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
This semester, I am serving as the University of Oregon’s interim ombudsperson while we search for a permanent ombuds. Yesterday the position was posted, and I am including the ad below. So you know, I am not intending to apply for this job myself — it’s full time and I wouldn’t want to stop being … Continue reading Oregon Seeking Ombudsperson
From FOI Noam Ebner: The Werner Institute at Creighton University School of Law is expanding its team to include two new positions: One clinician/educator faculty, and one fellow. Both roles include teaching responsibility (classroom as well as online) as well as other activities. Information about both roles, as well as about the Werner Institute, can … Continue reading The Werner Institute Is Hiring
This seems like an appropriate time to review that best-selling negotiation guide written in the 1980s. I refer, of course, to The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump. (What – you were expecting Getting to Yes?) The leading presidential candidates from both major political parties have a lot of professional negotiation experience and … Continue reading Review of Best-Selling Negotiation Text
