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Redesigned Website for Federal ADR
June 16, 2015
The Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group has redesigned its website. The newly redesigned website includes many useful resources, including: A newly created directory of federal ADR programs and contacts; A second edition of the popular Electronic Guide to Federal Procurement; A listing of upcoming ADR events; and Access to recordings from previous ADR events
June 16, 2015
The Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group has redesigned its website. The newly redesigned website includes many useful resources, including: A newly created directory of federal ADR programs and contacts; A second edition of the popular Electronic Guide to Federal Procurement; A listing of upcoming ADR events; and Access to recordings from previous ADR events
50 Most Cited Private Law Articles
June 13, 2015
Harvard’s Project on the Foundations of Private Law has started an interesting blog entitled New Private Law.* As one of its introductory...
June 13, 2015
Harvard’s Project on the Foundations of Private Law has started an interesting blog entitled New Private Law.* As one of its introductory...
World Bank Hiring Behavioral Economist and Behavioral Scientist
June 5, 2015
As part of a broader World Bank Group effort to incorporate recent advances in the social and behavioral sciences into its projects and programs, and following upon the well-received World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior, the World Bank is recruiting an exceptional behavioral economist to work in its new Behavioral Innovations Lab (BIL) as well as an exceptional behavioral scientist.
June 5, 2015
As part of a broader World Bank Group effort to incorporate recent advances in the social and behavioral sciences into its projects and programs, and following upon the well-received World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior, the World Bank is recruiting an exceptional behavioral economist to work in its new Behavioral Innovations Lab (BIL) as well as an exceptional behavioral scientist.
Don’t Call It a Trial
June 3, 2015
Gary McGowan is a noted arbitrator and mediator based in Houston, but with a national and international presence. Gary is scheduled to join the State Bar of Texas ADR Section Council as a councilmember this summer. Gary's written an article, "Don't Call It a Trial: What Litigators Should Know about Arbitration" which was published in The Houston Lawyer. The article describes itself as a primer on arbitration, providing definitions of terms, the importance of the arbitration contract, and outlining...
June 3, 2015
Gary McGowan is a noted arbitrator and mediator based in Houston, but with a national and international presence. Gary is scheduled to join the State Bar of Texas ADR Section Council as a councilmember this summer. Gary's written an article, "Don't Call It a Trial: What Litigators Should Know about Arbitration" which was published in The Houston Lawyer. The article describes itself as a primer on arbitration, providing definitions of terms, the importance of the arbitration contract, and outlining...
UK Civil Justice Council Recommends eBay-Style Settlement System
April 15, 2015
The European Union, the Netherlands and Canada were the first. Now the UK body responsible for overseeing and co-ordinating the modernisation of the civil justice system is recommending setting up an online dispute resolution service for small civil claims – i.e. an ‘eBay-style’ justice system. The wheels of justice tend to move slowly in all democracies. Many people are therefore now advocating the creation of a sort of Courts 2.0 system, online platforms set up to deal with low value civil...
April 15, 2015
The European Union, the Netherlands and Canada were the first. Now the UK body responsible for overseeing and co-ordinating the modernisation of the civil justice system is recommending setting up an online dispute resolution service for small civil claims – i.e. an ‘eBay-style’ justice system. The wheels of justice tend to move slowly in all democracies. Many people are therefore now advocating the creation of a sort of Courts 2.0 system, online platforms set up to deal with low value civil...
Tax Boards Use An Online System To Resolve Disputes
March 16, 2015
As a proving ground for online dispute resolution, there is no better venue than eBay. Transactions there give rise to some 60 million disputes a year. Virtually all are handled through eBay's own ODR process. Ninety percent of the disputes are resolved through the software alone, without a need for human intervention. Of course, eBay and ODR are a natural fit. Buyers and sellers make their deals entirely online, so it makes sense for them to handle their disputes there. But what about brick-and-mortar...
March 16, 2015
As a proving ground for online dispute resolution, there is no better venue than eBay. Transactions there give rise to some 60 million disputes a year. Virtually all are handled through eBay's own ODR process. Ninety percent of the disputes are resolved through the software alone, without a need for human intervention. Of course, eBay and ODR are a natural fit. Buyers and sellers make their deals entirely online, so it makes sense for them to handle their disputes there. But what about brick-and-mortar...
Dispute Resolution of a New Generation
March 3, 2015
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms such as Arbitration have long been the main source of relief for international...
March 3, 2015
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms such as Arbitration have long been the main source of relief for international...
Sacred DR Stories
February 15, 2015
Let’s begin with a story from the Torah. Exodus 18 tells the story of Moses and his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. When Jethro visits his son-in-law in the Sinai wilderness, he discovers that Moses is spending entire days and nights trying to settle disputes among the people of Israel. Jethro tells Moses that what he’s doing is not good; that he’s going to wear himself out. Get help, Jethro says. Moses listens to his father-in-law and appoints “able men from all Israel”...
February 15, 2015
Let’s begin with a story from the Torah. Exodus 18 tells the story of Moses and his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. When Jethro visits his son-in-law in the Sinai wilderness, he discovers that Moses is spending entire days and nights trying to settle disputes among the people of Israel. Jethro tells Moses that what he’s doing is not good; that he’s going to wear himself out. Get help, Jethro says. Moses listens to his father-in-law and appoints “able men from all Israel”...
Hamline and William Mitchell Law Schools to Merge
February 14, 2015
Today’s big law school news is the merger of Hamline and William Mitchell Law Schools into the Mitchell/Hamline School of Law to be located on Mitchell’s St. Paul campus. This is of particular interest to us here because of Hamline’s strong ADR program with wonderful faculty who are good friends. In the true win-win nature of negotiation (sorry John for bringing up the old paradigm) this seems like one of those situations. Even though William Mitchell’s dean “acknowledged that combining...
February 14, 2015
Today’s big law school news is the merger of Hamline and William Mitchell Law Schools into the Mitchell/Hamline School of Law to be located on Mitchell’s St. Paul campus. This is of particular interest to us here because of Hamline’s strong ADR program with wonderful faculty who are good friends. In the true win-win nature of negotiation (sorry John for bringing up the old paradigm) this seems like one of those situations. Even though William Mitchell’s dean “acknowledged that combining...
New Book From Great Negotiator William Ury
February 13, 2015
I am sure many of you have read Getting To Yes, Getting Past No, and Beyond Reason from the brilliant people who started...
February 13, 2015
I am sure many of you have read Getting To Yes, Getting Past No, and Beyond Reason from the brilliant people who started...
