Earlier this week FOI Nancy Welsh (Penn State – Dickinson) and current Chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section sent out the following solicitation about the soon to be implemented International Dispute Resolution Resource Center.   The solicitation reads as follows: The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, long active in supporting initiatives aimed at fostering the … Continue reading ABA DR Section – Seeking a Host for the International Dispute Resolution Resource Center →

Omer Shapira (Ono Academic College) has published “A Critical Assessment of the Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators (2005): Call for Reform” in the Marquette Law Review, available here. The abstract: The Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators (2005), which were developed and adopted by leading organizations in the field of mediation, were designed to … Continue reading Shapira on Model Standards for Mediators →

Delighted to post this commentary from FOI Nancy Welsh: I wonder whether anyone noticed the mention of mediation last week during oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case of Kindred Nursing Centers v. Clark.  The question in this case is whether the FAA preempts a state-law contract rule (here, Kentucky’s rule) that singles … Continue reading Mediation and the Supreme Court →

Fordham Law School Professor and Fordham ADR & Conflict Resolution Program Director Jacqueline Nolan-Haley will deliver the 2017 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution at noon on March 9, 2017, at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Over the last four decades, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes have been promoted as efficient tools to … Continue reading Fordham’s Jaqueline Nolan-Haley will present OSU Moritz College of Law’s 2017 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution →

@sageboggs: Crazy how people more successful than me are lucky and people less successful than me haven’t worked as hard Somehow, I’m guessing that @sageboggs is not Lee Ross’s Twitter handle, but who knows? MM

In this article, PreLaw Magazine claims to have “graded all schools based on curricular offerings.”  Who knows what that means or what the criteria are.  So, for what it’s worth, here’s a listing of the schools receiving the top grades in the order in which they’re listed: Cardozo – A+ Pepperdine – A+ Missouri – … Continue reading PreLaw Magazine grades law school’s based on ADR Curricula →

Frequent readers of this site will remember the kerfuffle resulting from the South Texas College of Law’s renaming to the Houston College of Law over the summer.   To protect the brand of the University of Houston Law Center, the University of Houston filed a trademark infringement suit against South Texas and received a TRO requiring … Continue reading The Naming Dispute Continues: University of Houston and South Texas heading to mediation →

From Charlie Pillsbury at Quinnipiac, a report from a fascinating conference.  Thanks for sharing! The 16th Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates was held in Bogota, Colombia from February 2-4, 2017; the first time this summit had ever been held in Latin America. It brought together 27 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates (12 organizations, 15 individuals), … Continue reading The Colombian Peace Process: Lessons Learned →

For those of you who have students interested in ADR as a first career Susan Yates from RSI has an opportunity for them.  Specifically, they are seeking a Resource Center Director to collect, analyze, synthesize and publicize useful resources about court ADR.  The job posting is here. Good luck !!