This evening the USNews officially released their law school rankings and their law school specialty rankings. And the big news is that Ohio State jumped up from 4th last year to end Pepperdine’s 10 year (or so) stranglehold on the top spot. Is it just me or are the top 5 schools the same every … Continue reading 2016 USNews Dispute Resolution Rankings
Well, not quite, but many of us have already turned this year or will within the next few months. Join us in NYC at the ABA DR conference on Thursday, April 7th at 9:30 p.m. in the Sheraton to toast and celebrate! The link to the official invitation is here–please let us know you’ll be joining us! Extra … Continue reading The Blog Turns 50!
From producers of incredible educational resources, Marjorie Aaron and Dwight Golann: Dear colleagues, We are writing to let you know of new video resources available for teaching interviewing and counseling, skills we think are key to effective dispute resolution. The videos come with roleplay instructions; you can download them at no charge for classroom use. … Continue reading New Client Interviewing and Counseling Video Resources
Story this morning in Inside Higher Education (here) indicating that DOE is considering rules that would ban universities from including mandatory arbitration clauses as part of students’ enrollment packets. Still in the negotiated rule making process, and it’s not clear to me if this relates to all matters, or just in actions involving alleged consumer loan … Continue reading US Dept. of Education & Mandatory Arbitration
Hi all and happy Friday! For your weekend fun, I am linking to a flowchart that will easily help all of us navigate our way to brilliant research. Seriously, this stems from last year’s ABA Section on Dispute Resolution panel on the above topic. Based on Tim’s original flowchart with additional nuances from the panel conversation … Continue reading How Being Angry Leads to Good Research…Or Should Stop You in Your Tracks
I love the annual conference of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. It’s my annual reunion with friends from all over and a chance to meet folks I haven’t met before. I love the mix of practitioners, administrators, researchers, academics, and students, among others, who share an interest in improving dispute resolution. The conference also … Continue reading Some Sessions at the ABA DR Conference That Intrigue Me
Yesterday we were fortunate to have Carol Izumi (Hastings) visit the University of Oregon to talk about implicit bias and debiasing techniques. Carol spoke to a packed room and we were joined via livestream by the University of Missouri. Carol was energetic and funny, connecting with the students not only through her impressive command of … Continue reading Carol Izumi Talks About Debiasing
In my last post, I described an ABA SDR conference session next month that looks really good. This post describes a session I will be in. I plan to write at least one more post about other sessions and my fellow bloggers and commenters may want to highlight some sessions and events you think that … Continue reading Skating to Where the Puck Is Going, Not Where It’s Been
My friend, Lisa Renee Pomerantz, a New York lawyer and neutral, wrote an article on consumer arbitration in ACResolution that you might want to check out. It chronicles a history of efforts to regulate and improve consumer arbitration, leading up to the recent study and proposed rules issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It … Continue reading Pomerantz and DR Section on Consumer Arbitration
I am delighted to share the New York Times Saturday profile of one of my former students, Kim Motley, doing amazing work in Afghanistan. She is one of the only U.S. lawyers practicing there and has taken some incredible cases to the Afghan courts, representing victims of domestic violence, kidnap victims, and other women. In this … Continue reading Cross Cultural Lawyering at its Best
