Today is US News rankings day – a day of mixed emotions for law school deans, faculty, students, and alumni. Congratulations to Ohio State and Pepperdine for tying for first in this year’s dispute resolution rankings, and the big news is the logjam of four schools (Northwestern, Texas A&M, Mizzou, and Cardozo). Remember these votes … Continue reading 2023 USNews ADR Rankings – updated
From Professor Samuel Levine (Touro): Submissions and nominations of articles are being accepted for the thirteenth annual Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility. To honor Fred’s memory, the committee will select from among articles in the field of Professional Responsibility with a publication date of 2022. The prize will be awarded at the … Continue reading Zacharias Prize – Call for nominations
The Stetson Law Review Annual Symposium is this upcoming Friday. Stetson Law Review Annual SymposiumIs Remote Justice Still Justice?April 1. 2022 | 9 AM – 4:30 PM (Eastern time) There is a great lineup of speakers on Online Mediation, Arbitration and Beyond. We would love to have you join us for some or all of … Continue reading Is Remote Justice Still Justice? Stetson Law Review Symposium: April 1, 2022
FOI Jennifer Robbenolt (lllinois) forwarded information about an upcoming conference (Friday April 1st at 8am CT) – Settlement in the 21st Century. Register here; blurb and speakers below. Most legal disputes are resolved by agreement, making the study of settlement a critically important project. Organized by faculty at the University of Illinois College of Law, … Continue reading Upcoming Conference, Settlement in the 21st Century – April 1st
Arizona State is excited to announce that Deborah Tannen, author of the classic book The Argument Culture, will be delivering this year’s Meyerson Lecture. The lecture will be online Thursday evening March 31st at 5:30pm PT / 8:30pm ET. Register here and a blurb about the lecture is below. The Argument Culture: Why We Must … Continue reading Deborah Tannen to Deliver the Meyerson Lecture at Arizona State – March 31st
Deborah Jones Merritt sent this notice of a virtual conference on bar exam reform that Mitchell Hamline, the University of Minnesota, and the University of St. Thomas are sponsoring on Friday, April 22, from 9:30-4:00 pm Central Time. The notice includes a link to register. Several states are now actively considering alternative pathways to licensure, … Continue reading Conference on Bar Exam Reform on April 22
Susanne Terry, Jacqueline Font-Guzmán, and Bernard Mayer wrote this open letter with advice for dispute resolution colleagues about difficult political, economic, and moral issues raised by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Click the title of this post to read the letter.
Moritz’s own Ellen E. Deason will deliver the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s 2022 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution. Titled “Mediation: Questions Through the Lens of Equity”, Prof. Deason’s lecture will take place on March 31, 2022 in person in Moritz’s Saxbe auditorium AND on Zoom beginning at 12:10 EST. Register here: https://go.osu.edu/schwartz2022. … Continue reading Ellen Deason to Deliver Moritz’s Schwartz Lecture on March 31!
Earlier this week, President Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, a bill passed by both the House and Senate last month amending the Federal Arbitration Act to ban the enforcement of pre-dispute arbitration clauses for disputes relating to sexual assault and sexual harassment. For a thorough discussion of … Continue reading President Biden Signs into Law An Act Amending the FAA for Sexual Assault/Harassment Claims
I am delighted to announce that three of the Indisputably Bloggers, Art Hinshaw, Andrea Kupfer Schneider, and Sarah Rudolph Cole won the CPR’s Outstanding Book Award for their 2021 publication Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Foundational Articles (Oxford Univ. Press). We at Indisputably (who did not win a CPR award this year!) are incredibly proud … Continue reading Congratulations to Hinshaw/Schneider/Cole on CPR Awards
