Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Student Article or Paper October 30, 2009 deadline

Original Student Article or Paper on events or issues in the field of ADR in November 2008 - October 2009. Articles must be published in 2009; outstanding papers prepared for courses requiring papers as substantial part of grade must be recommended for submission by professor.

DEADLINE: Friday, OCTOBER 30, 2009

Send entries to:

Anne C. Ferguson
Awards Administrator
CPR Awards Program
International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
575 Lexington Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10022

Entries may also be sent as electronic files (pdf or Word) to aferguson@cpradr.org.

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GUIDELINES

In 2009, the focus is on processes, techniques, systems, commitment and scholarship, which address the resolution, prevention or creative management of major disputes involving public or business institutions, such as those between corporations, between government and corporations, or among multiple parties.

ADR innovations in other areas, such as domestic relations or juvenile justice, are outside the parameters of this competition.

The Call for Entries and Nominations email is sent to Academic institutions and CPR Members in September each year for products that have been published that year or taught during the prior academic period, and entries are welcome until the deadline of Friday, October 30. The Award Winners are announced at the CPR Annual Meeting in January the following year.

To develop a better understanding of the kind of achievement and written work of most interest, we recommend your review of past Awards Program winners on this web site.

More information and links to information about prior awards: here

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Hat tip: University of Idaho Competitions page

Image: Will Simpson Butterflies

Dispute Resolution, Report of ADR Law Firm Activities, September 30, 2009 deadlline

Looking for a writing contest that is sponsored by the Conflict Prevention & Resolution Institute, I found an interesting award program, that is designed to honor law firms that have shifted to a focus on Alternative Dispute Resolution.

The deadline for a report on the firm's transition to an ADR focus is September 30, 2009.

Some details from the announcement appear below and at the CPR Institute Web Site:

CPR Law Firm Award for Excellence in ADR

CPR Institute has long rewarded entities that find novel ways in which to resolve disputes by non-litigation alternatives. In 2007, CPR created the Law Firm Award for Excellence in ADR to recognize law firms that demonstrate an integrated approach and a deep commitment to using ADR principles and techniques.

Criteria for Consideration
We are seeking to honor law firms that demonstrate firm-wide commitment to using ADR principles and techniques and our focus will be on integrated processes, techniques, systems, client services, and scholarship “best practices” in multiple practice areas. Ideal applicants will have set a benchmark for addressing the resolution, prevention and creative management of major disputes involving public or business institutions or among multiple parties.

Review Committee
An elite Committee of leading corporate counsel and academics will review and judge the applications based on hallmarks set forth in the CPR document, “ADR Best Practices for Law Firms”. This document is an outline of the systems and practices that the Committee considers to be best practices in the field of ADR at this point in its evolution.

Winners will be announced at CPR’s Annual Meeting in 2010 in New York City. Depending on the volume and character of the responses, CPR reserves the right to make multiple awards.

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Image, Will Simpson, Blue Butterfly

Dispute Resolution Law Journal; call for submissions

-from the Journal web site, at Pepperdine University:

Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Submissions

The Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal publishes academic work that fosters both practical and scholarly research in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution. The Journal strongly encourages contributions from scholars, practitioners and students alike and accepts submissions for articles, case comments and reviews.

All citations must conform to the The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005). Authors are also asked to include a brief summary of biographical data either in the footnotes of the submission or as an attachment.

Recent lead article titles:

Style vs. Model: Why Quibble

The Strategic Relationship between Ethics and Dispute Resolution: What Every CEO Should Know

Guardians Ad Litem Do Not Belong in Family Mediations

Comparative Law as Rhetoric: An Analysis of the Use of Comparative Law in International Arbitration

See table of contents for al editions: here

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Health Care Law, November 1, 2009 deadline -- Call for Papers of 10,000 words or less

(from advance notice to E-mail distribution list):


The Health Care Industry Council is hosting a graduate student panel at the 62nd Annual LERA meeting on Saturday January 2nd, 2010 at 3pm.

We are seeking submissions of papers that address any aspect of healthcare work or the healthcare industry. The HCIC will award a best paper prize for the best graduate student paper on this panel. Please submit full papers of no more than 10,000 words to dana.weinberg@qc.cuny.edu and givan@cornell.edu by November 1st. Panelists will be selected and notified by November 15th.

Please contact Rebecca Givan givan@cornell.edu or Dana Weinberg dana.weinberg@qc.cuny.edu with questions.

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Rebecca Givan
Assistant Professor
Cornell University, ILR School
365 Ives Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255 1439

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Image: wikipedia, from Health Care entry, to: The Red Cross and the Red Crescent emblems at the museum in Geneva. Soon (2005/06), the Red Crystal emblem should join them.

Copyright ($600 & $250 each school participating ) ($3,000 - $2,000 - $1,000 - national)

2010 Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition

50 pages or less; all papers must strictly comply with the contest requirements.

"Subsequent to entry in the Competition, papers may be published in scholarly journals, provided their entry in the Competition is duly noted."

At each participating law school: $600 (1st place); $250 (2nd place)
National Competition: $3,000 (1st) $2,000 (2nd); $1,000 (3rd)

Winning papers must be certified by the Dean of the Law School to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) by June 30, 2010

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Did you know that Nathan Burkan represented Mae West, Charlie Chaplin and others? He also zealously represented ASCAP in its infancy.

Image source: blog entry summarizing Nathan Burkan's work

Jstor article, discussing the 10th annual Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition (1960): http://www.jstor.org/stable/892302?seq=1