In an earlier post, I mentioned that my colleagues at Ohio State are working on a new form of ADR — Election ADR or EL-ADR. Readers may be interested to know about an Oct. 20 (at 10:00 a.m.) event co-sponsored by Election Law @ Moritz, the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project, and Georgetown’s Supreme Court Institute. … Continue reading Upcoming Election ADR Event
With the start of the new year, I made a resolution that I would do a better job of keeping up on other law blogs out there, particularly those on dispute resolution. I have actually set up RSS feeds and am reading, if not daily, at least regularly some of what is posted on other … Continue reading The DR Blogosphere
Because of multiple requests, we are going to extend the submission deadline for AALS Dispute Resolution Works-in-Progress conference. The original deadline was today at noon, but it is now extended to Monday September 15th at 6pm Pacific time. The conference itself is scheduled for Friday (all day) and Saturday (morning), October 24th and 25th at … Continue reading Another Deadline Extended – AALS DR Section WIP Conference
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Hall Street opinion in March 2008 made clear that the Court believes that the FAA does not provide a basis for parties to expand contractually the scope of judicial reviews of arbitral awards. But the Court specifically left open the possibility that state statutory or common law might provide a basis … Continue reading Has California Answered Hall Street’s Invitation Already?
Consider this note to be a last second reminder that the deadline for submitting a presentation proposal for the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference in New York City in April is looming. Originally the submission deadline was tomorrow September 5th, but it has been extended to Thursday September 11th. To make a submission go to … Continue reading ABA Dispute Resolution Conference Proposals
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may have noticed a new name listed in the contributors column on the left hand portion of the screen. My name is Art Hinshaw and I’m a Clinical Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University where I act … Continue reading An Introduction . . . .
In line with Michael’s previous post on jobs, let me also link to Emily Menn’s list of Jobs in Dispute Resolution. Emily, who is one of Marquette’s grads in Dispute Resolution and now the Director of Education and Professional Development for the New York State DR Association, runs a listserve for those interested in either posting … Continue reading More ADR Jobs
I haven’t seen a copy of this year’s AALS Recruitment Bulletin, so I’m not sure how many law schools have specifically advertised that they are hiring in ADR this season. The University of Oregon School of Law is looking to add a tenure-track ADR faculty member this year. (The official ad appears at the end … Continue reading Hiring New ADR Faculty ?
The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR Institute) has announced its Corporate Leadership prize for 2008, and it’s going to Microsoft and Brad Smith, Microsoft’s General Counsel. The press release mentions Microsoft’s highly visible encounter with ADR in the context of the US v Microsoft antitrust litigation. I don’t have enough familiarity with … Continue reading CPR Prize to Microsoft
Of course, headline writers invariably overstate what the subsequent article actually says. The NYT Business Section ran an article by this title last week, and the headline-to-content mismatch is no more egregious than is probably typical for such articles. The newspaper article describes a soon-to-be published empirical study of settlement behavior, the conclusion of which, … Continue reading The New York Times: “Study Finds Settling is Better than Going to Trial”