Category Archives: Mediation

Washington & Lee and the United Nations Host a Joint Symposium on International Investment and ADR

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In a wonderful example of academia working with practitioners, I am delighted to announce this conference: On March 29, 2010, Washington and Lee School of Law will host a Joint Symposium with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to explore the prevention and efficient management of investment treaty disputes. The event will … Continue reading Washington & Lee and the United Nations Host a Joint Symposium on International Investment and ADR →

Volunteer Mediators needed in San Francisco on April 7-8

The ADR in Law Schools Committee of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution seeks several experienced mediators to mediate the National Final Rounds of the ABA Representation in Mediation Competition.  In the competition, students play the role of lawyer and client in a mediation of a simulated case and are judged on their prolem-solving skills.  The competition … Continue reading Volunteer Mediators needed in San Francisco on April 7-8 →

Chief Circuit Mediator – US Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit

We’re not big on job postings outside of legal academia here, but this is a big time ADR  job.   Bob Rack is retiring from his position as chief of the 6th Circuit’s mediation program, and the position has been recently posted.  Here’s a description:  The Chief Circuit Mediator, who serves under the direction of the … Continue reading Chief Circuit Mediator – US Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit →

Mediation Video Contest

The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution is sponsoring a Mediation Video Contest on YouTube.  Details are here.  The Section seeks “creative, thoughtful, original three-minute videos that demonstrate the mediation process and benefits of mediation. The goal of the competition is to further public understanding of mediation and to promote the use of mediation as a … Continue reading Mediation Video Contest →

ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Pt. 2 – Designing Dispute Systems

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Dispute systems design is an emerging part of the broader discipline of dispute resolution, as evidenced by, among other things, the conference on dispute systems design at Harvard last year featuring Andrea and Michael, among many others.  When scholars in the dispute resolution community think of concrete examples of domestic dispute systems design, we often … Continue reading ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Pt. 2 – Designing Dispute Systems →

Finally, a TV show about a mediator…

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After enduring decades of TV shows about litigators, prosecutors, defenders and judges, we can look forward to viewing a new TV series that USA Network is poised to launch about a divorced lawyer turned mediator, according to this article in The Hollywood Reporter.   It remains to be seen, however, whether the show will portray mediators fairly and accurately.   … Continue reading Finally, a TV show about a mediator… →