Hot off the presses – Bob Bordone has announced that the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program is accepting applications for a new Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law, a 2 year position starting on July 1, 2011. Go here for the complete job description along with directions to apply, and an excerpt from the listing is below. … Continue reading Clinical Instructor and Lecture on Law – Harvard Law School
The recent news coverage regarding threats to burn the Koran have not filled me with hope, or made me smile, until now. A man was planning to burn the Koran in a public park in Amarillo, Texas. That plan was thwarted by the quick action of a local skateboarding protester. He grabbed the Koran after … Continue reading “Dude, you’ve got no Koran”
Effective September 27, 2010, FINRA’s Code of Arbitration Procedure will be amended to increase from eight to ten the number of arbitrator candidates parties will receive on each of the prospective panel lists (Chair-qualified, public and industry arbitrator lists) that FINRA generates during the neutral selection process. FINRA proposed this change, and the SEC quickly approved … Continue reading FINRA increases number of arbitrators on lists for parties to rank and strike
FINRA recently announced that it will waive the fees for its arbitrator training programs. This applies to both the basic arbitrator training program for new arbitrators (normally a $125 fee) and subject-specific online training modules (typically costing between $25 and $50). So if you have been thinking of applying to be a FINRA arbitrator, or … Continue reading FINRA waiving arbitrator training fees for a limited time
Lela Love and Gina Brown just sent around an announcement about a new ABA Section award. Contents below. MM ————— I am writing to urge you to submit a nomination for what we hope becomes an important award of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution : The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Award for Outstanding … Continue reading ABA DR Section: Award for Scholarly Work
The International Ombudsman Association is again sponsoring a contest to reward scholarship relevant to Organizational Ombuds. In the second IOA-sponsored writing competition, graduate and law students are invited to submit articles on the issue of how organizational ombudsmen can avoid being deemed as agents for notice. The author of the winning article will receive a … Continue reading Writing Contest on Ombuds
On Saturday October 2, 2010 Arizona State will be hosting the Aspiring Law Professors Conference. Anyone who is interested in a move to legal academia can benefit from the conference, however, it is specifically designed for those who will be going to the AALS Hiring Conference for interviews later this fall. Thus, the conference’s marketing … Continue reading Aspiring Law Professors Conference
As I mentioned last month, I don’t know that formulas always make things clearer but an NPR story from July on handshakes might prove me wrong. A hat tip to Natalie Fleury for this idea : Marketplace on NPR aired a story about the science behind the handshake. Geoffrey Beattie, a professor at the University of Manchester researching … Continue reading Handshake Science
Once in a while a job posting in the ADR world catches our eye. That’s the case here, and it is a big one – the Executive Director of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section. Part of the job posting is below, but go here for the full posting. As I mentioned earlier, Kim Knight is stepping down for a position at … Continue reading Want to Head up the ABA Dispute Resolution Section?
Creating a split with the Third and Eleventh Circuits, the Ninth Circuit has held that a mandatory arbitration clause in a credit card agreement is unenforceable under the Credit Repair Organizations Act. The case, Greenwood v. CompuCredit Corp., was a class action stemming from a credit card marketed to consumers with weak credit as a … Continue reading Circuit Split on Credit Card Arbitration
