Yesterday, I participated in a panel reviewing AT&T v. Concepcion and its implications for the future. The panel included a defense lawyer and a lawyer from Public Justice. Efforts to limit Concepcion through litigation have not fared well to this point, but the better arguments seem to be that Concepcion could be limited to its … Continue reading Information about AAA updating class arbitration rules and fallout from Concepcion →

This is a friendly reminder from our friends at Creighton that the Works-in-Progress Conference is still accepting submissions.  The conference, is hosted this year by The Werner Institute at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska. The WIP is a tradition started five years ago that provides a great opportunity for  ADR scholars to share current research, receive … Continue reading Reminder–Works-in-Progress Conference →

On Saturday September 10, 2011 ASU will be hosting our annual Aspiring Law Professors’ Conference.  As the conference web site states: Designed for Visiting Assistant Professors, Fellows and others who plan to go on the academic teaching market, but valuable to anyone considering a career as a law professor. *  Learn to succeed in the entry-level … Continue reading Aspiring Law Professors Conference →

Before heading to Pepperdine for the Teaching Law School ADR Courses I promised some blog posts related to the conference.  Between moving across town and then heading to Hamline to teach a summer session, I haven’t had time to get any up until now.  Here are my thoughts from the plane ride home.  _______________________  Reflections … Continue reading Reflections – Conference on Teaching Law School ADR Courses →

In Dallas last week, a court overturned a $22 million (!) arbitration decision because the arbitrator had failed to disclose that he had socialized with one of the lawyers.  As the Wall Street Journal law blog reported: Arbitration awards, as most litigators know, are very difficult to overturn on appeal. That’s why a Dallas appellate court’s … Continue reading Arbitrator’s Social Life Overturns Award →

I have recently learned of two books that seem interesting: ANNOYING: The Science of What Bugs Us by Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman (thanks to Natalie Fleury!); and It’s Always Personal: Emotion in the New Workplace by Ann Kraemer. The New York Times gave a review of the Annoying book at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/health/26zuger.html The Washington Post … Continue reading Annoying Emotions →

My local NPR station recently ran a program on collaborative law that I missed the first time it aired. It is a good one hour conversation between three local (North Texas) collaborative law practitioners: a lawyer, an accountant, and a therapist. I thought it was particularly interesting to listen to the perspectives of the non-lawyer … Continue reading Collaborative Law Summer Re-run →

Arizona State has launched a national search for Dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of  Law.  The Dean Search Committee, of which I am a member, had an organizational meeting last week and we’re rearing to go.   ASU is an energetic university with a very active and engaged law school.  We’re a law school going places both figuratively and literally, … Continue reading Dean Search Announcement at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University →