The folks at the Saltman Center at UNLV are hosting a conference on ADR and the economic crisis, February 12-13, 2010.  The program includes a look at foreclosure mediation, arbitration and bankruptcy, and the effects of the economy on community and court mediation programs.  The topics and the speaker list look fantastic! For details: http://www.law.unlv.edu/pdf/SaltmanCenterConference_Feb2010_program.pdf … Continue reading Conflict Resolution and the Economic Crisis →

Sarah Cole offered a wager of a box of buckeyes, looking forward to the Rose Bowl.  I’m  not entirely sure what category of ADR theory this would fall under.  Because the standard ADR lexicon doesn’t recognize “Ways to Surrender a Box of Buckeyes” as one of the field’s core principles, I guess we can shove … Continue reading Of Roses and Contingent Agreements →

The only thing these two movies have in common is that I recently saw each movie. Both of these movies also have some interesting and vastly different views of dispute resolution.  Avatar is the classic tale of corporate/colonial greed at the expense of a native population.  Some of the humans take the form of avatars … Continue reading Avatar and Invictus →

Because I was screaming so much at the television yesterday during the Steelers-Packers game….  It was hard to outscream my three boys but I am proud to say that I am up to the task (my students would not doubt this ability).  Following up on my post from last February on football mania, there is definitely something … Continue reading I Can’t Speak →

I’m heading back to Oklahoma to spend the holidays with my folks, and I won’t be on the blog while I’m away – as if I’ve been doing much posting since I’ve started grading (only 10 more papers left and I’m done – yay!).  In the meantime I thought I’d leave you with some holiday cheer … Continue reading Happy Hollydays, er uh, Holidays →

The journal’s deadline, for submissions as I understand it, is January 11, and articles can be sent to submissions@cojcr.org.  From an email I received earlier this evening from their Editor-in-Chief, I understand that they have a particular interest in articles discussion “practical applications of ADR, although anything is welcome.” MM

A colleague, Professor Stewart Harris, recently published a piece in The Law Teacher with the catchy title:  “Sometimes, We Really Do Suck” available at http://lawteaching.org/lawteacher/2009fall/lawteacher2009fall.pdf.  (scroll to page 18).  Professor Harris wrote about student evaluations and recommends that professors should regularly look at the written student evaluations and seriously consider how to make changes to … Continue reading So, what did you think of the class? →

We have an interesting political issue here in Phoenix that touches on apologies, a topic of great interest to many in the ADR world.  In a rather routine sentencing hearing at the Superior Court in the midst of defense counsel’s arguments to the court, a detention officer took a document out of the defense attorney’s … Continue reading Apology and Contempt →

Melissa Manwaring asked me to post a brief announcement regarding the great “On Teaching” columns in the Negotiation Journal.  I often find these columns incredibly helpful so I hope that some of us take her up on the offer below: Negotiation Journal (published by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and Blackwell Publishing) … Continue reading Negotiation Journal Seeks Submissions →

Last week’s coverage of the pending purchase of NBC by cable giant Comcast reminded me of Jamie Moffitt’s paper presented at the Works in Progress conference last month.  Jamie’s article, entitled Merging in the Shadow of the Law: Why Judicial Efficiency Analysis Matters examines current judicial interpretation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act through the lens of … Continue reading Is NBC Bargaining in the Shadow of Fuzzy Antitrust Law? →