Program on Alternative Dispute Resolution

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Ten Graduates Received Certificate in Dispute Resolution

May 14, 2010 - We are proud to announce that 10 members of the Class of 2010 earned Moritz's Certificate in Dispute Resolution. The students earning the certificate this year are: Igor Brin, Candace Crear, Ben Hunt, Rick Miller, Tim Nittle, Chad Noward, Adam Primm, Renata Staff, Priya Tamilarasan, and Kyla Williger. Read More

Ryan Smith Wins 2010 Rogers Prize

April 20, 2010 - Ryan Smith is the winner of the 2010 Nancy H. Rogers Prize in Dispute Resolution Scholarship for submitting the most outstanding paper on a dispute resolution topic. His paper, Good Faith a La Carte: A Cafeteria-Style Approach to Defining Participation Standards in Contractual Compulsory Mediation Clauses was judged the best by a committee of professors who teach ADR courses. Read More

The 2010 Schwartz Lecture: Is Deliberative Polling the Wave of the Future in Public Discourse?

April 15, 2010 - Professor James Fishkin of Stanford University delivered a compelling Schwartz Lecture on April 15th, 2010. In his talk, Fishkin described and advocated for a new model of public discourse. Through Deliberative Polling, Fishkin and his colleagues argue, the citizenry is more inclined to think about issues in a more sophisticated way and reach more reasoned conclusions than in traditional polling. Read More

Professor Quigley Delivers Lecture in the West Bank on the Arab-Israeli Negotiations

March 22, 2010 - Professor John Quigley, President's Club Professor of Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, spoke on Palestinian statehood at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank village of the same name. In his lecture, Professor Quigley argued that Palestine is a sovereign state under international law, so any negotiations between the Israeli government and the Palestinian leadership should be premised on that fact. Read More

ADR Competition Round-up

March 1, 2010 - Ohio State University Moritz College of Law students competed in two ADR competitions during this academic year, the ABA Negotiation Competition and the ABA Representation in Mediation Competition. In a field of 24 teams from across the country, Beth Uhrich and Catie Coleman advanced to the semifinal round of the ABA Negotiation Competition before being eliminated. In the Representation in Mediation Competition, Jessica Kim and Beth Uhrich finished in third place, just missing an opportunity to advance to the national competition in San Francisco on April 7.