This posting is courtesy of Richard Reuben: Colleagues, I want to make you aware of an arbitration amicus opportunity in the 2nd Circuit that presents both Stolt-Nielsen and Hall Street issues. In brief, the arbitrator in this case, before Stolt-Nielsen, decided that an arbitration clause that does not expressly address class arbitration  “did not prohibit” the … Continue reading Amicus Brief in Second Circuit →

Many thanks to Michael Moffitt, Jane Gordon, and especially to Jen Reynolds for putting on a first-class ADR Works-in-Progress Conference this weekend. They were terrific hosts and the scholarly exchange was dynamic. I personally learned a great deal. I’m particularly grateful to Ran Kuttner for reading and commenting on my very rough draft of Leverage … Continue reading Kudos to Oregon for WIP Conference →

For those of you ADR scholars out there interested in an academic position, here is the announcement: The University of Maryland School of Law seeks applicants for a faculty position in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution. The faculty member must have a sincere interest in and commitment to clinical teaching.  The faculty member: 1) … Continue reading University of Maryland Law Hiring ADR Prof →

An informal organization of former members of Congress, from both sides of the political aisle, has released a call for “a civil and productive 112th Congress.”  They embrace the ideas of both partisanship and bipartisanship, but reject the politics of division and vilification. Available at www.fmocforcommonground.org, the open letter from these former members of Congress … Continue reading Former Members of Congress for Common Ground →

E.O. Wilson is a Harvard biologist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author, and the world’s leading authority on ants. As this article explains, he believes that human civilizations and ant civilizations have much in common. In some respects, that’s encouraging. Ant civilizations are communitarian in some very positive ways. For example, ants who have had enough … Continue reading On Ants, Humans, and the Challenge of Conflict Resolution →

Below is a listing of the presenters at the Works-In-Progress Conference later this week, here at Oregon.  Stay tuned for more! MM — Cynthia Alkon, Texas Wesleyan: Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic: Rule of law development assistance to countries in conflict Hiro Aragaki, Fordham Business School: Arbitration’s Suspect Status Rich Birke, Willamette: A Neuroscientific … Continue reading ADR Works-In-Progress Lineup →

I am delighted to post this blog courtesy of Professor Richard Reuben of the University of Missouri School of Law: I finally had occasion to take a close look at AT&T v. Concepcion, which will be argued on Nov. 9, and think it could be a real sleeper.  There is a lot of spin in … Continue reading AT&T v. Concepcion Musings →

This past weekend, the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution at St. John’s and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) hosted the second annual Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon at St. John’s Manhattan campus. The Triathlon combines negotiation, mediation, and arbitration in one competition, as students play the roles of parties and attorneys in a … Continue reading Winners of 2010 Dispute Resolution Triathlon →

On October 15, 2010, The University of Missouri School of Law is organizing a Symposium:  ADR and the Rule of law .  It looks like a great group of speakers–and the Dispute Resolution Journal will follow it up with what promises to be a very interesting symposium issue.  Video of the conference will be available later for those … Continue reading ADR and the Rule of Law →