TEXAS A&M PIVOTS FROM IN-PERSON SYMPOSIUM TO ONLINE CONVERSATION SERIES

When COVID-19 crashed into our lives earlier this year, Texas A&M Law leapt into action and turned our planned March 2020 Dispute Resolution Symposium into an online conversation among our presenters. Our excellent roster of scholars--troupers all--engaged each other thoughtfully on our theme: ADR’s Place in Navigating a Polarized Era. More.

ADR: DEEP IN THE HEART OF TAXES? (SORRY)

In Fall 2020, Texas A&M University School of Law began offering its students the opportunity to participate in a Tax Dispute Resolution Clinic.  The clinic is led by Professor Bob Probasco, recently honored as a “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters. More.

PROFESSOR PETER REILLY NAMED ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF AGGIE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM

Professor Peter Reilly has been named Associate Director of the Aggie Dispute Resolution Program. “We are so lucky to have Peter in this newly-created position,” said Director Nancy Welsh.  “He is a remarkably generous and thoughtful colleague and leader.” More.

PROFESSOR CYNTHIA ALKON SHINES LIGHT ON NEXUS BETWEEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Professor Cynthia Alkon is on a mission – to make all of us aware of the important connections between criminal justice and dispute resolution and to encourage us to work for reform. Her groundbreaking book, Negotiating Crime: Plea Bargaining, Problem Solving, and Dispute Resolution in the Criminal Context, co-authored with Professor Andrea Schneider, is the first of its kind. More.

PROFESSOR GARCIA SANCHEZ HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING TROUBLES IN US-MEXICO ENERGY RELATIONS

Professor Garcia Sanchez is researching complaints by U.S. companies against Mexico’s new administration. Forty-three members of Congress, including Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn of Texas, have asked the White House to intervene. More.

PROFESSOR NANCY WELSH IS ELECTED TO AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE AND ADVOCATES FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY IN COURT-CONNECTED DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Professor Nancy Welsh was elected to the American Law Institute (ALI) this year. This is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. More.

PROFESSOR MICHAEL GREEN, ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARBITRATORS, URGES SELECTION OF DIVERSE ARBITRATORS

Professor Michael Z. Green had an outstanding year in 2019-2020. He was elected to the National Academy of Arbitrators, the official honorary organization of labor and employment arbitrators in the United States and Canada. Academy members decide thousands of cases each year in private industry as well as the public and non-profit sectors. More.

PROFESSOR CAROL PAULI BRINGS DIALOGUE SKILLS TO THE FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE

Dispute resolution colleagues around the country still talk about Professor Carol Pauli’s presentation at the June 2019 Past and Future conference co-sponsored by Texas A&M’s Aggie Dispute Resolution Program, Pepperdine’s Straus Institute for Conflict Resolution and the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. More.

ADJUNCT PROFESSORS HONORED

Adjunct Professors Karen Roberts Washington and Kay Elliott won high praise this year for their work in Dispute Resolution. More.

IN TEXAS A&M’S NEW M.JUR. DEGREE, ADR IS ESSENTIAL

In 2019-2020, Texas A&M University School of Law welcomed its inaugural class of online M.Jur. students. More.

TEXAS A&M FACULTY PUBLISH FOUR BOOKS ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN 2019-2020 ALONG WITH A WIDE RANGE OF ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

Aggie Dispute Resolution Program faculty produced four books on dispute resolution that were (or are about to be) published in 2019-2020. More.