I am excited to announce that Professor Nancy Rogers won the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution’s Outstanding Professional Article Award for her recently published piece, When Conflicts Polarize Communities: Designing Localized Offices that Intervene Collaboratively, 30 Ohio St. Journal on D.R. 173 (2015). (on Westlaw and SSRN). Nancy wrote this article after giving … Continue reading Moritz College of Law’s Nancy Rogers Wins CPR Professional Article Award →

Well not really, but soon.  Today the government announced that U.S. airlines can propose routes to Cuba which could then start flying later this year.  The President has also announced that he hopes to get to Cuba sometime this spring as well.  Even the New York Times at the end of January has helpfully posted … Continue reading Now We Can All Go to Cuba! →

I join the nation in mourning over the loss of Justice Antonin Scalia this past weekend.  Though I rarely agreed with his written opinions, he certainly did provoke and engage in healthy debates about critical issues, which are incredibly important to a functioning democracy. Having just published an article critiquing three of his most recent … Continue reading Justice Scalia and Arbitration →

A belated Valentine’s Day post.  The Harvard Law School Negotiators, a student organization seeking to provide students with opportunities to become involved in negotiation and dispute resolution work, hosted a program entitled Negotiating Love: Interpersonal & Romantic Relationships. The program, moderated by Rachel Viscomi, focused on the importance of interpersonal negotiations in romantic relationships and … Continue reading Negotiating Love: Interpersonal Negotiation & Romantic Relationships →

Most of us saw John’s post a few days ago regarding the open position of Director of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section (here). For those who were wondering what happened to David Moora, the former Director, here is the announcement:     After serving as Director of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section for five years, … Continue reading ABA DR Section – What happened to the former Director? →

From FOI, Professor Elayne E. Greenberg, St. John’s University School of Law: It is my great pleasure to announce that the nationally respected dispute resolution and procedural justice scholar Donna Shestowsky, a professor of law and Martin Luther Kind Jr. Scholar at UC Davis, will receive St. John’s 2016 Mangano Dispute Resolution Advancement Award. The … Continue reading Congratulations to Donna Shestowsky! →

Ramona Lampley (St. Mary’s) has published Underdog Arbitration: A Plan for Transparency, in the Washington Law Review, in which she proposes an interesting solution to the lack of transparency in mandatory arbitration.  Here is the abstract: The use of mandatory, pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer, employment, health-care, and even nursing home agreements is ever-increasing, even … Continue reading Lampley on “Underdog Arbitration” →