As many of you know via the list serv, Carrie Menkel-Meadow’s latest ADR text is out, Advanced Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution, and available for purchase.  Here’s are the key features of this book as listed on the book’s webpage: Reviews the latest issues in multi-party, multi-issue international disputes Outlines adjudication, arbitration, mediation, negotiation and various … Continue reading Advanced Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution by Carrie Menkel-Meadow →

Earlier this week, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted, in part, a broker-dealer’s request for review of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s denial of the firm’s petition for rulemaking related to FINRA arbitration. See Thrivent Financial for Lutherans v. Securities and Exchange Commission, __F. 4th __, 2026 WL 2095279 (D.C. Cir. July … Continue reading D.C. Circuit and Securities Arbitration →

Some faculty are wary of using artificial intelligence (AI) in scholarship and teaching.  Some are reluctant to use it because they worry that it may undermine thinking, writing, and teaching.  Others worry about using AI in ways that effectively delegate too much intellectual work to the technology. There is another possibility.  You can use AI … Continue reading How You Can Take Advantage of AI in Your Scholarship and Teaching →

I want to let you know about a short story, What Happened? A Mediation Story Featuring RPS Coach.   I bet you would enjoy spending an hour to read it. What Happened? tells the story of a promising business relationship that gradually unravels into a serious commercial dispute.  As the implementation of a software system goes … Continue reading A Short Story about Mediation, Professional Judgment, and AI →

A bit of exciting news from Santa Clara Law: our conflict resolution program is becoming the Daley Center for Conflict Resolution, thanks to a $5 million gift from alumna Dorian Daley that will endow the Center. For those of us who have been building the program since its founding in 2017, this is an especially … Continue reading Exciting News from Santa Clara Law Dispute Resolution Program →

The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at the University of California College of Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) has launched a new Survey on Commercial Mediation in the U.S.  The Survey has the support of AAA/ICDR, CPR Institute and DRS, and JAMS.  A link to the survey instrument can be found below. Commercial mediation now … Continue reading Please Participate in UC Law SF’s Survey on Commercial Mediation →

I’m delighted to post the new call for applications for this terrific program!  Apply now!! AALS SECTION ON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2026-2027 NEW VOICES IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM The AALS Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution announces the call for applications for the 2026-2027 mentorship program entitled “New Voices in Dispute Resolution.” New … Continue reading New Voices in Dispute Resolution–Call for Applications!! →