Arbitration & other Adjudicative Processes

LSLW 553

  • Professor: Jack Baldwin LeClair M.A., Ed.S., J.D.
  • Office Hours: by appointment and posted on office door.
  • Office Phone: 973.655.7953
  • Email: leclairj@mail.montclair.edu (put LSLW 553 in the subject line)
  • Text: E = Elkouri and Elkouri, How Arbitration Works, 5th Edition (Washington, D.C.: ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law, Latest)

purpose of this course:

  1. All reading and written assignments must be completed prior to the class in which they are due.
  2. Attendance is mandatory. Students are responsible for keeping current with the assignments. The professor is not responsible for keeping students current.
  3. Class participation is encouraged and will be rewarded academically.
  4. All assignments must be each student's workproduct.
  5. Readings will be from the text, cyberspace, or handouts.
  6. Graduate students will have more rigorous assignments and grading.

 

Midterm Examination 30%
Final Examination 30%
Classroom Participation 20%
Assignments 20%

 

DATE ASSIGNMENT NOTES
 1.20.05 Introduction to Arbitration and its ADR context E: Ch 1, 19; Consumer Attitudes; National Arbitration Center
1.27.05 Arbitration's Legal Status: Public vs. Private, State vs. Federal, National vs. International E: Ch 2, 3; ICJ; WIPO; ICCA; Interarb; NJSA 34:13A-7; New Jersey Arbitration and Mediation; 9 USCS § 3 (2002)
2.03.05 The ArbitrationTribunal E: Ch 4 ; EUROPEAN ARBITRATION; New Jersey Employment Arbitration; Revisions of the UAA
2.10.05 Grievances and beginning arbitration E: Ch 5 - Choose paper topics
2.17.05 Determining Arbitrability and Evidence E: Ch 6, 8
2.24.05 Arbitration Procedures/techniques List of Key Terms for Midterm
3.03.05 Interpreting Contract language and clauses Ch 7. Begin Arbitration Prep
3.10.05 Substantive Rules of Law// Midterm Distributed Midterm Ch 9
3.17.05 SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS- Work on Midterm  
3.24.05 Precedent Value of Awards -...due Ch 10; Enforcing Foreign Arbitrations; British Arbitration; Ch 11
3.31.05 Custom and Past Practice/Seniority Ch 12, 14
4.07.05 Discharge and Discipline Ch 15
4.14.05 Employee Rts/Stds in Arb interest Disp. Ch 16, 17, 18,
4.21.05 Arbitration Preparation  
4.28.05 Arbitration Day - Practice what I teach  
5.05.05 FINAL EXAM 6:30-9:15 Papers Due; List of Terms & Concepts for Final Exam