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
I am thrilled to join my good friends on the Indisputably blog. I will semi-retire from teaching at the end of this academic year and this seems like a good time for me to start blogging. I have been very touched by friends who said that my retirement will be a loss for Missouri and … Continue reading Hello
John Lande (Missouri) is someone who should need no introduction to readers of this blog as he’s been involved in just about every academic and professional ADR group and initiative over the years. John’s work has touched on so many facets of the field – negotiation, mediation, collaborative law, and Dispute Systems Design – not … Continue reading Introducing a New Contributor – John Lande
A final reminder that there is still time to register as a presenter at Eighth Annual AALS ADR Section Works-in-Progress Conference, which will take place in November at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. The WIP Conference has traditionally provided a fine opportunity for junior and senior ADR scholars to workshop their current research. WIP … Continue reading WIP Conference Registration Deadline Oct. 6
Thanks to Sarah Cole for pointing out a recent decision of the Ohio Supreme Court addressing the thorny question of when a court may vacate an arbitral award on the grounds that the arbitrators exceeded their powers by interpreting the underlying contract to allow a remedy not normally allowed under state law. Cedar Fair, LLP v. … Continue reading “Exceeding Powers”, or Review on the Merits?
In class earlier this week, we rebooted the idea of the prisoner’s dilemma as previously portrayed on The Bachelor Pad (discussed on the Freakonomics Blog and four years ago on this site). This time, the conversation revolved around a British game show called Golden Balls that was very popular several years ago. I can only … Continue reading Prisoner’s Dilemma Game Show
Karen Tokarz (Washington U. – St.Louis) shares information about Wash U’s annual ADR scholarship roundtable, this year entitled Social Entrepreneurship, Community Lawyering & Dispute Resolution. The lineup looks strong and, as a past participant in this event, my biased view is that it is a great event – they do a bang-up job with the … Continue reading Social Entrepreneurship, Community Lawyering & Dispute Resolution
This summer I was tending to family matters, so I paid no attention to the big news of the passage of the ABA’s Revised Standards for Approval of Law Schools. And once I got back for the beginning of the semester, my focus was strictly on getting my classes ready. Yeah, I responded to Jen’s … Continue reading The End of Mediation Clinics?
