Getting It Right and Getting It Done: Evidence and Procedure Rulings
A panel discussion of practical considerations that arbitrators make when ruling on evidentiary or procedural matters.
Bickner; Mei L.
Keeping It Moving: Evidence and Procedure Rulings
A fact-based and scenario based discussion of how evidentiary and procedural issues have been expeditiously addressed by arbitrators before, during and after the hearing.
Mediation of Complex Grievances
Arbitrator Bickner offers practical suggestions to encourage grievance mediation, including, especially, in complex cases, for which the approach can be especially efficatious.
Papers from the 2003 Fall Education Meeting: Arbitrator acceptability:Arbitrators and Advocates’ Perspectives
A survey — of NAA members, management attorney advocates in the U.S. and Canada, and union attorney advocates — the purpose of which is to… Read More »Papers from the 2003 Fall Education Meeting: Arbitrator acceptability:Arbitrators and Advocates’ Perspectives
Truth or consequences: Arbitral rulings on discipline for alleged abuse in law enforcement, education, health care and customer service settings.
A panel discussion of three case studies of alleged abuse involving (1) a nursing home, (2) a police shooting, and (3) sexual assault on a… Read More »Truth or consequences: Arbitral rulings on discipline for alleged abuse in law enforcement, education, health care and customer service settings.
NAA members and the exploding ADR universe:Sexual harassment, factfinding and investigations: Issues & dilemmas
In the Cotran decision, the California Supreme Court ruled that the appropriate inquiry in adjudicating a breach of contract claim was whether the employer’s conclusion… Read More »NAA members and the exploding ADR universe:Sexual harassment, factfinding and investigations: Issues & dilemmas
Discipline, discharge, external law and procedure -Roundtable discussion
A roundtable discussion, based upon hypothetical examples, of off-duty misconduct as cause for discharge. Subjects addressed include representation of the employee by independent counsel –… Read More »Discipline, discharge, external law and procedure -Roundtable discussion
New voices in the Academy: The Academy’s future: By design or by default?
The author poses questions about the direction of the Academy’s future, with special consideration to the process of securing a pool of candidates, training and… Read More »New voices in the Academy: The Academy’s future: By design or by default?