The winners of the ABA’s 2008 James B. Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition for Law Students were recently announced, and awards the winners are [drum roll please]: First prize went to Adam Gregg from Drake University School of Law for his paper entitled Contractual Expansion of the Scope of Judicial Review After Hall Street: … Continue reading 2008 Boskey Essay Competition Winners Announced
The University of Texas has received a $500 Million pledge from Moncrief Oil, but as the Chrolincle of Higher Education reports it, the gift is conditional on Moncrief prevailing in pending litigation over the ownership of a Russian gas field. The conditional gift raises a number of interesting questions. For example, Rob Recih of Stanford’s … Continue reading $500 Million Gift Pledge (… if I win this lawsuit…)
In anticipation of tonight’s debate between the vice-presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, much has already been written about the Palin Effect and what impact nominating Sarah Palin has had on the McCain campaign. At first, many commentators thought that her nomination would convince former Hillary Clinton supporters to switch parties and vote Republican. It’s … Continue reading The Mythical Palin Effect–Women Focus on the Message rather than the Messenger
In an earlier post, I mentioned that my colleagues at Ohio State are working on a new form of ADR — Election ADR or EL-ADR. Readers may be interested to know about an Oct. 20 (at 10:00 a.m.) event co-sponsored by Election Law @ Moritz, the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project, and Georgetown’s Supreme Court Institute. … Continue reading Upcoming Election ADR Event
With the start of the new year, I made a resolution that I would do a better job of keeping up on other law blogs out there, particularly those on dispute resolution. I have actually set up RSS feeds and am reading, if not daily, at least regularly some of what is posted on other … Continue reading The DR Blogosphere
Because of multiple requests, we are going to extend the submission deadline for AALS Dispute Resolution Works-in-Progress conference. The original deadline was today at noon, but it is now extended to Monday September 15th at 6pm Pacific time. The conference itself is scheduled for Friday (all day) and Saturday (morning), October 24th and 25th at … Continue reading Another Deadline Extended – AALS DR Section WIP Conference
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Hall Street opinion in March 2008 made clear that the Court believes that the FAA does not provide a basis for parties to expand contractually the scope of judicial reviews of arbitral awards. But the Court specifically left open the possibility that state statutory or common law might provide a basis … Continue reading Has California Answered Hall Street’s Invitation Already?
Consider this note to be a last second reminder that the deadline for submitting a presentation proposal for the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference in New York City in April is looming. Originally the submission deadline was tomorrow September 5th, but it has been extended to Thursday September 11th. To make a submission go to … Continue reading ABA Dispute Resolution Conference Proposals
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may have noticed a new name listed in the contributors column on the left hand portion of the screen. My name is Art Hinshaw and I’m a Clinical Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University where I act … Continue reading An Introduction . . . .
In line with Michael’s previous post on jobs, let me also link to Emily Menn’s list of Jobs in Dispute Resolution. Emily, who is one of Marquette’s grads in Dispute Resolution and now the Director of Education and Professional Development for the New York State DR Association, runs a listserve for those interested in either posting … Continue reading More ADR Jobs
