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James Boskey ADR Writing Competition

Sponsored by The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution in association with the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution of UNLV Boyd School of Law and Penn State Dickinson School of Law.

James Boskey was an intellectual, humanitarian, mediator and career law professor at Seton Hall University School of Law.  Jim Boskey became known and beloved world-over for his publication of The Alternative Newsletter, a resource guide on ADR published quarterly. It was in its tenth year when Jim died in 1999. The publication provided a comprehensive yet very accessible window into the diverse dimensions of the ADR field. In many respects, Jim Boskey-through The Alternative Newsletter-was the voice of the ADR community.

Purpose of the Boskey ADR Writing Competition
The purpose of the competition is to promote greater interest in and understanding of the field of dispute resolution and collaborative decision-making among students enrolled in ABA accredited law schools.

The essay may address any aspect of dispute resolution practice, theory or research that the contestant chooses. Essays are limited to 15-25 typewritten pages, plus footnotes or endnotes. The text of the essay must be double-spaced, with twelve-point font and one-inch margins.

First Prize: $1000 to the Competition winner and an invitation to publish in Penn State Dickinson School of Law Yearbook On Arbitration and Mediation. The Competition winner and honorable mention essays will also be posted on the Boskey Competition website.

Entry Information

Entries for the competition must be submitted by Monday, June 15, 2009. One electronic copy of the submission and one entry form must be submitted in order to register for the competition. Electronic entries are to be sent to Josephine Waugh at waughjos@staff.abanet.org, with the subject header “Attn: Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition.”

Click here to download the Boskey Entry Form.

Register via mail send the completed Entry Form and essay to:

Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition
c/o Jo Waugh
ABA Section of Dispute Resolution
740 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

Entries must be postmarked by U.S. mail or recognized commercial express service.  Entries submitted by fax will be automatically rejected. Contestants will receive confirmation of the entry. The winner(s) will be notified by mail of their selection.  The James Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition is sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution.

Founded in 1999, the James Boskey ADR Writing Competition is a project of the ADR in Law Schools Committee. The Boskey Writing Competition is chaired by Jean Sternlight, Saltman Professor, UNLV Boyd School of Law & Director Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution.

Current and Past Law Student Division Winners Include:

2008

Winner:

Adam Gregg
Contractual Expansion of the Scope of Judicial Review After Hall Street: Time to Amend the FAA
Drake University School of Law

Honorable Mention:

Michael Kleinman
Diaspora Discussions: Moving From Jewish Enclave Deliberation to Interfaith Dialogue--A Case Study in Conflict Resolution at Rutgers University
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law




2007

Winner:

Kimberly Grant
Ten Dollars for Twenty Years: Providing Justice for Exonerees Using Victim-Offender Mediation
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Honorable Mention:

Christopher McKinney
Too Many Motions for Vacatur of Commercial Arbitration: The Eleventh Circuit Sanctions Unwary Litigants
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law




2006

Winner:

Carol Pauli
News Media as Mediators
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Honorable Mention:

Gillian Goldberg
A Second Look at Community Mediation as a Means to Increase Access to Justice for the Poor
UCLA School of Law

Megan Dunham
Evaluative Mediation: The Usefulness of Evaluative Techniques Within a Mediation
University of California Hastings College of Law

Michelle Robinson
Mediator Certification: Realizing Its Potentials and Coping With Its Limitations
Ohio State University Moritz College of Law




2005

Winner:

Nivine Zakhari
ADR Class Action Waivers
University of Houston Law Center

Honorable Mention:

Tracey Pastan
Permission Plus: Reaching the Pareto Optimal Guideline for Contingency Fees in Mediation
Benjamin Cardozo School of Law

Jeff Goldfien
Negotiated Rulemaking and the Public Interest
University of Missouri School of Law

 

2004

Winner:

Kristen Blankley
Confidentiality or Control: Which Will Prevail as Confidentiality and "Good Faith" Negotiation Statutes Collide in Court-Annexed Mediations?
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Honorable Mention:

Philip Kimball
Syndi-Court Justice: Judge Judy and Exploitation of Arbitration
Benjamin Cardozo School of Law

2003

Winner:

Henry Abromson
The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy: Will Alternative Dispute
Resolution Succeed Where the Courts Have Not: A Proposed Solution to an
Imperfect System.

Marquette University Law School

Honorable Mention:

Cynthia Miller Jones
NAFTA Chapter 11 Arbitration and The Minimum Standard of Treatment Under NAFTA Chapter 11 Arbitration Article 1105: What Does International Law Guarantee to Investors?

University of California-Hastings College of Law

2002

Winner

Stephen Anway
Mediation in Copyright Disputes: From Compromise Created Incentives to Incentive Created Compromises.
Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Honorable Mention

Alyssa Shenk
Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements: The Key to Avoiding a Charge of Unconscionability
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Edward R. Ergenzinger, Jr.
Conversations With Phineas Gage: A Neuroscientific Approach to Negotiation Strategies
Wake Forest University School of Law

2001

Winner

Rene Rimelspach
Mediating Family Disputes in a World with Domestic Violence: How to Devise a Safe and Effective Court-Connected Mediation Program
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Honorable Mention

Alexandra Zylestra
Good Faith Requirements in Mandatory Family Mediations: Process Protection or Potential Disaster?
University of Missouri at Columbia School of Law

Christopher Todd Hagins
University of South Carolina School of Law

Marcus J. Rael, Jr.
The Storm on the Horizon: Mediator Certification in New Mexico
University of New Mexico School of Law

2000

Winner

J. Keith Essmeyer, Jr.
Are We Playing the Same Game: The Black Self-Image and Negotiations
University of Missouri College of Law

Honorable Mention

Lydia Lazar
When Mandatory is not Mandatory: The Case of Eco Swiss China Time Ltd. V Benetton International NV Case C-126/97
Chicago-Kent College of Law

Brenda Tofte
When Public Policy, Public Perception and Public Employment Collide: The Public Policy Exception to the Finality of Arbitration Awards. Why the Narrow Interpretation Best Furthers the Goals of Labor Arbitration City of Minneapolis v. Policy Officers' Federation of Minneapolis.
Hamline University School of Law

Past Graduate Student Division Winners Include:

2004

Winner:

Lowell Pearson
The Case for Non-Party Discovery Under the Federal Arbitration Act.
University of Missouri-Columbia

Honorable Mention:

Michael Pappas
A Flexible Framework for the Prevention and Resolution of Construction Disputes
The University of Texas at Austin

2003

Winner:

Heidi Marie Tauscher
Spiritual Practices for Mediation Challenges: Pragmatic Mediation Approaches from Five Major World Religious Traditions
Emory University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Division of Religion

Honorable Mention:

Clarissa Keil
The International Criminal Court and International Law
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

2002

Winner

Jessie Sutherland
Colonialism, Crime, and Dispute Resolution: A Critical Analysis of Canada's Aboriginal Justice Strategy.
The University of Victoria

Honorable Mention

Gregory Todd Jones
Evaluative ADR, Uncertainty & Information
Georgia State University

2001

Winner

David Perlman
Mediation and Ethics Consultation: Towards a New Understanding of Impartiality
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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