ADR Prof Blog

James Stark and Douglas Frenkel have published Using Fear and Guilt to Persuade: What Might Empirical Research Tell Mediators? in the Winter 2013 Dispute Resolution Magazine, pages 26-29. The article’s opening scenario describes the predicament of a mediator who is working with a plaintiff who is getting “less reasonable as the mediation progresses” and appears [...]

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FOI Kristen Blankley (Nebraska) has posted “Advancements in Arbitral Immunity and Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards Create Ethical Loopholes in Arbitration” on SSRN. The paper was presented at a University of Nebraska Law and Psychology Symposium entitled: “Justice, Conflict, and Well-Being” and will appear later this year in a book of articles from the symposium. [...]

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Rishi Batra (Whittier) has just published Providing Dispute Resolution Expertise to the Community in the Winter 2013 issue of Dispute Resolution Magazine. From the introduction: As schools and other public institutions struggle for funding, law schools and their students have new opportunities to fill unmet needs by providing consulting expertise in facilitation and dispute resolution. [...]

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Speaking of the WIP, Cynthia Alkon (Texas Wesleyan) has published a paper she presented at the Oregon WIP in 2013, The Flawed U.S. Approach to Rule of Law Development in the Penn State Law Review. The abstract: The key flaw to the United States’ approach to rule of law development is routinely including the “standard [...]

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Update: November 7-9 are the dates for this year’s AALS ADR Section Works-in-Progress Conference, hosted by Cardozo Law. Check out the flyer for details.

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