I just came back from the ABA conference, which I thought was great. Unfortunately, the weather prevented some people from getting there on time or at all. Next year, it will be April 22-25 at the Sheraton in New Orleans. I predict that there will not be more than five inches of snow nor a … Continue reading Mark Your Calendars: ABA Conference Next Year April 22-25 in New Orleans
From Leah Wing: Dear Colleagues, A reminder that the upcoming International Online Dispute Resolution Forum co-hosted by the National Center for State Courts and the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution takes place on October 29-30, 2019 in Williamsburg, VA. There will also be a pre-conference workshop (October 28) on case studies of court-implemented … Continue reading ODR Industry Summit and International ODR Forum
Nancy Rogers, a great leader in our field, has made tremendous contributions to our community and she is one of the people I thanked for her contribution to my career. I was fortunate to participate in a three-week summer institute that she and others organized at Ohio State in 1993. With Nancy’s permission, I am … Continue reading Conversation with Nancy Rogers about the Past and Future of the ADR Field
Do you care about the future of ADR in legal education? If so, you will want to be at Peppedine on June 18-19 for Appreciating Our Legacy and Engaging the Future: An International Conference for Dispute ResolutionTeachers, Scholars, and Leaders. This landmark conference for full-time faculty and current adjunct instructors will bring together leading dispute … Continue reading Appreciating Our Legacy and Engaging the Future at Pepperdine
I love the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution annual conferences. They always put on a wide array of wonderful sessions and it’s a great time to connect with friends, old and new. In what has become an annual tradition, I am listing some sessions in this year’s conference that particularly intrigue me. This reflects my … Continue reading ABA Conference Sessions You Might Consider
From Debra Gerardi: “Wholeness is not a place you can get to. Wholeness is a kind of attitude or approach to the whole of life. It’s a way.” David Bohm The University of California Hastings College of the Law held a two-day symposium last month entitled, The Integrated Lawyer: A Symposium on Well-Being and the … Continue reading Notes from Hastings’s Symposium on The Integrated Lawyer
From BGOI Richard Peterson: USC’s Judge Judith O. Hollinger Program in Alternative Dispute Resolution is sponsoring the USC/JAMS Fourth Annual Symposium: Best Practices in International Arbitration. Network with dispute resolution industry experts and earn MCLE credit at our 4th Annual USC Gould/JAMS Arbitration Symposium. The symposium will take place at USC Gould on March 13, … Continue reading Best Practices in International Arbitration Symposium on March 13
From GFOIs Ben Davis and Amy Schmitz: The ODR Forum 2019 will be held in Williamsburg, Virginia from October 29th-30th with a preconference on October 28th. Presentation proposals are welcome on any topic relevant to ODR, and topics of particular interest include ODR measures and metrics, ODR in the private and public sector, technologies that … Continue reading ODR Forum on October 28-29
The Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (NCR) Program in the Creighton University Graduate School is excited to invite you to Disrupting Law, Reclaiming Justice – an upcoming event at Creighton that brings to the Heartland a national conversation about the need to remake the legal system – for it to be more responsive to more people, … Continue reading Creighton Program on Disrupting Law and Reclaiming Justice on October 8
From my colleague, Amy Schmitz: This is a further reminder I am sending out on behalf of Professor Ian Macduff, who is the Director of the NZ Centre for ICT Law at the University of Auckland. This reminder is about the 18th ODR Forum, to be hosted by the NZ Centre for ICT Law in … Continue reading ODR Forum Reminder – November 14-15
