Party Autonomy in Choosing Dispute Resolution Processes

FOI (Friend of Indisputably) John Lande (Missouri) provides this guest blog post to shed light on some recent Collaborative Law Developments. There were two recent decisions involving Collaborative Law that have larger implications about parties’ autonomy in choosing dispute resolution processes generally. In my view, this is a good news-bad news story as one of the decisions recognized parties’ … Continue reading Party Autonomy in Choosing Dispute Resolution Processes

Online Directory of Law School ADR Programs

From Jen Reynolds (Oregon) and Gina Brown (ABA DR Section). This is the once-a-year reminder we send out about the online directory the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution and the University of Oregon School of Law have been working together for several years to maintain. The directory appears at: http://adr.uoregon.edu/aba/ We hope that … Continue reading Online Directory of Law School ADR Programs

Call for Papers: ADR for the Masses – Oregon Law Review

I am passing along a deadline remider for a Call for Papers from the Oregon Law Review:    Oregon Law Review is currently accepting submissions for a special themed issue of our 90th volume. Called “ADR for the Masses,” this special issue will address appropriate dispute resolution in the context of mass torts, mass settlements, and large-scale public … Continue reading Call for Papers: ADR for the Masses – Oregon Law Review

FINRA Ready to Offer Arbitration Forum for Investment Advisers

At the Securities Arbitration 2011 program at the Practising Law Institute a few weeks ago (which I Chaired), Linda Fienberg, President of FINRA Dispute Resolution, announced that FINRA has developed a program to permit its arbitration forum to administer disputes between investors and registered investment advisers.  FINRA has developed this plan because the SEC is … Continue reading FINRA Ready to Offer Arbitration Forum for Investment Advisers

Save the Date – Harvard Negotiation Law Review Symposium

Here’s an announcement from the HNLR: Please save the date for the Harvard Negotiation Law Review’s annual Symposium, which is being planned in collaboration with the Program on Negotiation and the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program. The Symposium will be held on February 25, 2012.   The full-day event will take a close look … Continue reading Save the Date – Harvard Negotiation Law Review Symposium

Conference at the Institute for Transnational Arbitration

Susan Franck has sent along this conference announcement for what looks like a really wonderful opportunity.  The Institute for Transnational Arbitration – which is one of the leading institutes for the education and promotion of international arbitration in the world – is holding its First Annual Winter Forum this February in San Francisco. As Susan writes, … Continue reading Conference at the Institute for Transnational Arbitration

As Negotiator-in-Chief, Obama Needs to Better Manage his BATNA

 I am delighted to post  this  guest post  courtesy of Brian Pappas: The summer of 2012 was an interesting one for our negotiator-in-chief.  On July 13th, a Politico article (“President Obama abruptly walks out of debt ceiling talks “) describes a president willing to use both integrative (collaborative) and distributive (competitive) negotiation tactics.  On the … Continue reading As Negotiator-in-Chief, Obama Needs to Better Manage his BATNA

ADR, Consensus-Building and Wind Energy Policy

Sean Nolon (U. Vermont) recently published an article related to environmental conflict resolution.  In the article, Sean describes how different forms of consensus-building can be used to site wind turbines and create wind energy policy.  A link to the article on SSRN is here.  It is entitled Negotiating the Wind: A Framework to Engage Citizens in … Continue reading ADR, Consensus-Building and Wind Energy Policy