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The Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) Journal announces its new volume, Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: In Search of a Roadmap. From the TDM publisher: TDM focuses on the forms, methods, strategies and implications of transnational dispute management: commercial and investment arbitration, mediation, negotiation, including the culture of arbitration, economic analysis and organisational and managerial techniques. … Continue reading Check out the Transnational Dispute Management Journal →

Hi all–as many of you know, the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution conducted a survey last year of its lawyer members and the results are in!  The report by Gina Brown and myself can be found here.  Our abstract is below: This report to the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution outlines the results of a … Continue reading ABA DR Section Survey on Gender Differences →

Request for Proposals Hosting the AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Section 2014 Works-in-Progress Conference  The AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Section is seeking a host for the 8th Annual Works-in-Progress Conference to take place in the fall of 2014.  The WIP Conference has become one of the “must attends” in the ADR academic field.  Previous hosts include … Continue reading Call for Proposals – 2014 Works in Progress Conference →

I wanted to let our readership know that the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution will be holding its annual symposium next month, this time focusing on Dispute Resolution in Special Education. The symposium will take place at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University and will comprise a number of events … Continue reading Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution Symposium on Special Education and Dispute Resolution →

I am delighted to share a new article from Donna Shestwosky and look forward to reading her findings! NEW STUDY REVEALS HOW PEOPLE WANT THEIR LAWSUITS RESOLVED As court systems throughout the country struggle to deliver civil justice in the face of budget cuts, a new study by a UC Davis law professor finds that … Continue reading Shestowsky on Litigation Preferences →

…. an Academic Professional position in the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution.  Highlights from the posting are below, and if you have any questions send them to Doug Yarn at dyarn@gsu.edu. The Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Georgia State University College of Law currently seeks qualified applicants for the position of Academic … Continue reading Georgia State is hiring….. →

Lisa Blomgren Amsler (formerly Bingham) at Indiana.  Big congratulations for an award well deserved.  The award will be presented during the Legal Educators’ Luncheon at the ABA DR Section meetings in Miami in April.  The announcement in its entirety is below. Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work to Lisa Blomgren Amsler Professor Lisa Blomgren Amsler (formerly Bingham) … Continue reading ABA DR Section Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work goes to …… →

The AALS Section on Dispute Resolution hosted a panel on ADR and the Regulatory State at the Annual Meeting in New York on January 4, 2014. I moderated the panel, which featured Jeffrey Lubbers (American), Maureen Weston (Pepperdine), and Nancy Welsh (Penn State). Adam Zimmerman and Dana Remus were selected to participate from a call for papers, … Continue reading AALS Annual Meeting Update →