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7 Just Res. 1 (2001-2002)

handle is hein.journals/justre7 and id is 1 raw text is: ASaNiCAN *AR AssocI M Vol. 7, No. 1 (Issue No. 18) Newsletter of the American Bar Asso4tion SpctM of Dispute Resolution Sept. 2001 See You in Seattle T he Fourth Annual Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference will occur in Seattle, April 4-7, 2002 at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel and Towers (206-621-9000). Mark your calendar and plan to attend this premier dispute resolution event. The Section's third annual meeting in metro Washington, D.C. was a tremendous success attracting over 1,000 participants. This Spring we will again provide a gathering place for dispute resolution leaders, providers, consumers, scholars and students - from small firms, universities, large firms, corporations, accounting offices, psychologists' offices, and others that comprise the wonderful world of dispute resolution. As part of a major collaborative effort with local Seattle dispute resolution leaders, the Section of Dispute Resolution has obtained cosponsorship of the conference by the Washington Law School Foundation and the Washington State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section. We plan to feature Optional Skills Training by Leading Practitioners on the Latest Innovations in DR Practice, the third Annual Legal Educators Colloquium in cooperation with the Association of American Law Schools, the thirteenth Annual Frank E. A. Sander Lecture, the first Court Annexed DR Programs Symposium, close to 100 sessions organized into specific tracks and the presentation of the D'Alembert/Raven Award during a reception at the Seattle Space Needle. Subject matter tracks this year will include: Arbitration, Community and Peer Mediation, Communication, Construction ADR, Corporate/Business ADR, Court- Connected ADR, Employment and Labor ADR, Ethics, Family, Government ADR, Environment & Public Policy, Intellectual Property and Entertainment, International, Practice Development and Management, and Technology. All THE BUZZ ABOUT THE NEW SECTION BOOK Kudos are piling up for the new Section of than another how to description of me- Dispute Resolution and Senior Lawyers diation. Relying upon his experience as Division publication Mediation: A Path a full time litigator and his knowledge of Back for the Lost Lawyer that shows a bigfirm practices, Van Winkle captures better way for lawyers mired in long and the essence of why lawyers today often costly litigation and under intense pressure unknowingly fail their clients. He con- to produce billable hours. The book is tends that without much forethought and striking a cord with lawyers from all walks driven hy economic pressures, firms have of the profession and is deemed especially an incentive to place clients with dfficult appropriate for law student reading as a disputes on the litigation train. Once real world analysis of life as a lawyer. on the train, these clients have little voice in where the train goes or any real ability Here are samples of the Buzz about the to get off ending up at a destination to book by John Van Winkle: which they might never have chosen to John Van Winkle, is a convert from the travel. Every student contemplating a ca- cult of litigation to the religion of reer in private practice should read this mediation. His writing is lucid, concise, book. Even if students only gain an un- sprightly, and blessedly without footnotes. derstanding ofthepressures they will con- For the novice, his exposition will educate front in private practice, the book will and train. For the veteran, it will recall, serve a very useful purpose. But there is highlight, emphasize, and solidif. For all much more to be mined. Next Spring, I of us, his vision of the lawyer v role as the intend to require ny students to read this high priest of mediation inspires. Jerome book and look forward to using lan J. Shestack, former President of the Winkle provocative analysis as a spring- American Bar Association and Chair of the boardfor discussing thefuture of the le- Litigation Department, Wolf Block Schorr gal profession in the context of the com Solis & Cohen in Philadelphia. peting economic models suggested /) tra- ditional litigation and mediation. John I an Winkle presents an understated but Bickerman, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown stinging analvsis ofhow the profession of University Law School. law has been transformed by subtle busi- ness incentives. This book is much more Continued on page 4a 740 15th St., NW, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 662-1680 Fax (202) 662-1683 E-mail: dispute@abanet.org Web: www.abanet.org/dispute

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