Faculty Making Waves

STEPHANIE BLONDELL LEADS INITIATIVES ON ADR CLINICAL PEDAGOGY IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

Professor Stephanie Blondell became co-chair of the ADR Committee in the AALS Section on Clinical Education, with professor Toby Guerin of Maryland Carey School of Law. In this role, she has regularly convened clinical faculty who teach mediation in a virtual think tank, that creates the space to solve pedagogical issues related to the pandemic. She also presented at the ABA Dispute Resolution Spring Conference on this topic, and her remarks centered on how clinical faculty have adapted to court shutdowns, eviction moratoriums, and remote teaching.

TOM STIPANOWICH PUBLISHES “DEAR 1L: FIVE GUIDEPOSTS FOR YOUR FUTURE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE” IN CARDOZO JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Professor Thomas J. Stipanowich’s article, “Dear 1L: Five Guideposts for Your Future Professional Practice,” has been published in the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. The article is coauthored with professor Lela P. Love of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. The article serves as a message to law students about the range of skills and insights that lawyers should bring to their work, and advises them to put litigation into a broader perspective.

MAUREEN WESTON PUBLISHED IN GONZAGA LAW REVIEW ON LAW PRACTICE DURING COVID-19

Professor Maureen Arellano Weston’s article, “Lawyering and

Representing Organizational Clients in a Public Health Crisis,”

has been published in the Gonzaga Law Review, 56 Gonz. L. R. 259 (2020). The article considers the response of the legal profession to the crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The unprecedented public health and financial crisis . . . calls upon the legal profession to go beyond traditional, adversarial, ‘rights’-based representation and disputing force majeure liability toward working with clients and collaborating with counterparts as partners in joint problem solving, innovative thinking, and developing viable options to help meet the parties’ mutual interests in safety, surviving, and perhaps even thriving, during and after the pandemic,” stated Weston.

SUKHSIMRANJIT SINGH LEADS GLOBAL JUSTICE MEDIATION TRAINING IN GHANA

Professor Sukhsimranjit Singh led a transformative ADR training in Kumasi, Ghana, which was supported by Pepperdine Caruso Law’s Sudreau Global Justice Institute, and the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development of the US Department of Justice. Singh was joined by Straus adjunct professor Selina Shultz, and together they trained a group of legal aid staff in mediation and conflict communication.

“We are training and making some great connections, but above all, we are so pleased to meet some of the best people in the world: Ghanians,” said Singh. The week-long training had the specific goal of improving legal services in civil matters, in addition to serving as a key piece in the Sudreau Global Justice Institute’s larger vision of creating a sustainable public defense system in Ghana. Singh and Shultz trained legal aid staff on mediation and conflict resolution, thereby freeing up lawyers to provide direct legal services to those accused of a crime, but lacking legal representation.

Singh is immersed in research on global dispute resolution initiatives, and he recently edited a casebook, International Commercial Arbitration with Reference to India as an Emerging Hub, with professor Rajinder Kaur of Panjab University, published by Thomson Reuters (2021). The book discusses international trends in arbitration and focuses on the development of arbitration in India to meet the global parameters. The text provides insights on varied topics, including online arbitration, judicial intrusion, interpretation of public policy, and third-party funding. Professor Jack J. Coe, a notable expert in the field of international commercial arbitration, penned a foreword for the casebook.

Faculty Making Waves Continued

JACK COE PUBLISHES CHAPTER, “CONCURRENT CO-MEDIATION,” IN MEDIATION IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT DISPUTES

Professor Jack J. Coe’s book chapter, “Concurrent

Co-Mediation—Toward a More Collaborative Centre

of Gravity in Investor-State Dispute Resolution,” was published in Mediation in International Commercial and Investment Disputes by Oxford University Press. The book brings together a group of highly qualified experts from academia, mediation and arbitration institutions, and international legal practice, who address the subject from a variety of angles.

MICHAEL HELFAND PRESENTS “THE FUTURE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES” AT JEWISH CURRENTS FUTURES FORUM

Professor Michael A. Helfand spoke on “The Future of Religious Liberties” at a Jewish Currents Futures Forum on October 5, 2021. Helfand’s book chapter, also addressing the interplay of religion and the legal system, “What is Jewish Law? A Conceptual View from US Courts” was published in the Oxford Legal Handbook on Jewish Law. The text considers the assumption that Jewish practices qualify as religion and discusses how US courts treat Jewish law. In the piece, Helfand touches upon arbitration agreements that litigants often enter into by submitting Jewish legal matters to a rabbinical court.

PETER ROBINSON PRESENTS AT 2021 ABA DISPUTE RESOLUTION CONFERENCE

Professor Emeritus Peter Robinson presented “The Value of an Effective Apology in Resolving Business Disputes” at the American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution Spring 2021 Conference. Professor Robinson is the author of Apology, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation for Good Lawyers and Other Peacemakers, in which he outlines a variety of approaches to apology and forgiveness, thereby empowering readers to better manage their relational conflicts.