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How Can The Internal Revenue Service Improve Its Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs To Deliver Better Benefits?, Armando Gonzalez

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) Blog

Most individuals and businesses file their tax return(s) and forget about the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) until it’s time to repeat the process the following year. However, sometimes disputes may arise “when a taxpayer fails to agree with an IRS finding, refuses to file a tax return, or refuses to comply with an IRS request for information.” To address some of these disputes, the IRS offers six alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) programs through its Independent Office of Appeals, where mediation is leveraged to avoid costly litigation and lengthy appeals.

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Closing Remarks & Thanks

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution: Melnick Annual Symposia

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Problem-Solving Courts, Andrea K. Schneider, Tali Gal, Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg, Alma Magaña, Michael O'Hear, Amanda Berman, Erin Collins, Emmanuel Arnaud, Kathryn E. Miller, Kay Levine

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution: Melnick Annual Symposia

1. Success Stories in Community Courts: Listening to Participant Voices

Moderator: Andrea Schneider

Presenters: Tali Gal, Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg

Commenters: Alma Magana, Michael O'Hear, Amanda Berman

2. Beyond Problem Solving Courts

Moderator: Andrea Schneider

Presenter: Erin Collins

Commenters: Emmanuel Arnaud, Kathryn Miller, Kay Levine

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Keynote Address, Courtney Bryan

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution: Melnick Annual Symposia

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Innovations In Plea Bargaining Ii, Jonathan Oberman, Cynthia Alkon, Amy Schmitz, Elayne Greenberg, Erin Collins, Alma Magaña

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution: Melnick Annual Symposia

Opening the Virtual Window: How On-Line Processes Could Increase Access to Justice in the Criminal Legal System

Moderator: Jonathan Oberman

Presenters: Cynthia Alkon, Amy Schmitz

Commenters: Elayne Greenberg, Erin Collins, Alma Magana

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Innovations In Plea Bargaining, Jessica A. Roth, Kay Levine, Ron Wright, Kathryn E. Miller, Justin Murray, Kyron J. Huigens, Amy Schmitz, Michael O’Hear, Bennett Capers

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution: Melnick Annual Symposia

1. Prosecutor Initiated Review of Sentences

Moderator: Jessica Roth

Presenters: Kay Levine and Ron Wright

Commenters: Kathryn Miller, Justin Murray, Kyron Huigens, Amy Schmitz

2. Lessons from Plea Bargaining in Homicide Cases

Moderator: Jessica Roth

Presenter: Michael O'Hear

Commenters: Ron Wright, Bennett Capers, Kyron Huigens

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Welcome & Introduction, Daniel Kim, Andrea K. Schneider

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution: Melnick Annual Symposia

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Registration/Breakfast

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution: Melnick Annual Symposia

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The Future Of The Criminal Legal System: How Should A Multidoor Criminal Courthouse Operate?, Cardozo Journal Of Conflict Resolution

2023–2024 Flyers

Join the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution on October 27, 2023, from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm EST for the annual Melnick Symposium. Held in the Cardozo Lobby and Moot Court Room, this year's theme is "The Future of the Criminal Legal System: How Should a Multidoor Criminal Courthouse Operate?" The symposium will explore criminal legal reform, the integration of restorative justice, problem-solving courts, diversion, bail reform, and plea bargaining, along with the roles of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and the public. Papers will address effective system design and problem-solving for all stakeholders.

Black Excellence In The Spotlight: Legal Insights For Talent Representation, Cardozo Black Law Students Association, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Society, Cardozo Entertainment Law Society, Cardozo Sports Law Society, Cardozo Fame Center

2023 Event Invitations

Join the Black Law Students Association, Dispute Resolution Society, Entertainment Law Society, Sports Law Society and The FAME Center for a discussion from agents and attorneys on strategies for negotiating fair deals on behalf of Black athletes and entertainers. The discussion will cover talent representation and alternative dispute resolution.

Black Excellence In The Spotlight: Legal Insights For Talent Representation, Cardozo Black Law Students Association, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Society, Cardozo Entertainment Law Society, Cardozo Sports Law Society, Cardozo Fame Center

2023–2024 Flyers

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The Kukin Program For Conflict Resolution Invites You To: All Things Adr, Kukin Program For Conflict Resolution

2023–2024 Flyers

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The Kukin Program For Conflict Resolution Invites You To: All Things Adr, Kukin Program For Conflict Resolution

2023 Event Invitations

Please join Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution for All Things ADR, to learn about Cardozo's Alternative Dispute Resolution activities and societies.

Table Of Contents, Seattle University Law Review

Seattle University Law Review

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The Human Rights Remedy Gap In Isds – The Potential Of The Hague Rules On Business And Human Rights Arbitration, Diane A. Desierto, Anne Van Aaken, Steven Ratner, Giorgia Sangiuolo, Martijn Scheltema, Katerina Yiannibas

Faculty Lectures and Presentations

The tensions between the protection of human rights and States’ obligations towards foreign investors has been the subject of extensive debates among States, civil society actors, business, and international organizations. The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration represent a recent effort to provide an avenue for resolving claims concerning human rights violations connected to business activities, including investment. These Rules may be linked to or incorporated in national investment laws, state contracts, or International Investment Agreements (IIAs). The Hague Rules aim to fill a currently existing gap in (access to) remedies for rightsholders and help both investors and …

Kukin Program Newsletter – Fall 2023, Kukin Program For Conflict Resolution

Kukin Program Newsletters

The Kukin Program Newsletter – Fall 2023 highlights key developments, events, and achievements within Cardozo Law’s Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution. The newsletter covers updates such as the launch of the Cardozo Invitational Negotiation in Entertainment, Media, and Art, and Gloria Steinem's recognition with the International Advocate for Peace Award. It also announces new courses, including The Law of Settlement and International Peacebuilding: Israel, and welcomes new adjunct faculty. Additionally, students and alumni achievements are featured, such as awards, fellowships, and new roles in conflict resolution and mediation. Notably, the newsletter shares information on restorative justice initiatives and diversity …

Impartiality And The Construction Of Trust In Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Stavros Brekoulakis, Anna Howard

Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy

This article analyses impartiality in investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) by identifying the way that the parties’ trust in arbitrators is constructed. Drawing on the findings of a large-scale empirical project, it questions the applicability of an orthodox judicial doctrine of impartiality to ISDS on the grounds that trust in arbitrators is constructed on a fundamentally different basis from that of trust in judges. The primary feature of a judicial doctrine of impartiality is that trust is founded on an absolutist approach to impartiality which is intended to ensure that judges have no predispositions to parties. In contrast, trust in ISDS …

The Death Knell And The Wild West: Two Dangers Of Domestic Discovery In Foreign Adjudications, Shay M. Collins

Michigan Law Review

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a), parties to foreign legal proceedings can obtain discovery orders from United States federal courts. In other words, if a foreign party needs physical evidence located in—or testimony from a person residing in—the United States to support their claim or defense, they can ask a district court to order the production of that evidence. For almost two decades, § 1782(a) practice has operated as a procedural Wild West. Judges routinely consider § 1782(a) applications ex parte—that is, without giving the parties subject to the resulting discovery orders a chance to oppose them—and grant those applications at …

Baseball, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, And The Judicial Strike Zone - Home Run Or Foul On The Play?, Jan L. Jacobowitz

Articles

Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Micky Mantle, and Shoeless Joe Jackson—There are many well-known baseball legends, but perhaps less well-known is the story of Kenesaw Mountain Landis, a judge turned baseball commissioner who inspired not only baseball fans, but also the American Bar Association’s first Judicial Canon of Ethics. The parallel stories of baseball’s greatest scandal, the judge appointed to be the first baseball commissioner, and the development of the judicial canons, provide context for the current controversial judicial prohibition--the appearance of impropriety.

Twenty Years After Krieger V Law Society Of Alberta: Law Society Discipline Of Crown Prosecutors And Government Lawyers, Andrew Flavelle Martin

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

Krieger v. Law Society of Alberta held that provincial and territorial law societies have disciplinary jurisdiction over Crown prosecutors for conduct outside of prosecutorial discretion. The reasoning in Krieger would also apply to government lawyers. The apparent consensus is that law societies rarely exercise that jurisdiction. But in those rare instances, what conduct do Canadian law societies discipline Crown prosecutors and government lawyers for? In this article, I canvass reported disciplinary decisions to demonstrate that, while law societies sometimes discipline Crown prosecutors for violations unique to those lawyers, they often do so for violations applicable to all lawyers — particularly …