Jim Devine, a former colleague and professor of mine at the University of Missouri School of Law unexpectedly passed away yesterday. While Jim was not an ADR scholar, plenty of us (including yours truly) can point to things he did to help us along in our careers. That’s the sort of person he was, always helping others be the … Continue reading Jim Devine, Rest In Peace
From Jean Sternlight: I write to encourage you to have your students submit their good papers to the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Boskey Writing Competition. Named after James Boskey, a long-time leader in our field, the competition is open to all full and part-time J.D. students. To be eligible papers should address an aspect of … Continue reading Boskey Competition – Call for Papers and Judges
National Public Radio’s All Things Considered reported today on the growth of problem solving courts specifically for veterans. These courts, like drug courts, use a “carrot and stick” approach to provide help to vets who have committed crimes. The story reported that there are currently over 24 such courts and that eligibility is not limited … Continue reading Problem Solving Courts for Vets
In honor of my students turning in their final Negotiation journals today and in the spirit of my former dean who would post his first year law school grades just to remind us all that he was human, I wanted to share a recent negotiation failure. (Just because we teach it, doesn’t mean we get … Continue reading Negotiation Failures
Yesterday, my Judge died. Ann Aldrich, the federal judge for whom I clerked when I got out of law school, was a Carter appointee. She was one of the first women to graduate from NYU’s law school. As a practitioner, she argued the United Church of Christ v FCC civil rights case that expanded the … Continue reading My Judge
This past week we’ve been passing along some of the commentary on the Supreme Court’s opinion in the Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds case, which came down last week. Below is a response that Alvin L. Goldman sent out on the list-serv in response to Kirgis’ and Sternlight’s comments. Some of the discussion suggests to me overly … Continue reading Goldman’s Take on AnimalFeeds
Here is a link to an article (in which yours truly is quoted) covering the case: http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20100502/ISSUE01/305029980. I had a nice chat about Jackson with Professor Stephen Ware at our 20th law school reunion this past weekend. After that discussion, I am torn about predicting the outcome of this case. I think that a result … Continue reading Jackson v. Rent-a-Center West
Earlier this week Sarah gave us her take on the Supreme Court’s recent AnimalFeeds decision. Here’s another take, this one by Paul Kirgis that he recently sent out on the ADR law prof list-serv. Colleagues- I happen to be teaching class and consumer arbitration this week, a propitious moment for the Supreme Court to hand … Continue reading More on Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds
The call for papers for this year’s Conference on Empirical Legal Studies has hit. This conference is one of the most prestigious conferences, and this year’s conference will be at Yale Law School. Good luck with your submissions. ———————– CALL FOR PAPERS FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES at YALE LAW SCHOOL November … Continue reading Conference on Empirical Legal Studies – Call for Papers
As I mentioned in my previous post, I did plan on blogging about Jackson v. Rent-a-Center West but was side-tracked by the issuance of the Stolt-Nielsen decision. As many of you know, the question in the Jackson case is whether an agreement between a consumer and a business that sends the question of whether the … Continue reading Oral Argument in Jackson v. Rent-a-Center West