Tag Archives: Recent Scholarship

Call for Submissions – Works in Progress Conference and Student Writing Competition on International Dispute Resolution

From my colleague, S.I. Strong: The Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri School of Law and the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Dispute Resolution and Midwest Interest Groups, in association with Young ICSID, are pleased to announce two upcoming events:  (1) a works-in-progress conference and (2) student writing competition.   Both events focus on … Continue reading Call for Submissions – Works in Progress Conference and Student Writing Competition on International Dispute Resolution →

Seventh Annual Cyber-Conference on Dispute Resolution – April 12, 2017

Brian Jarrett sent a note to mark your calendars for the Seventh Annual Cyber-Conference on Dispute Resolution, which will take place on April 12, 2017, from noon to 2:30 pm PST. The website has some basic information now and will be updated in the future. Here’s its description of the history and purpose of the … Continue reading Seventh Annual Cyber-Conference on Dispute Resolution – April 12, 2017 →

Mashburn on Mediation in Open Adoption Cases

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Probably like most faculty who read this blog, at my school, we are very proud of our students (or most of them, anyway).  We want to let people know of their good work, so we are highlighting some of their publications in our Journal of Dispute Resolution. I am starting with an excellent comment by … Continue reading Mashburn on Mediation in Open Adoption Cases →

Virtual Symposium on Evidence in International Arbitration

From my colleague, S.I. Strong: I wanted to let you know that Young OGEMID (a listserve for junior specialists in international arbitration) is holding its third “virtual” symposium, this time on evidence in international arbitration.   Virtual symposia are conducted entirely by email, so you can follow it as closely as you want (or not), and … Continue reading Virtual Symposium on Evidence in International Arbitration →

Please Put Away Your Damn Phone and Pay Attention

Good. Now I have your attention . . . for the nanosecond before you check your Facebook page. I just read two articles about the difficulties of “single-tasking,” aka paying attention. A cute piece in the New York Times identifies a number of problems with multi-tasking with electronic devices and quotes psychologist Kelly McGonigal who … Continue reading Please Put Away Your Damn Phone and Pay Attention →

Why We Are Conducting Missouri’s Tower of Babel Symposium and What I Hope We Accomplish

In a recent post, I described the structure of Missouri’s upcoming symposium entitled “Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel: Toward a World of Mutual Understanding,” which will take place on October 7, 2016. In this post, I tell why it came about and what I hope it will accomplish. Missouri’s Center for the … Continue reading Why We Are Conducting Missouri’s Tower of Babel Symposium and What I Hope We Accomplish →

A Wonderful Opportunity to Learn More About Negotiation

Probably like many readers of this blog, I have been so busy with many things at work that I rarely have taken the time to study something in depth unless it was necessary for some work project.  For many of us, the last time we really did so was when we were in school as … Continue reading A Wonderful Opportunity to Learn More About Negotiation →

A No-Brainer?

One might assume that using a “planned early dispute resolution” (PEDR) system should be a “no-brainer” for businesses that regularly litigate because litigation-as-usual undermines many business interests such as efficiency, protection of reputations and relationships, control of disputing and business operations generally, and risk management, among others. Although this seems like a plausible assumption, the … Continue reading A No-Brainer? →

Another View of the New FRCP Rules

I recently posted an item citing the IAALS’s work touting the benefits of the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For a counterpoint, here’s a draft article by SMU Professor Elizabeth G. Thornburg, Cognitive Bias, the ‘Band of Experts,’ and the Anti-Litigation Narrative.  Here’s the abstract: In December of 2015, yet another … Continue reading Another View of the New FRCP Rules →