Conversations with Symposium Authors

ADR's Place in Navigating a Polarized Era

Although the March 20, 2020 symposium was not held in person due to COVID, the symposium authors’ articles are available online, and video conversations with the authors are available below.  Each video conversation focuses on the author’s article or presentation for the symposium.

Published articles: 

Jennifer Reynolds’ article, published in the Texas A&M Law Review, is available here.  All of the other symposium authors’ articles are available in a symposium issue of the Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution, available here.

Video conversations with symposium authors and presenters:

• Jennifer Reynolds – Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Faculty Research and Programs, and Faculty Director, ADR Center, University of Oregon School of Law – “Talking About Abortion (Listening Optional)” - Professors Nancy Welsh and Cynthia Alkon in conversation with Professor Reynolds (https://youtu.be/hDwjEBFcxnM)    


• Jill DeTemple – Chair of Religious Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, and, by courtesy, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University – “The Spaces We Make: Dialogic Classrooms and Social Transformation” - Professors Nancy Welsh and Peter Reilly in conversation with Professor DeTemple (https://youtu.be/oBVzqVR1Qso)


• Deborah Eisenberg – Piper & Marbury Professor of Law, Director of Center for Dispute Resolution, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law – “Beyond Settlement: Reconceptualizing ADR as ‘Conflict Process Strategy’” - Professors Nancy Welsh and Peter Reilly in conversation with Professor Eisenberg (https://youtu.be/5npBds7AUJs)


• Howard Gadlin – Ombudsman and Director, Center for Cooperative Resolution, National Institutes of Health (Retired) – “The Center Cannot Hold: Challenges to Ombuds in Federal Agencies During Times of Political Turmoil” (unpublished manuscript) – Professors Nancy Welsh and Carol Pauli in conversation with Howard Gadlin (https://youtu.be/XRWbtG4JCVk)


• Joint conversation – Professor Nancy Welsh with Professors Sharon Press, Nancy Rogers, Josh Stulberg and Bill Froehlich (https://youtu.be/BOpIsPBsqPE)
  
  • “Using Dispute Resolution Skills to Heal a Community” - Sharon Press, Professor of Law and Director, Dispute Resolution Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
  • “Sharing Dispute Resolution Practices with Leaders of a Divided Community or Campus: Strategies for Two Crucial Conversations” - Nancy Rogers, Professor Emeritus; Josh Stulberg, Emeritus Moritz Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Interim Co-Director, Divided Community Project; and William Froehlich, Langdon Fellow in Dispute Resolution and Deputy Director, Divided Community Project, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

► Details @ law.tamu.edu/ADRSymposium

     
On Friday, November 16, 2018, Texas A&M Law’s Dispute Resolution Program ​held its 2018 annual symposium: Shining a Light on Dispute Resolution: Transparency, Metrics and Empirical Research with a keynote presentation by Tom Stipanowich. Panels ​focused on:

• Mediation and online dispute resolution (ODR) in the courts
• Plea bargaining, and
• Diversity/inclusivity among neutrals

On Saturday, November 17, 2018, Texas A&M also ​hosted a half-day Regional Dispute Resolution “Schmooze.” ​It was an opportunity for participants to:

• Present and receive feedback on dispute resolution-related scholarly works-in-progress and
• Provide feedback to the National Center for State Courts and The Pew Charitable Trusts regarding evaluation metrics for court-connected ODR pilots.