Janet Martinez, Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Gould Negotiation and Mediation Program at Stanford Law School, Sheila Purcell, Director and Clinical Professor of the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, Hagit Shaked-Gvili, and Justice Mohan Mehta, have authored a thoughtful research paper that compares alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in three very different legal systems.

In an interlocutory appeal, the Corpus Christi Appeals Court has reversed a lower court’s decision to deny a party’s motion to compel arbitration in an employment dispute.

Ronald A. Brand, Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg Professor and Director for the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s Center for International Legal Education has published a fascinating paper entitled, Challenges to Forum Non Conveniens, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics (JILP), Vol. 45, No. 3, 2013; U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-21.

According to a recent report, the number of civil jury trials held each year across the State of Texas has declined to a 40-year low. Instead, many civil cases are now being decided using alternative dispute resolution methods such as pretrial mediation and arbitration.