Congratulations to students Alden Anderson and Chelsea Hesla from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, who won the 2014 American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Representation in Mediation Competition.  The National Finals took place this past week at the Section’s Annual Conference in Miami. As the ABA reported, over 100 … Continue reading Arizona State Law Wins ABA Representation in Mediation Competition →

For those law school ADR Evangelists looking for opportunities to woo colleagues from other doctrinal disciplines, the Anadarko / Kerr-McGee settlement yesterday should have you scrambling to talk with your faculty colleagues in Environmental Law and in Bankruptcy. My short (and admittedly potentially still not as well-informed as it should be) version is this: Kerr-McGee, … Continue reading $5.15B Environmental Settlement in Anadarko / Kerr-McGee →

The AALS Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution is delighted to announce that Southwestern Law School will host the Eighth Annual ADR Section Works-in-Progress conference. The conference will take place at Southwestern’s campus in Los Angeles on Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8, with a welcoming reception on Thursday night, November 6 for early arrivals. Details about conference registration and … Continue reading Works in Progress Conference – Save the Date →

Adam Zimmerman has been doing ground-breaking work on mass settlements for several years now, and he has two new articles, one done with Dana Remus, that extend those investigations into new areas. The first is titled Presidential Settlements, 163 U. Pa. L. Rev. _ (forthcoming 2015) (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2414748). Here’s the abstract: Large groups repeatedly turn to the … Continue reading Zimmerman & Remus on Mass Settlements →

It’s the season of student writing competitions, so I thought I would collect information here for those with students writing papers on ADR topics this spring. I’m aware of the following two competitions specifically devoted to ADR. Please feel free to add any I’ve missed in the comments. ACR Student Writing Competition. Papers must be … Continue reading ADR Writing Competitions →

From Bryan Hanson at the Werner Institute, below is a very interesting opportunity for our students:   Calling all Conflict Specialists newly entering the field  The Association for Conflict Resolutionis announcing the ACR “NEW VOICES- Emerging Professionals” Juried selection for featured presentation at the 2014 ACR Annual Conference Exciting New Feature of the Conference The … Continue reading ACR New Voices Competition →

The Supreme Court has denied certiorari in Delaware Coalition for Open Government v. Strine, in which the Third Circuit struck down Delaware’s scheme allowing parties with cases before the Delaware Court of Chancery to pay an extra fee to have their matters heard by a Chancery judge sitting in the guise of an arbitrator. The … Continue reading Denial of Certiorari in Delaware Chancery Arbitration Case →

Last week the NY Times published an interesting piece: The Science of Older and Wiser. Just one snippet that I liked (from many): “True personal wisdom involves five elements… They are self-insight; the ability to demonstrate personal growth; self-awareness in terms of your historical era and your family history; understanding that priorities and values, including … Continue reading The Science of Wisdom →