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Register for Virtual Book Launch: The Federal Arbitration Act: Successes, Failures, and a Roadmap for Reform

  Please join me (Jill Gross – Haub Law/Pace) and Rick Bales (Ohio Northern) for the online book launch of THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT: SUCCESSES, FAILURES, AND A ROADMAP FOR REFORM, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Federal Arbitration Act, this volume brings together a … Continue reading Register for Virtual Book Launch: The Federal Arbitration Act: Successes, Failures, and a Roadmap for Reform →

ADR Scholarship Projects – January 2025

Happy New Year everyone! Here is the latest installment of scholarship projects by ADR Profs and practitioners all around the country. Thanks again to Peter Reilly (Texas A&M) for compiling and circulating this impressive list. Hal Abramson (Touro Law) Time-Pressured Negotiations 30.2 Harv. Negot. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025) This article considers how to negotiate when you … Continue reading ADR Scholarship Projects – January 2025 →

UC Law SF’s Spring 2025 ADR Speaker Series is here!

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On behalf of the from The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) at UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), I am pleased to announce our annual ADR Speaker Series for the Spring.  Our fabulous presenters include: Prof. Shahla Ali, Hong Kong University, on “The Dynamics of Infrastructure Dispute Mitigation” (Jan. 22) Prof. Carrie … Continue reading UC Law SF’s Spring 2025 ADR Speaker Series is here! →

Updates to Collections of Real Practice Systems Project Publications

This year, I wrote a lot of blog posts and short SSRN articles about the Real Practice Systems (RPS) Project, particularly about attorneys’ real practice systems and legal education.  The Project is designed to improve understanding about how dispute resolution practitioners think and act and to help practitioners act more consciously and intentionally.  I updated … Continue reading Updates to Collections of Real Practice Systems Project Publications →

A Concurring Dissent, or a Dissenting Concurrence, on Law Review Reprints

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My friend and colleague John Lande just posted a musing about law review reprints. John notes that he misses law review reprints only because he now receives no personalized notes from reprints’ authors. John did not need to rehearse the reasons for reprints’ relatively recent demise. He didn’t need to. These reasons are well understood … Continue reading A Concurring Dissent, or a Dissenting Concurrence, on Law Review Reprints →

Are You Preparing a Dispute Resolution Course Next Semester?

If so, take a look at this Model Mediation Course Syllabus With Teaching Notes – even if you are teaching a dispute resolution course other than mediation. The model syllabus includes a menu of topics, readings, and simulations that can be incorporated in many DR courses.  It includes links to short readings for students that … Continue reading Are You Preparing a Dispute Resolution Course Next Semester? →

If You Will Teach Mediation (or Other DR Course) Next Year, Read This

At this year’s AALS ADR Section WIP Conference, I presented data showing that more than 90% of law school mediation courses and more than 90% of the coverage in popular mediation texts focus on the mediator’s role.  I asked people what they think the emphasis generally should be in generic mediation courses, and here are … Continue reading If You Will Teach Mediation (or Other DR Course) Next Year, Read This →