Clinical Fellow and Lecturer on Law – Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program

Over the weekend Bob Bordone at Harvard sent out an email announcing that its Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program is accepting applications for a new Clinical Fellow and Lecturer on Law position.  The fellowship is a two year commitment beginning on July 1, 2010.  A job description as well as instructions for applying for the … Continue reading Clinical Fellow and Lecturer on Law – Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program →

Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon

I’ve been discussing ADR in bankruptcy, but I wanted to take a detour to mention the Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon we’re holding at St. John’s this weekend.  Our Hugh Carey Center for Dispute Resolution is working in conjunction with FINRA to host the competition.  We’re pretty sure it’s the first competition to include negotiation, mediation, … Continue reading Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon →

Jon Stewart & the Franken Amendment

Last night Jon Stewart did a piece on the Daily Show about the Franken Amendment to the Job Arbitration Bill (reported by Sarah Cole on this blog on Oct. 9). It doesn’t show a strong understanding of arbitration…but it is funny. See http://www.thedailyshow.com/ (under “coming up” and “Rape Nuts”).

ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Part 3 – Enforcing Arbitration Agreements

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At the ADR Meets Bankruptcy conference at St. John’s, I sat on a panel with Steve Ware and Marianne Culhane that addressed the enforcement of pre-petition arbitration agreements in bankruptcy.  The panel was moderated by Alan Resnick, who had written on the topic a couple of years ago. Several interesting points came out of the … Continue reading ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Part 3 – Enforcing Arbitration Agreements →

New Arbitration Books (or at least new editions of existing books)

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Two recent announcements: Cases and Materials on Arbitration Law and Practice, Fifth Edition  (West) Thomas E. Carbonneau, Penn State ISBN 978-0-31491-142-1 Stone and Bales’ Arbitration Law, 2nd Edition (West) Katherine V.W. Stone; Richard A. Bales ISBN-13:    9781599416465 I’ve not yet given them a look, but given the recent developments in this area of the law, … Continue reading New Arbitration Books (or at least new editions of existing books) →

Request for Proposals – Hosting the AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Works-in-Progress Conference

The RFP to host the AALS DR Section’s WIP Confernce in the fall of 2010 recently came out, and it appears in it’s entirety below.  Just an fyi, this year’s conference (at Harvard Nov. 13th and 14th) is shaping up quite nicely and we’ll have more information about it here shortly. * * * * * * * … Continue reading Request for Proposals – Hosting the AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Works-in-Progress Conference →

ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Pt. 2 – Designing Dispute Systems

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Dispute systems design is an emerging part of the broader discipline of dispute resolution, as evidenced by, among other things, the conference on dispute systems design at Harvard last year featuring Andrea and Michael, among many others.  When scholars in the dispute resolution community think of concrete examples of domestic dispute systems design, we often … Continue reading ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Pt. 2 – Designing Dispute Systems →

Problem Solving Courts Symposium in Maryland

The University of Maryland School of Law will hold a symposium on November 6, 2009:   Problem Solving Courts: A Conversation with the Experts. The conference announcement states: Please join us for a conversation with a diverse array of Maryland practitioners and national experts about past, present and future role of problem solving courts in our judicial system. … Continue reading Problem Solving Courts Symposium in Maryland →

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