Pre-dispute Arbitration Clauses-Can They All Be Right?

CALIFORNIA IS IN the eye of the storm over the enforcement of pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer and employment cases. These non-negotiated agreements to arbitrate all future disputes, imbedded in contracts that are offered on a take it or leave it basis, curtail any meaningful opportunity to pursue a claim in court and limit the right to be part of a class action lawsuit

Arbitration Ethics–Is California the Future?

Published in cooperation with the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolutio

Desarrollo de la práctica de la mediación en los Estados Unidos

In this article Dean Folberg describes the evolution of mediation in the United States. Decades ago, it started with early experiments carried on by the courts to reduce caseloads; and by community based programs, to provide cheaper alternatives for people that could not afford a lawyer, or better alternatives for relationship sensitive cases as divorces or ongoing labor disputes. Today, it has become the main way to resolve disputes, and is embraced by all legal practitioners. Mediation is considered a profession in itself, providing a specialized service for all areas of the law, including highly complex commercial cases. This article provides a look into the future of the field in our country.En este artículo, el Decano Folberg describe el desarrollo de la mediación en los Estados Unidos. Hace décadas inició con experimentos tempranos llevados a cabo por cortes que buscaban reducir la carga de casos; y por programas comunitarios que buscaban proveer alternativas más baratas para quienes no podían pagar un abogado, o mejores alternativas para casos en los cuales la relación era un tema sensible, como divorcios o disputas laborales continuas. Hoy en día, la mediación es la principal manera de resolver disputas, y ha sido adoptada por todos los profesionales del Derecho. La Mediación es considerada una profesión en sí misma, proveyendo un servicio especializado para todas las áreas del Derecho, incluyendo casos comerciales altamente complejos. Este artículo ofrece una mirada al futuro del campo en nuestro país

Resolving Disputes : Theory, Practice and Law

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Principles for Designing Negotiation Instruction

This article analyzes recommendations in the Rethinking Negotiation Teaching (RNT) series. Instructors teaching negotiation and other dispute resolution subjects have long had a hard time trying to cover everything they would like in their courses. The RNT project has documented (and, to some extent, stimulated) a growing profusion of ideas and techniques for teaching negotiation, which has multiplied instructors’ dilemmas in designing their courses. Since instructors cannot teach everything they would like, this article suggests some general principles for making decisions about what to include and how to conduct these courses. Clearly, there is no single right or best way to teach negotiation, so instructors should select approaches based on the particular audiences, settings, and goals of the instruction. It is valuable to include a widely-taught “canon of negotiation,” so that people can have a common “language” of negotiation theory and practice, while also tailoring instruction to the particular circumstances of each course. This tailoring should be oriented to the assumptions, ideas, and values that students bring into the classroom, as they will have to integrate new ideas and experiences into their pre-existing mindsets. Instructors should also design their courses to promote students\u27 motivation to engage in the course activities productively. This article catalogs a wide range of instructional enhancements beyond the traditional canon of negotiation, including a range of perspectives, theories, assumptions, topics for instruction, teaching methods, and related issues