Liz Tippett (Oregon) has published “Child Abuse as an Employment Dispute” in Quinnipiac Health Law Journal, available on SSRN. The abstract: Child abuse has traditionally been viewed as the exclusive province of the child welfare system and the police. But when child abuse accusations are made against an employee, such as a teacher or a … Continue reading Tippett on Child Abuse as Employment Dispute
This is the season when a flood of promotional literature flows through the mailboxes of law professors, coincidentally right before the US News surveys arrive. So if you are one of the usual suspects, it would be quite understandable if Missouri’s contribution to this genre entitled, “The Art of Teaching Dispute Resolution,” ended up in … Continue reading ICYMI
Carrie Menkel-Meadow (UC Irvine) has published “Unsettling the Lawyers: Other Forms of Justice in Indigenous Claims of Expropriation, Abuse, and Injustice” in the University of Toronto Law Journal, available on SSRN. The abstract: This article considers, from the experience of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement, the limitations of the current formal justice system and the … Continue reading Menkel-Meadow on Other Forms of Justice
Earlier this week, I was driving to an appointment, and I heard someone talking about Mediation. Only after it was over did I realize that I was listening not to an NPR story, nor to a law-focused podcast, nor to the voices in my heads. I had been listening to a radio ad. On an FM … Continue reading And then on the radio I heard …
On October 6, the Alliance for Justice will release Lost in the Fine Print, a short documentary featuring Robert Reich criticizing “forced arbitration.” (A description and trailer for the movie, plus information about teaching resources and a petition, are available here.) AFJ uses the term “forced arbitration” to refer to what is more commonly known in the … Continue reading “Lost in the Fine Print” – Robert Reich Film on Forced Arbitration
This is a final reminder that the deadline to register as a presenter for the Eighth Annual AALS ADR Works-in-Progress conference is next Monday, October 6. The Conference will take place in early November at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. The Conference will begin with a welcoming reception on Thursday evening, November 6, followed … Continue reading WIP Conference Registration – Final Notice
As I embark on this blog, it might be helpful to lay out my general perspective, which is probably similar to some of your views. This post (and probably some of my future posts) is different and longer than the norm, but hopefully you will find it worth your time to read. I came of … Continue reading Where I’m Coming From . . . and Want to See Us Go
About a month ago I posted information about ASU’s Aspiring Law Professors Conference, a conference for those who are preparing to go onto the law professor job market and those who are thinking about becoming a law professor. I’ve always thought it was a good conference to attend, but naturally I am biased. So I … Continue reading ASU Aspiring Law Professors Conference – Reviewed
Lisa Blomgren Amsler (Indiana) and I are quoted in a recent Indiana Lawyer article entitled Dealing with Differing Perceptions of Reality. The piece asks the question of whether mediators should be responsible for the disputing parties’ honesty during the mediation process. You can probably imagine where the two of us stand on the issue. What … Continue reading Dealing with Different Perceptions of Reality
On July 1st of this year, a California Highway Patrol officer was captured on tape beating a woman on the side of a freeway in Los Angeles. Not even three months later there is a mediated resolution of the lawsuit filed in the case. The woman, who was homeless, will receive $1.5 million, to be … Continue reading Police Abuse and Mediation
