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
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?
The authors explore the preference of parties for experience arbitrators. Yet studies have shown that arbitration awards do not seem to vary appreciably according to… Read More »The predictability of grievance arbitration awards: Does arbitrator experience matter?
A report on arbitrator development, internship programs and arbitrator training programs across the country.
The articles sets forth the substance of a proposed national training program for labor arbitrators, and describes other training programs extant in 1978.
The arguments for and against professionalizing or licensing arbitrators, or requiring them to hold law degrees from accredited institutions are presented. The author, who does… Read More »Should arbitrators be licensed or “professionalized”?
An evaluation of various programs established to develop new arbitrators and enhance their acceptability, focusing on the Western New York program, the UCLA program, the… Read More »Evaluation of programs seeking to develop arbitrator acceptability
The author asserts that interest arbitration for local transit disputes has worked well, and that it is a viable substitute for a community crippling strike.… Read More »: Arbitration of new contract terms in local transit: The union view
Synopsis: Grievance arbitration is a system in which the parties retain the ultimate authority to select a judge whose authority is limited to the dispute… Read More »The use and abuse of arbitral power
The growing reliance on some form of third-party intervention – mediation, fact-finding or arbitration – as an alternative to the strike weapon in public employment… Read More »The presidential address: the academy and the expanding role of neutrals