Sister Helen returned to the University of Oregon campus earlier this year, and you can access a free, YouTube version of her one-hour presentation on the death penalty, justice, reconciliation, forgiveness, and human rights here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOHAWOmdNG8 Michael Moffitt

For those interested in the important and growing field of Environmental Dispute Resolution, the Pace Environmental Law Review just published a special volume entitled “Environmental Interest Dispute Resolution Changing Times-Changing Practice.”  I contributed a co-authored piece on Environmental Dispute Resolution in the Law School Curriculum.  Other scholarship published includes: ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST DISPUTE RESOLUTION: CHANGING TIMES— … Continue reading Pace Environmental Law Review publishes special volume devoted to EDR →

You can now register here for the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Spring Conference in San Francisco, CA.  It will take place April 7-10, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.  Wednesday, April 7 will feature two separate one-day symposia on Collaborative Law and Court ADR.  The Legal Educators’ Colloquium will take place on Saturday, April 10.  I hope … Continue reading Registration now open for the ABA DR Spring Conference →

I am just returning from UNLV’s wonderful conference on Conflict Resolution in a time of Economic Crisis.  We (myself & Natalie Fleury, our program manager for dispute resolution here at Marquette) were part of a panel talking about foreclosure mediation around the country.  Speakers on our panel discussed Ohio, Florida, Nevada in addition to ours.  … Continue reading Foreclosure Mediation Program Differences? →

… has now appeared in print [cluttering your mailboxes soon] and online [here]. My article is undoubtedly not the best researched.  (I’d personally give that prize to Amy Cohen’s article.) Mine may be the funniest, though.  That counts, right?  Please say “yes,” because I’m up for promotion this year, and that’s pretty much been my … Continue reading Fordham Law Review symposium issue on Owen Fiss →

Many of you know that I’ve spent a considerable amount of time studying attorney negotiation ethics the past few years, and as a result, I’ve been speaking on the topic to both academic and practitioner audiences quite a bit.  One constant I’ve noticed is that almost everyone knows that puffing is a form of acceptable … Continue reading The Best Blog Post About Puffing Ever →

In December I wrote about the apology a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Detention Officer was ordered to give after taking some papers from the defense attorney’s file in open court.  To refresh your recollection, the Detention Officer refused to apologize for conduct he thought was appropriate, so the Judge held him in contempt of court and ordered him to … Continue reading Appellate Arguments – the Sheriff’s Detention Officer and His Refusal to Apologize →

The University of Oregon School of Law is pleased to host this year’s installment of the ADR Works-in-Progress Conference.  We’ll be gathering in Eugene, Oregon, October 15-16, 2010. Lots more information soon.  (No, Andrea, no details yet on precisely which local wines we’ll be serving.) For now, please mark the dates on your calendars and … Continue reading 2010 Works-In-Progress, October in Oregon →

Today, AT&T filed a petition for certiorari in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, raising the question “[w]hether the FAA preempts States from conditioning the enforcement of an arbitration agreement on the availability of particular procedures–here, class-wide arbitration–when those procedures are not necessary to ensure that the parties to the arbitration agreement are able to vindicate … Continue reading Cert Petition Filed Raising FAA Preemption — Concepcion →

Surely there are fewer better proxies for legitimacy than to be the target of The Onion. http://www.theonion.com/content/news/saints_colts_hoping_to_resolve —— Saints, Colts Hoping To Resolve Super Bowl Through Diplomacy JANUARY 29, 2010 | ONION SPORTS MIAMI—Team officials from the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts emerged from a tense, 12-hour negotiating session Thursday and told reporters that, … Continue reading Football, Diplomacy, and The Onion →