Job Posting–Northern Illinois Clinical Professor

Susan Yates of RSI and Professor Anita Maddali from Northern Illinois University have a three-year grant from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office o do foreclosure mediation work.  (Good work guys!) And, as part of the grant, NIU is looking to hire a visiting assistant clinical professor to start a foreclosure clinic at the law school.  Below is the official posting: … Continue reading Job Posting–Northern Illinois Clinical Professor

Procedural Justice in Judicial Settlement Conferences

ADR law prof favorites Nancy Welsh (Penn State), Donna Stienstra (Federal Judicial Center), and Bobbi McAdoo (Hamline) have recently put a most interesting book chapter, The Application of Procedural Justice Research to Judicial Actions and Techniques in Settlement Sessions, up on SSRN (available here).  The piece is a chapter in the recently released book The Multi-Tasking Judge: Comparative … Continue reading Procedural Justice in Judicial Settlement Conferences

From the Spring 2013 DR Magazine: Welsh and Lipsky

This Spring’s Dispute Resolution Magazine is filled with great articles exploring whether and how we should regulate ADR. Among these articles is a piece by Nancy Welsh (Penn St.) and David Lipsky (Cornell) called, “‘Moving the Ball Forward’ in Consumer and Employment Dispute Resolution: What Can Planning, Talking, Listening and Breaking Bread Together Accomplish?” I … Continue reading From the Spring 2013 DR Magazine: Welsh and Lipsky

Aragaki on Szalai’s Outsourcing Justice: The Rise of Modern Arbitration Laws in America

Friend of Indisputably Hiro Aragaki (Loyola, Los Angeles) shares his thoughts on Imre Szalai’s (Loyola, New Orleans) new book Outsourcing Justice: The Rise of Modern Arbitration Laws in America.  And don’t forget to follow Imre’s blog of the same name (outsourcingjustice.com) which most appropriately states “By reading this blog, you agree to arbitrate.  (Just kidding)” … Continue reading Aragaki on Szalai’s Outsourcing Justice: The Rise of Modern Arbitration Laws in America

Request for Proposals for the ABA DR Section Spring Conference

It seems so early for this announcement, but it is upon us.  The ABA Section on Dispute Resolution is seeking proposals for the 2014 conference in Miami.  The call is below and the conference proposal web page can be accessed here. ——————————————- The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for … Continue reading Request for Proposals for the ABA DR Section Spring Conference

SEC Seeks Public Comment on Arbitrator Selection Rule Proposal

The SEC has published for public comment a rule change proposal filed by FINRA to alter the arbitrator selection method in three-arbitrator customer cases.   Comments are due by July 11, 2013. Currently, customers must elect a panel composition method at the beginning of a case, with the default method being the Majority Public Panel option that results in one … Continue reading SEC Seeks Public Comment on Arbitrator Selection Rule Proposal

Looking for law textbooks that incorporate problem-solving teaching

As many of our readers know, the ABA Dispute Resolution Section, LEAPS project sponsors a website that includes resources for teaching practical problem-solving and professional skills.  To faciliate being a resource for professors who would like to move away from lecture-based formats in teaching “doctrinal” courses, the LEAPS executive committee is developing a list of textbooks that incorporate … Continue reading Looking for law textbooks that incorporate problem-solving teaching

FINRA to conduct background checks on arbitrators

BNA has reported that FINRA has implemented a new policy and will now conduct annual background checks as well as an additional review of arbitrators before appointing them to new cases.  This change in policy was prompted by FINRA’s discovery last year that one of its arbitrators had been indicted for the uanuthorized practice of law. … Continue reading FINRA to conduct background checks on arbitrators