The Role of the Courts: Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards and Mediated Settlement Agreements

Agenda

 

8:15 to 9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
(Commons, both locations)
9:00 to 9:10 a.m. Welcome Address
9:10 to 9:20 a.m. Opening Statements
Professor Nancy Welsh
9:20 to 10:50 a.m.

Panel One: Arbitration and Judicial Review
Moderated by Professor Thomas E. Carbonneau

“Asymmetric Dynamism and Acceptable Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards,” Professor Jeff Stempel,  University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Law (Carlisle)

Perverse Preemption: The Federal Arbitration Act's Displacement of State Administrative Law,” Professor Maureen Weston,  Pepperdine University School of Law (University Park)

“Is Less Really More? The Supreme Court's Stance on Expanded Review of Arbitral Awards in State Courts,” Professor Allen Blair, Hamline University School of Law (University Park)

10:50 to 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Panel Two: Mediation and Judicial Review
Moderated by Professor Nancy Welsh

“Judicial Reviews: What Judges Write when They Write About Mediation,” Professor Jennifer Reynolds, University of Oregon School of Law (Carlisle)

“Creating a 21st Century Oligarchy: Judicial Abdication to Class Action Mediators,” Professor Jim Coben, Hamline University School of Law (Carlisle)

Judicial Review of Mediated Agreements: Improving Mediation with Consent,” Professor Jacqueline Nolan-Haley, Fordham University School of Law (Carlisle)

12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Lunch
(Commons, both locations)
1:45 to 2:45 p.m. Panel Three: Judicial Review and Combinations of Adjudicative and Consensual Processes
Moderated by Professor Thomas E. Carbonneau and Professor Nancy Welsh

“Med-Arb and the Challenge of Judicial Review, “ Professor Ellen Deason, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (University Park)

“Using Dispute System Design for Error Correction: How Award Review Could Occur in Investment Arbitration,” Professor Andrea Schneider, Marquette Law School (University Park)

2:45 to 3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Professor Thomas E. Carbonneau

 


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