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Blankley: A Muddy Mess: The Supreme Court’s Jurisprudence on Jurisdiction for Arbitration Matters

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Professor Kristen Blankley (Nebraska) recently published A Muddy Mess: The Supreme Court’s Jurisprudence on Jurisdiction for Arbitration Matters. This article considers the state of federal court jurisdiction to hear arbitration matters in the wake of the 2022 decision of Badgerow v. Waters.  Here’s the abstract: The Supreme Court’s 2022 Badgerow v. Waters decision attempts to … Continue reading Blankley: A Muddy Mess: The Supreme Court’s Jurisprudence on Jurisdiction for Arbitration Matters →

Focus on Party Decision-Making

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A major motivation in the modern dispute resolution movement has been to increase and improve parties’ decision-making in their legal disputes. Historically, parties often had little opportunity to exercise much control after they retained attorneys to handle their disputes.  Attorneys often acted paternalistically, taking control over virtually every aspect of the cases.  The legal system … Continue reading Focus on Party Decision-Making →

A Study on Dispute Resolution Culture in Belgium: An Invitation to Share Your View on Key Results

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From Dilyara Nigmatullina: Introduction In September 2022, a team of researchers from the Faculty of Law of the University of Antwerp (Law Enforcement Research Group) and Conflicool (a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the amicable resolution of disputes) conducted a large-scale empirical study on dispute resolution culture in Belgium.  The study was undertaken via a survey … Continue reading A Study on Dispute Resolution Culture in Belgium: An Invitation to Share Your View on Key Results →

How Can Courts – Practically for Free – Help Parties Prepare for Mediation Sessions?

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If there’s anything approaching unanimity in our field, it’s that it’s important to prepare in dispute resolution processes like mediation. So it’s almost boring to write about it.  But I found some things that should be interesting and helpful for parties, practitioners, and mediation program administrators. Last December, I wrote a short article, The Critical … Continue reading How Can Courts – Practically for Free – Help Parties Prepare for Mediation Sessions? →

WIP Conference Deadline is Extended Until August 4

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This year’s AALS ADR Section Works-in-Progress Conference will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 13 and 14 at Quinnipiac and Yale. The deadline for submitting proposals has been extended until Friday, August 4, at midnight Eastern Time. The conference will have a hybrid format, with some presentations in person and some by video. The … Continue reading WIP Conference Deadline is Extended Until August 4 →

Elayne Greenberg: “High Anxiety: Racism, the Law, and Legal Education”

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Elayne Greenberg published an article in the Washington & Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice that is very timely:  High Anxiety: Racism, the Law, and Legal Education.  Here’s the abstract: Conspicuously absent from the United States’ ongoing discourse about its racist history is a more honest discussion about the individual and personal stressors … Continue reading Elayne Greenberg: “High Anxiety: Racism, the Law, and Legal Education” →

Len Riskin Pulls It All Together in Managing Conflict Mindfully

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I had the good fortune to be Len Riskin’s colleague from 2000, when I arrived in Missouri, until he moved to the University of Florida in 2007. He now is a Visiting Professor of Law and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law … Continue reading Len Riskin Pulls It All Together in Managing Conflict Mindfully →

Bush’s and Lande’s Differing Perspectives of Mediation Theory

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Thanks to Andrea Schneider, the Cardozo Journal on Dispute Resolution’s faculty advisor, and its editors, the Journal just published articles by Professor Robert A. Baruch Bush and me expressing differing perspectives about basic mediation theory.  I appreciate this opportunity to publish our perspectives and share them with readers. Prof. Bush’s article is Beyond the Toolbox: … Continue reading Bush’s and Lande’s Differing Perspectives of Mediation Theory →

St. John’s Carey Center Award Ceremony on April 19, 2023

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From Elayne Greenberg: Please join us online as we present the St. John’s University School of Law Carey Center’s 2023 Dispute Resolution Advancement Award to Professors Jessica Bregant, Jennifer K. Robbennolt, and Verity Winship.  They  will discuss the award-winning research reported in their Harvard Negotiation Law Review article, “Perceptions of Settlement.”  Read more about this year’s award winners. Starting with the premise that little is … Continue reading St. John’s Carey Center Award Ceremony on April 19, 2023 →