By Stephen Ware, a law professor at KU, in Lawrence, Kansas.

Principles of Alternative Dispute Resolution

Principles of Alternative Dispute Resolution
Principles of Alternative Dispute Resolution, in its fourth edition, is a Concise Hornbook, published by West Academic. More information is available by clicking on the photo.

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Thursday, March 15, 2018

"Negotiation for Professional Women"

"Negotiation for Professional Women" is the subject of a May 21, 2018, workshop at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 500 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Awards for Outstanding ADR Scholarship


Annual awards by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR):

Outstanding Professional Articles:


Winner: Art Hinshaw. “Regulating Mediators.” 21 Harvard Negotiation Law Review 163 (2016)



Joseph T. McLaughlin Original Student Article Award Winner: George Khoukaz. “ADR That is Out of This World: A Regime for the Resolution of Outer-Space Disputes.” Manuscript submitted for publication. Journal of Dispute Resolution (2017)


James Henry Award – The James F. Henry Award, named for CPR’s founder, recognizes “outstanding achievement by individuals for distinguished, sustained contributions to the field of dispute resolution.” Candidates for the award are evaluated for “leadership, innovation and sustaining commitment to the field.”

Winner: Gerald Aksen, Arbitrator & Mediator


Y-ADR Annual Writing Award – The 2018 Y-ADR Annual Writing Award for Efficient & Effective Collaboration Between Corporate Counsel and Outside Counsel was open to lawyers ages 45 or younger or those who have had fewer than eight years of professional experience in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practice, including, but not limited to, as counsel, client, arbitrator, mediator, tribunal secretary or law clerk. The Y-ADR award is generously funded by Assurant, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline and White & Case LLP.

Winner: AlexanderG. Leventhal, Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. “Corporate Counsel are from Mars, Outside Counsel Are from Venus: Building a Successful Attorney-Client Relationship through Communication”