The Duke Law Private Adjudication Center to Co-Sponsor Symposium on Mandatory Arbitration

October 4 2002

The Duke Law Private Adjudication Center and the Roscoe Pound Institute have invited America's leading scholars to address some of the most important issues in dispute resolution at The Coming Crisis in Mandatory Arbitration: New Perspectives and Possibilities, a symposium at Duke Law School dedicated to the subject of mandatory arbitration. Over two days this fall, top experts in the field of dispute resolution will present original research on topics such as:

· The nature of secrecy in mandatory arbitration;
· The growing scope of mandatory arbitration;
· The role that federalism concerns should play in the mandatory arbitration debate; and
· The relative performance of arbitrators versus juries when it comes to decision making.

A distinguished panel of law professors, journalists and practitioners will be on hand to offer their insights on the presented papers.

In addition to the groundbreaking papers being presented, in an effort to bridge the academic world with doctrinal developments in the courts, the symposium will feature a mock oral argument of Ting v. AT&T, a mandatory arbitration case working its way through the federal courts. Lawyers involved in the case will present oral arguments to Judge Paul Niemeyer of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, author of the Waffle House opinion. There will be an opportunity for the audience to question the participants about the strengths and weaknesses of their case and examine the strategies they intend to use in presenting their case for appellate review.

The program will begin Friday morning, October 4, at 9 am, with panelists presenting papers and discussants responding. Lunch will be served from 12:30 pm to 2 pm, and will feature the mock oral argument. An afternoon session will be held from 2:30 pm to 5 pm. A panel session is scheduled for Saturday morning, October 5, at 9 am, again followed by lunch. A closing plenary will be held from 2 to 3 pm on Saturday.

For more information about the symposium, including a detailed schedule of activities, and to register for the event, please visit the symposium website at www.roscoepound.org. The program will be broadcast over the World Wide Web.

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