Creating Knowledge Together, Part 3:  Using A “Focus Group Class” in Any Course

In Part 2, I described how my interest in improving dispute resolution theory led to the development of the Stone Soup Project.  This part describes how my interest in improving legal education relates to this project.  It suggests ways that faculty can be creative in incorporating more of the real world into their teaching, particularly … Continue reading Creating Knowledge Together, Part 3:  Using A “Focus Group Class” in Any Course →

Justice Department No Longer Supporting NLRB in Murphy Oil Arbitration Case

From the BNA Daily Labor Report: “Justice Department Switches Sides in High Court Arbitration Fight The Trump administration today switched sides in a U.S. Supreme Court battle over employment agreements that restrict employees from participating in class and collective lawsuits. The Justice Department is now rejecting the position of the National Labor Relations Board and … Continue reading Justice Department No Longer Supporting NLRB in Murphy Oil Arbitration Case →

Stone Soup Documents For Interview Assignments

The Stone Soup Dispute Resolution Knowledge Project encourages faculty to assign students to collect qualitative data about actual dispute resolution practice.  Many faculty require students to conduct interviews of practitioners or parties.   You may require students to write papers analyzing their interviews, though you may discuss the interviews in (and out of) class without requiring … Continue reading Stone Soup Documents For Interview Assignments →

Where Are We Going?

From FOI Tom Stipanowich (Pepperdine): I recently had the chance to deliver reflections on almost four decades of experience with dispute resolution as keynoter for Cardozo School of Law’s Symposium on the “The Pound Conferences: Where Do We Come From? What are We? Where are We Going?” Like many of you, my whole career has … Continue reading Where Are We Going? →

Creating Knowledge Together, Part 2: Revised Plans for The Stone Soup Project

In a series of posts, particularly this one, I wrote that the University of Missouri had tentatively planned to develop a database of reports about actual cases.  As described in my post, Creating Knowledge Together, the underlying goal was for faculty, students, scholars, practitioners, educational institutions, and professional associations to collaborate to produce, disseminate, and … Continue reading Creating Knowledge Together, Part 2: Revised Plans for The Stone Soup Project →

Model Standards of Mediator Conduct: Time for Revision?

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FOIs Erin Archerd (Detroit Mercy Law) & Kristen Blankley (Nebraska College of Law) sent me the following for posting, which I am very happy to do: Is it time to revise the Model Standards for Mediators? An informal gathering at the Spring ABA Dispute Resolution Conference considered this question, with follow-up discussions in both the … Continue reading Model Standards of Mediator Conduct: Time for Revision? →

National Academy of Arbitrators Gives Award to Rafael Gely for Arbitration Website

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My colleague, Bob Bailey, just passed along the news that our colleague at the University of Missouri, Rafael Gely, just received the David Petersen Award from the National Academy of Arbitrators.  Rafael directs our Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution and is a fabulous colleague and leader.  Here’s the announcement of the award, which … Continue reading National Academy of Arbitrators Gives Award to Rafael Gely for Arbitration Website →

Call for Papers: Access to the Courts in the Transactional Setting

From Brian Quinn: The AALS Section on Transactional Law and Skills is calling for papers for the  2018 AALS Annual Meeting, in San Diego, CA, about Access to the Courts in the Transactional Setting.  This call for papers solicits unpublished papers that consider the question of access to the courts in a variety of transactional law and … Continue reading Call for Papers: Access to the Courts in the Transactional Setting →

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