Registration now open for 2011-2012 ABA Representation in Mediation Competition

September 12, 2011 Jill Gross

Registration is now open for the 2011-2012 Representation in Mediation Competition. This law school competition provides students the opportunity to role-play as advocates and clients in a mediation setting and measures how well students model appropriate preparation for and representation of a client in mediation. Each team consists of two students. In each round of … Continue reading Registration now open for 2011-2012 ABA Representation in Mediation Competition →

A Labor Day Lesson

September 5, 2011 Cynthia Alkon

The New York Times carried a story today about a labor union that is often afraid to ask for more or confront management. In New York, members of the Federation of Catholic Teachers are reportedly working without a contract and as a group tend to not want to confront management, the Archdiocese. When teaching negotiation, … Continue reading A Labor Day Lesson →

UNLV Law School Saltman Center Call for Papers–Democracy and the Workplace

September 1, 2011 Andrea Schneider

FOI Jean Sternlight has just announced a symposium in which I expect our blog readers will be interested. The focus is democracy in the workplace, and the symposium will be interdisciplinary in nature. See the below call for papers for details. As Jean notes, Las Vegas is quite nice in February! UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS WILLIAM S. … Continue reading UNLV Law School Saltman Center Call for Papers–Democracy and the Workplace →

Prius Headlight Settlement “Stalled”

August 31, 2011 mmoffitt@uoregon.edu

From the National Law Journal yesterday: “Judge stalls Prius headlight settlement, citing ‘big problem’ with fees” —– A federal judge, citing concerns about a request for attorney fees, has put the brakes on a proposed class action settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and nearly 300,000 owners and lessees of Prius hybrids who claimed that their … Continue reading Prius Headlight Settlement “Stalled” →

Gregory J. Scott, 1957-2011

August 30, 2011 art hinshaw 1 Comment

Last week my good friend Greg Scott, a reading and writing instructor at the University of Missouri, collapsed as he was walking to class and passed away a short while later. Greg’s true love in life was teaching. Not everyone can make Legal Research and Writing somebody’s favorite law school class, but he did time and … Continue reading Gregory J. Scott, 1957-2011 →

Against Power Point

August 29, 2011 Cynthia Alkon 5 Comments

A newly formed Swiss political party is trying to save us all (or at least the Swiss) from boring power point presentations. The new Anti-Power Point Party wants to prohibit power point, claiming it would both save money (by their estimate €350bn) and help us to once again enjoy “real discussion about ideas as opposed … Continue reading Against Power Point →

Party Autonomy in Choosing Dispute Resolution Processes

August 28, 2011 art hinshaw

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

August 28, 2011 art hinshaw 4 Comments

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 →

Neutral in Chief?

August 27, 2011 Paul Kirgis 3 Comments

The dust has settled now on the debt-ceiling debate, and many liberals believe President Obama both gave away too much in this negotiation and has a habit of giving away too much in negotiations with Congressional Republicans. A theme has emerged that Obama 1) consistently gives away his main concession items without demanding enough in … Continue reading Neutral in Chief? →

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

August 25, 2011 Jill Gross

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 →