Stolt-Nielsen v. Animalfeeds — Major Victory for Business

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I woke up today planning to blog about the oral argument in the Rent-a-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson case that was argued yesterday in the Supreme Court — I will get to that, but wanted to write first about a major arbitration decision the Supreme Court handed down today: Stolt-Nielsen v. Animalfeeds (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1198.pdf). The Court … Continue reading Stolt-Nielsen v. Animalfeeds — Major Victory for Business →

Job Interviews, Offensive Questions, and Effective Responses

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In my final ethics class last week, as we were ending the course with some discussion on how to choose law firms, balance life and work, etc, we also discussed how to deal with zinger/illegal/offensive interview questions.  The problem in the book was a classic–what would you do if the partner interviewing you for a … Continue reading Job Interviews, Offensive Questions, and Effective Responses →

NY’s Highest Court Requires Ability-to-Pay Hearing Before Enforcing Fee-Splitting Provision in Arbitration Agreement

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In a decision with ramifications for employees and consumers subject to a mandatory arbitration agreement, New York’s Court of Appeals recently held that an employee challenging the enforceability of a fee-splitting provision in a pre-dispute arbitration agreement is entitled to a factual hearing to establish that her inability to pay arbitration costs precluded her from vindicating … Continue reading NY’s Highest Court Requires Ability-to-Pay Hearing Before Enforcing Fee-Splitting Provision in Arbitration Agreement →

Getting Involved – Call for Volunteers to Assist with the ADR Technical Advisory Project

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Among all of the great ideas that came up at the ABA DR Section meetings in San Francisco, the idea of creating a group to provide technical advice on integrating ADR concepts into non-ADR courses may have the most impact.  This proposal comes from the one of the shoptalk sessions from the Legal Educators Colloquium on … Continue reading Getting Involved – Call for Volunteers to Assist with the ADR Technical Advisory Project →

Professional Learning Portfolios in law schools

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Deborah Jones Merritt (Ohio State) has recently posted her article “Pedagogy, Progress, and Portfolios” to SSRN (link here).  She presents thorough and intriguing visions of “Professional Learning Portfolios.”  One piece of her article describes the implications for those of us who teach ADR, although frankly, I think the ideas have at least as much relevance … Continue reading Professional Learning Portfolios in law schools →

Thinking about visiting? How does Vegas sound?

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Jean Sternlight from UNLV recently sent this email out via the AALS ADR Section list serv.  Her contact information is below. The Boyd Law School at U. Nevada Las Vegas may be hiring someone to teach two dispute resolution courses next winter/spring semester.  We are flexible re: which courses.  I guarantee good weather, good colleagues, … Continue reading Thinking about visiting? How does Vegas sound? →