Category Archives: Mediation

OSU-SLS-HNMCP Symposium Series: Rethinking Systems Design for Racial Justice & Equity

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The Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, in partnership with The Ohio State University Divided Community Project, the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program, and Stanford Law School’s Gould Center for Conflict Resolution, is pleased to invite you to join an interactive symposium series, Rethinking Systems Design for Racial Justice & Equity. This three-part series … Continue reading OSU-SLS-HNMCP Symposium Series: Rethinking Systems Design for Racial Justice & Equity →

Mediation is Unsuccessful in lawsuit between former Louisville Basketball players and NCAA

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5 former Louisville basketball players are suing the NCAA about the NCAA’s removal of their 2013 National Championship title. The players, led by Luke Hancock, want the title restored and are also seeking restitution for individual damages.  Unfortunately mediation on January 28th was unsuccessful and the mediator has returned the case to the court, saying … Continue reading Mediation is Unsuccessful in lawsuit between former Louisville Basketball players and NCAA →

Announcing the Divided Community Project at Moritz – Part 1

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In November, John asked “How can we help in major social conflicts, if at all?” I was dying to respond with an idea we’ve been working on here at Moritz, but the Divided Community Project wasn’t quite ready. Today—in the first of a series posts about the project—The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s … Continue reading Announcing the Divided Community Project at Moritz – Part 1 →

Blankley – Oregon Supreme Court Holds Pre-Mediation Communications Not Protected

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FOI Kristen Blankley (Nebraska) offers up a guest post on an interesting attorney malpractice / mediation confidentiality case out of Oregon.  Casenote is written all over this one. Earlier this month, the Oregon Supreme Court held that pre-mediation communications are not protected communications in Alfieri v. Solomon, __ P.3d ___, 2015 WL 8539065 (Ore. Dec. … Continue reading Blankley – Oregon Supreme Court Holds Pre-Mediation Communications Not Protected →

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution’s 2015 Jed D. Melnick Annual Symposium: All in the Family: Intimate Parties, Intimate Issues, and ADR

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Registration is now open for the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution’s 2015 Jed D. Melnick Annual Symposium, taking place on October 19. This year’s topic is “All in the Family: Intimate Parties, Intimate Issues, and ADR,” and the 6-credit CLE event will feature David Hoffman as the Keynote Speaker. For more information and to RSVP, please … Continue reading Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution’s 2015 Jed D. Melnick Annual Symposium: All in the Family: Intimate Parties, Intimate Issues, and ADR →

Everything You Know about Dispute Resolution is Wrong – Can You Handle the Truth?

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You are cordially invited to this program at the ABA conference in Seattle, which will take place on Friday, April 17, from 3-4:15, in the Orcas Room. My partners in crime for this caper are Alyson Carrel, Jim Coben, and Noam Ebner. Here’s the idea for our program – How many times have you heard … Continue reading Everything You Know about Dispute Resolution is Wrong – Can You Handle the Truth? →

Minimizing Unnecessary Violence in Litigation and Other Dispute Resolution Processes

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Jen wrote a comment about my post that built on Prof. Vincent Cardi’s new article, “Litigation as Violence,” describing some effects of “violence” even from non-physical acts.  She wrote: We in ADR should not undervalue, when analyzing the dispute resolution landscape, the regulatory function of litigation in the United States.  A business executive may feel … Continue reading Minimizing Unnecessary Violence in Litigation and Other Dispute Resolution Processes →