One of today’s headings on the front page of the Columbus Dispatch stated that a mediator reinstated an officer who had been caught driving 149 mph on his motorcycle (off duty). Here is the online story (slightly different headline): 149-mph officer wins his job back Mediator: It wasn’t proved that he abused his position Wednesday, … Continue reading Mediation and Arbitration are Not the Same Thing
I am linking here to a blog post from a practitioner fed up with standard clauses and standard problems. As he writes: Today’s issue of the New York Law Journal contains my article “The AAA Standard Arbitration Clause: Room for Improvement.” Click here to go to a pdf copy. (It’s also available here if you … Continue reading AAA Standard Arbitration Clause redraft
In a wonderful example of academia working with practitioners, I am delighted to announce this conference: On March 29, 2010, Washington and Lee School of Law will host a Joint Symposium with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to explore the prevention and efficient management of investment treaty disputes. The event will … Continue reading Washington & Lee and the United Nations Host a Joint Symposium on International Investment and ADR
Last week, I saw a great piece in a newsletter from business coach Deborah Grayson Riegel about how focusing closely can really help you make progress. U.S. Olympic bobsled pilot Steven Holcomb had been piloting his four-man sled virtually blind due to an eye disease when he decided to have surgery to restore his vision. … Continue reading Gold Medal Lawyering–Mindfulness at Work
The ADR in Law Schools Committee of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution seeks several experienced mediators to mediate the National Final Rounds of the ABA Representation in Mediation Competition. In the competition, students play the role of lawyer and client in a mediation of a simulated case and are judged on their prolem-solving skills. The competition … Continue reading Volunteer Mediators needed in San Francisco on April 7-8
Sean Nolon from Vermont Law School would like to hear how your law school teaches dispute resolution. Several of you have received this, but we want to make sure we catch as many people as possible. This data collection project is a component of what Sean presented at this fall’s Works-in-Progress Conference. Dear colleagues (with apologies for cross-postings), … Continue reading Dispute Resolution in the Law School Curriculum – Your Help Requested
For many New Yorkers who susbscribe to Cablevision for their TV service, the threatened inability to watch the Academy Awards tonight has been the source of much anxiety this week. Just a few hours before the Awards show is set to air, Cablevision answered calls that it submit to binding arbitration to resolve its dispute with … Continue reading Cablevision agrees to binding arbitration with Walt Disney Co. in dispute over subscription fees
On April 20, 2010, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the New York County Lawyers Association are co-sponsoring a symposium in New York entitled: Problem Solving Courts Symposium: The Pros and Cons of Treatment in the Criminal Justice System. In the symposium “interested groups will debate the various functions of problem-solving courts, including … Continue reading Problem Solving Courts Symposium in NY
Last weekend I was reading an article with a the great title, “The Glass Ceiling is Kind of a Bummer”: Women’s Reflections on a Gender Development Course talking about how undergraduate women often, even as they are in women’s studies courses, deny the impact that sexism has had or will potentially have on their career. … Continue reading What Queen Esther Knew
In my ongoing effort to publicize efforts from the Works-in-Progress conference, I am linking here to Aaron Bruhl’s blog post from last week about Rent-A-Center v. Jackson, the upcoming case on whether courts or arbitrators decide unconscionability. Aaron tells me that this paper grew out of his presentation at the Works-in-Progress conference several years ago at … Continue reading Who gets to Decide Unconscionability?
