Registration Deadline – ABA Representation in Mediation Competition

January 7, 2009 art hinshaw Leave a comment

Consider this a friendly reminder that the registration deadline for the ABA’s Representation in Mediation Competition is quickly arriving – January 31, 2009. Entry forms are online and a list of regional host schools is accessible from the competition’s home page at http://www.abanet.org/dispute/mediationcomp.html. Competition problems will be released the first week of February. Additionally, for … Continue reading Registration Deadline – ABA Representation in Mediation Competition →

Settlement Rates for cases closer to 67% than 90%

January 7, 2009 Sarah Cole Leave a comment

From SSRN’s NEGOTIATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION ABSTRACTS, another interesting article co-authored by Theodore Eisenberg, this time with Charlotte Lanvers: “What is the Settlement Rate and Why Should We Care?” The abstract of the paper states: After establishing the importance of knowledge of settlement rates, this article first shows that different research questions can yield different … Continue reading Settlement Rates for cases closer to 67% than 90% →

The Erie Doctrine Meets the Uniform Mediation Act

December 30, 2008 mmoffitt@uoregon.edu Leave a comment

I just finished grading my Civil Procedure exams for this semester. I was sorely tempted to give my students the facts of Mutual of Enumclaw v. Cornhusker Casualty Insurance Co, 2008 WL 4330313 (E.D.Wash. 2008) as the basis for my exam. The question demanded an understanding that was just a little too much for me … Continue reading The Erie Doctrine Meets the Uniform Mediation Act →

Call for Papers in Dispute Resolution–Somewhere Warm Too!

December 23, 2008 Andrea Schneider Leave a comment

American Caribbean Law Initiative (ACLI) Conference Call for Papers – Dispute resolution and restorative justice Port of Spain, Trinidad Tobago July 10-12, 2009 Deadline for Panel Proposals: February 1, 2009 Deadline for Paper Abstracts: February 15, 2009 The American Caribbean Law Initiative (ACLI) is requesting paper abstracts and panel proposals for its Summer 2009 … Continue reading Call for Papers in Dispute Resolution–Somewhere Warm Too! →

Negotiation Skills on the LSAT?

December 18, 2008 Andrea Schneider 1 Comment

Berkeley researchers have found new tests that can better predict success in the practice of law than the LSAT. Not suprisingly to those of us in the dispute resolution field, the skills missed by the LSAT but needed for successful practice include creativity, negotiation, and problem-solving. Berkeley law professor Marjorie Shultz and Berkeley psychology professor Sheldon … Continue reading Negotiation Skills on the LSAT? →

Marquette Margarita Party

December 16, 2008 Andrea Schneider 4 Comments

Once again, Marquette is hosting a yummy party at the AALS meeting. The invitation and RSVP link is below. Looking forward to seeing you there! You are invited to a reception with Marquette law faculty attending the AALS Meeting in San Diego.January 9, 2009 9:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. San Diego Marriott Hotel … Continue reading Marquette Margarita Party →

Princeton can do Decision Analysis

December 15, 2008 mmoffitt@uoregon.edu Leave a comment

The news came down a few days ago that Princeton has settled the long-standing litigation involving the Robertson Foundation and the funds used to support the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The press release describing the settlement should be standard fare for any ADR professor who aims to help students to understand … Continue reading Princeton can do Decision Analysis →

$$$$ for foreclosure mediation

December 10, 2008 Sarah Cole 2 Comments

ADRworld reports that: “In an effort to address the growing housing foreclosure crisis, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) recently signed legislation appropriating over $12 million for state agencies to use in providing mediation services to homeowners facing foreclosure proceedings.” I know that Ohio has also been actively promoting the use of mediation to help … Continue reading $$$$ for foreclosure mediation →

The “Mediator March” and Ms. Manners

December 9, 2008 Sarah Cole 1 Comment

On the lighter side, today, one of my colleagues, Larry Garvin, sent me a link to the “Mediator March”, composed in 1915 by James M. Fulton (1873-1940). As Larry notes, it is odd to think of a march as representative of ADR, but, who knows? Here is a link: http://www.forgottenamericanmusic.com/recordings/The_Mediator_March.mp3 This weekend, Ms. Manners’ column … Continue reading The “Mediator March” and Ms. Manners →

Mandatory Arbitration Limits?

December 3, 2008 Andrea Schneider 18 Comments

As I am finishing up the semester teaching dispute resolution and focusing on arbitration, we’ve been having lots of fun in class finding mandatory arbitration clauses in our life–credit cards, cell phones, apartment leases, etc. My favorite clause to teach is from Gateway computers which used to have a clause requiring arbitration under the International … Continue reading Mandatory Arbitration Limits? →