesterday, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that an arbitration agreement contained in a nursing home contract is enforceable because the 95 year old signatory, Hayes, voluntarily signed it and her signature was not a precondition to her admission to the nursing home. The case, Hayes v. Oakridge Home, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-2054, focused on whether … Continue reading Ohio Supreme Court Rules that Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement is Enforceable →

Following up on my post regarding email negotiation last week, tthe ABA Journal noted this week that there are limits on the use of social spaces in order to gather information: A lawyer who wants to see what a potential witness says to personal contacts on his or her Facebook or MySpace page has one … Continue reading More Advice for Online Contact →

If this string of calls for papers is any indication, ADR issues are hot on the law review circuit.  Here’s the latest one, in its entirety, from our friends at the Vermont Law School.   The Vermont Law Review has agreed to publishing three professional articles and one student article on emerging issues in dispute resolution.  This dedicated edition … Continue reading Call for Papers – Emerging Issues in ADR →

From Dwight Golann, this is the follow-up to a great session at the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution meeting.  First, I am linking to the ABA and Goldberg/Shaw studies on Mediator Quality which served as background for the Shoptalk session.  These are both on John Barkai’s website as well.   Second, below are the summaries of the … Continue reading Mediation ShopTalk →

Another call for papers, this one is from our friends at Washington University in St. Louis.  The call for papers, almost in its entirety, is below: In fall 2007, the Washington University School of Law Clinical Education Program sponsored a very successful scholarship roundtable on New Directions in Clinical Theory, Teaching, and Practice. Papers from … Continue reading Another Call for Papers – New Directions in ADR Theory, Teaching, and Practice →

Our friends at UNLV are blog worthy again, this time with a request for proposals.  The RFP is in its entirety below. The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the Boyd School of Law, UNLV, together with a consortium of local practitioners, is putting together a conference for February 12-13, 2010 that is tentatively entitled: … Continue reading Request for Proposals – The Economic Crisis and Conflict Resolution →

As reported in the April edition of the Resolution System Institute’s Court ADR Connection e-newsletter (a great e-newsletter devoted to information on Court ADR)  A report recently released by the American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force on Discovery includes a recommendation that courts should “raise thepossibility” of pre-trial mediation and other ADR processes, and … Continue reading American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force Recommends Use of ADR →

Jean Sternlight just sent around the following announcement about Len Riskin’s recent visit to UNLV: The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at UNLV Boyd School of Law was recently privileged to host Professor Leonard Riskin (U. Florida) as our annual Saltman Lecturer.  Len’s topic was:  “Awareness in Dispute Resolution and Law.”  He explored how mindfulness … Continue reading Len Riskin – webcast of Saltman Lecture →