Rory Van Loo (Boston University) has published “The Corporation as Courthouse” in the Yale Journal on Regulation, available here. I read an early version of this article; it’s fascinating. The abstract: Despite the considerable attention paid to mandatory arbitration, few consumer disputes ever reach arbitration. By contrast, institutions such as Apple’s customer service department handle … Continue reading Van Loo on the Corporation as Courthouse
According to the caption on this photo: “Conflict Resolution: trying to save this rag of a shirt from the trash.” Hat tip – Awkward Family Photos
Last month, I wrote a post encouraging you to consider using a cool assignment in your courses in which students would interview lawyers about an actual negotiation or other matter. This assignment has several benefits. First, it gives students experience learning about actual negotiations that lawyers have conducted, advancing the goal of preparing students for real-world … Continue reading Documents for the Cool Course Assignment
Unlike other transitions taking place across the country these days, I am pleased to report that the AALS ADR Section has successfully, peacefully and without tweet transitioned its leadership from fellow blogger and Academic Dean Cynthia Alkon (Texas A&M) to me (Jill Gross, Pace). On behalf of the Section, thank you Cynthia for your service … Continue reading AALS ADR Section’s Smooth and Tweetless Transition of Leadership
Fox News host Megyn Kelly made a deal to leave Fox and work for NBC. She was in the enviable position of having a lot of bargaining power considering that she was wooed by ABC and CNN as well as Fox and NBC. NBC chairman Andrew Lack was successful in getting her to sign on … Continue reading High Profile Interest-Based Negotiation
Hi all and Happy New Year! Very excited to start off the new year with my Ted talk which just got posted to you tube. Would love to hear comments and questions. Enjoy!
Pace Law Professor Darren Rosenblum published an op-ed in the New York Times describing his experiences with and without laptops in his classroom. He wrote, “When I started teaching, I assumed my ‘fun’ class, sexuality and the law, full of contemporary controversy, would prove gripping to the students. One day, I provoked them with a … Continue reading Do You Want to Engage Students More in Class? Consider Prohibiting Laptops.
If you are planning to attend the AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco next week, please join me at the ADR Section’s program (co-sponsored by the Section on Comparative Law) — Comparative Commercial Arbitration: U.S., Asia, Europe, and Latin America — on Friday, January 6, at 1:30pm, in Golden Gate 6 at the Hilton. I … Continue reading AALS ADR Program in SF on Comparative Commercial Arbitration
Carol Pauli (Texas A&M) has just published “Whole Other Story: Applying Narrative Mediation to the Immigration Beat,” in the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, available here. The abstract: If Donald Trump, in kicking off his campaign for the White House, was saying “what everyone is thinking” about illegal immigration, it must be that his message … Continue reading Pauli on Narrative Mediation, Trump, and Immigration
Hiro Aragaki’s recent article, Arbitration: Creature of Contract, Pillar of Procedure, 8 Y.B. on Arb. & Mediation 2 (2016), takes a hard, HARD look at the intersection of contractarian values like consent and autonomy in the context of arbitration. The headline is that he begs us to : stop and think twice before invoking the … Continue reading A Warning/Plea from Aragaki on Arbitration & Contractarian Visions
