A column in today’s L.A. Times mentions last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the proposed Arbitration Fairness Act (S. 987), and voices generally the consumer’s views against mandatory arbitration. The consumer columnist, David Lazarus, notes that the bill’s chance of emerging from the Republican-controlled House are “slim to none at the moment.”
The Hugh Carey Center for Dispute Resolution at St. John’s hosted the third annual Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon in Manhattan this weekend. Twenty-four student teams from law schools around the country participated in the competition, which requires them to negotiate, then mediate, then arbitrate a realistic securities dispute. FINRA neutrals serve as mediators, arbitrators, and … Continue reading Congratulations Dispute Resolution Triathlon Winners
Paula Young (Appalachian) has published two papers on teaching ethics in law school. Her 2011 article, Teaching the Ethical Values Governing Mediator Impartiality Using Short Lectures, Buzz Group Discussions, Video Clips, a Defining Features Matrix, Games, and an Exercise Based on Grievances Filed Against Florida Mediators, builds on her previous article, Teaching Professional Ethics to … Continue reading Young on Teaching Ethics
Ran Kuttner (Creighton) has posted The Wave/Particle Tension in Negotiation, forthcoming in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review. The abstract: Using the wave/particle duality, a central principle in quantum physics as a metaphor, this article describes two different modes of human interaction that a negotiator should be aware of when conducting her negotiations-within, i.e. her internal … Continue reading Kuttner on the Wave/Particle Tension in Negotiation
David Hoffman (Boston Collaborative Group) has posted Mediation and the Art of Shuttle Diplomacy. The abstract: Mediation caucusing — that is, separate meetings conducted by the mediator with some, but not all, of the parties — is widely used, but it has become increasingly controversial, as some mediators advocate for a no-caucus form of mediation … Continue reading Hoffman on Mediation and the Art of Shuttle Diplomacy
Do you have an article or recent research that you would like to share? Please share with indisputably! With the breadth of scholarship relevant to an interdisciplinary field like ADR, keeping track of what’s going on can be a challenge. Collecting scholarship in one place is an effective way to get articles in front of … Continue reading Posting new scholarship
Occasionally I’ll see a message on a list-serv that captures my attention, and that most recently occurred with a recent message sent by Hiro Aragaki (Loyola – LA). I asked if I could post it here, and he agreed. If you’re not familiar w/ Aragaki’s work, he’s quite good at viewing issues from a different vantage point, … Continue reading Aragaki on The Age Myth in Mediation
The Chair of the Association for Conflict Resolution, Sharon Press, circulated this announcement on the AALS DR Listserv last week: October 20 (third Thursday in October) is Conflict Resolution Day (as organized by the Association for Conflict Resolution) and the week of October 17 – 23 in Mediation Week (as organized by the ABA … Continue reading Conflict Resolution Day is Coming October 20
There’s been plenty of euologies written about Steve Jobs, but this one pulls no punches. http://www.theonion.com/articles/last-american-who-knew-what-the-fuck-he-was-doing,26268/
Just a reminder that nominations for the various awards to be handed out at the ABA Dispute Resolution Section meetings are due soon. The awards are the D’Alemberte-Raven Award, for outstanding service in dispute resolution, the Lawyer as Problem-Solver Award, which recognizes individuals and organizations that use problem solving skills to forge creative solutions, and the … Continue reading ABA DR Section Awards – Nomination Reminder
