The ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section has just issued its Call for Proposals for the Section’s annual meeting, which is scheduled for April 13-16, 2011 in Denver.  Below is a small excerpt. The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution invites you to propose a program for the 2011 Spring Conference.  The Section’s Spring Conference is the premiere national event for … Continue reading Call for Proposals – ABA Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting →

For more than a decade, online dispute resolution has hovered above the legal and DR communities, posing both a threat to human DR professionals and the promise of radically more efficient dispute resolution systems. Cybersettle has been the tangible tip of the otherwise evanescent ODR spear—a success story of online dispute resolution playing a role … Continue reading Cybersettle and the Value of Online Dispute Resolution →

The American College of Civil Trial Mediators has issued a call for papers for its publication, the American Journal of Mediation.  Specifically the call states: The Editorial Board is accepting articles for publications from law professors and law students and others involved in conflict and dispute resolution.  Additional information, format requirements, and submission details can be … Continue reading Call for Papers – American Journal of Mediation →

As one of my final posts about Kosovo, I thought that some readers might be interested in a snapshot of what life is like for law professors in Europe’s newest state.    If you taught a first year course at the main public university in the capital of Pristina you would enjoy classes of nearly 1000 … Continue reading If you taught at a law school in Kosovo… →

The deadline was recently extended for those interested in presenting at the upcoming Empirical Legal Sutdies Conference.  The announcement is below: The Conference on Empirical Legal Studies 2010 of the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS) will be held at the Yale Law School, in New Haven, Connecticut, on Friday, November 5 and Saturday, November … Continue reading Empirical Legal Studies Conference →

Earlier this morning the Standing Committee on Mediator Ethical Guidance released Opinion SODR 2010-1 entitled Mediators’ Duty of Care in Drafting Agreements.  A copy of the opinion in full can be accessed here.  Below are the specific query and subquestions the committee received.  Questions: A married couple with one minor child has decided that they would … Continue reading Mediators’ Duty of Care in Drafting Agreements →

In conjunction with FINRA, the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution at St. John’s will host the second annual Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon on October 2-3, 2010 in New York City. This competition requires student teams to negotiate, mediate, and arbitrate a realistic securities dispute, with neutrals from FINRA’s roster serving as mediators, arbitrators, … Continue reading Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon – Early Bird Deadline →

Volume 10, Issue 3 of the PEPPERDINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LAW JOURNAL has appeared in print.  Articles included in this volume are:  Taking It Upstream:  Collaboration, Consensus Building & Sustainable Development–Green Leadership (Un)conference.  10 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J. 351-521 (2010).  Zikman, Steve.  Foreword.  10 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J. 351-354 (2010).  Zikman, Steve.  South Pasadena:  a dialogue on dialogue.  10 Pepp. … Continue reading New Volume of Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Journal →

Today House and Senate negotiators reached agreement on legislation that redefines federal oversight of the financial services industry. The agreement may have a major effect on arbitration in the financial services industry. Overlawyered reports, “Tucked away in the Obama administration’s proposals for revamping regulation of financial services is a provision that would apparently allow federal … Continue reading End of Arbitration in Financial Services Contracts? →