National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals Partners with American Association for Justice and Defense Research Institute

Will Pryor
For two or three years I have been encouraging you, the reader, to give attention to the National Academy...

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Predictive Analytics Help Lawyers Make Precise Decisions

Don Philbin, International Legal Technology Association
Cheap storage and fast computers have accelerated information production. We create more information every...

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The Winning "ReInvent Law London" Talk Proposals

Daniel Martin Katz, Computational Legal Studies
Larry Bridgesmith "Letting Technology Process and Lawyers Practice"   Andrew Burgess "Legal...

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New Advanced Decision Analysis Course Description

Randy Kiser & Don Philbin
Lawyers create value for their clients by effectively representing them in negotiations. Transactional...

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Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory

Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
The fact patterns of this course will be familiar to the experienced mediator and trial advocate in negotiation:...

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Arbitration and Access to Justice: Economic Analysis
Beth Graham, Disputing
Omri Ben-Shahar, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, has written a thoughtful paper entitled Arbitration...

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Ninth Circuit Revives California Law That Allows Plaintiffs Seeking Injunctive Relief To Avoid Arbitration
Liz Kramer, Arbitration Nation
More than one year ago, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit determined that California case law, which precluded arbitration...

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The Present and Future of ADR
Chris Poole, JAMS ADR Blog
At the recent ABA Dispute Resolution Section conference in Chicago a panel that included myself, Debbie Masucci, past president...

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Conceptualizing Contractual Interpretation
Alan Schwartz & Joel Watson, The Journal of Legal Studies
Contract interpretation is an important subject for lawyers but there are few rigorous economic analyses. We use a formal...

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