We’re not big on job postings outside of legal academia here, but this is a big time ADR job. Bob Rack is retiring from his position as chief of the 6th Circuit’s mediation program, and the position has been recently posted. Here’s a description: The Chief Circuit Mediator, who serves under the direction of the … Continue reading Chief Circuit Mediator – US Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
The Harvard Negotiation Law Review’s 2010 Symposium, the Negotiation Within, is scheduled for Saturday February 27, 2010 at the Harvard Law School. As you might anticipate, the focus is inward directed on issues such as identity and senses of self. The line up of speakers is first rate (of course) and should lead to some interesting … Continue reading Harvard Negotiation Law Review Symposium – The Negotiation Within
Every year the ABA’s DR Section announces two major awards, the D’Almeberte/Raven Award and the Lawyer as Problem Solver Award. The awards will be presented at the ABA DR Section’s annual conference in San Francisco. Below is a little about each award and the winner of each award. Congratulations to all. And, it’s always a pleasure when a … Continue reading ABA DR Section Announces Awards
I was listening to a great story this morning on NPR which described an interesting experiment. In his book How We Decide, and in a recent Wall Street Journal article, Jonah Lehrer writes about an experiment by Stanford University professor Baba Shiv, who collected several dozen undergraduates and divided them into two groups. In the WSJ … Continue reading Chocolate Cake v. Fruit–Or Why Get Emotional During “Rational” Negotiations
Virginia State Senator Emmet Hanger recently introduced a bill in the Virginia Senate which would give formal structure to restorative justice programs in Virginia by specifically recognizing that a court can order an offender into a “court-approved restorative justice program.” The direct link to the bill is: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+SB679 The bill also specifically recognizes that victim … Continue reading Restorative Justice Bill Introduced in Virginia’s Senate
FINRA Dispute Resolution recently posted its December 2009 statistics, providing interesting data for the 2009 calendar year. Not surprisingly, due the 2007-08 stock market disruptions, 2009 arbitration case filings rose 43% over 2008, from 4,982 to 7,137. At the same time, turnaround time of cases (from filing to award) happily decreased 12%, from 13.0 months to … Continue reading FINRA’s arbitration filings rise almost 50% in 2009
Over 3000 car dealerships whose franchises were terminated by GM and Chrysler as part of those automakers’ bankruptcy restructurings have until midnight this Monday (Jan. 25) to challenge their termination by filing for arbitration in the American Arbitration Association. Congress imposed this special arbitration process as part of its Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010, an omnibus spending … Continue reading Deadline looms for closed GM and Chrysler auto dealers to challenge their termination in arbitration
Although the New York State Bar Association has now changed it planned panel for the upcoming meeting next week, this is still a doozy. Here is Bridget Crawford from the Feminist Law Prof blog last week: The Committee on Women in the Law is sponsoring a program called “Weathering Tough Times: Strategic Planning for Your Practice.” The … Continue reading The New York State Bar’s Approach to Teaching Women Communication Skills–Are You Kidding Me?
If you’re a reader of this blog, you know that arbitation is a hot legal topic and that the Supremes have handed down several arbitration decisions over the last few years. Earlier today Sarah told us that cert was recently granted in the Rent-a-Center West case, and she gave us her take. Below, Professor Jean Sternlight from the … Continue reading Sternlight on Rent-a-Center West
The Supreme Court granted cert in Jackson v. Rent-a-Center West, 09-0947, http://www.scotusblog.com/todays-orders-52/ Karl Bayer posted the question presented on his blog and I repeat it here: The question presented in the case is: Is the district court required in all cases to determine claims that an arbitration agreement subject to the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) … Continue reading Supreme Court Grants Cert in Arbitrability Case
