8:45-9:00

Welcome

Shauhin Talesh, UCI School of Law, Anne Bloom, CJRI

9:00-10:45

Panel 1: Conflicts of Interest and Disclosure in Arbitration

Moderator:  Carrie Menkel-Meadow, UCI School of Law

Richard Chernick, JAMS, "Arbitration Disclosure in California:  Have the Reforms Made a Difference?"

Barry Winograd, National Academy of Arbitrators, "Disclosures in Arbitration: Lessons to Learn"

Catherine Rogers, Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs, Co-Director of the Institute for Regulation & Ethics, Queen Mary, University of London, “Beyond the Binary in Defining Arbitrator Ethics”

10:45-11:00

Break

11:00-12:30

Panel 2: Competency and Credentialing

Moderator:  Richard Jolly, Susman Godfrey

David Horton, UC Davis School of Law, "Arbitration Nation: Data from Four Providers"

Andrea Cann Chandrasekher, UC Davis School of Law, "The Effect of Arbitrator Characteristics on Win Rates in Arbitration"

Kristen M. Blankley, Univ. of Nebraska College of Law, "Do We Need A National Ethics Standard for Arbitrators? Considering Questions of the Who, What, When, Why, and How"

Discussants:  Richard Chernick, JAMS, Margaret Brogan, National Academy of Arbitrators

12:30-1:45

Lunch and Keynote Address

Carrie Menkel-Meadow, UCI School of Law, "Arbitration Ethics: The Micro and The Macro:  Behavior in and Uses of Arbitration"

1:45-3:45

Panel 3: Policy and Regulatory Options

Moderator:  Shauhin Talesh, UCI School of Law

Dale Thompson, Univ. of St. Thomas, "Mandatory Arbitration in the Employer/Employee Context: Legal, Ethical and Managerial Perspectives"

Jean Sternlight, UNLV, "Mandatory Arbitration: Ethics & Psychology"

Hiro Aragaki, Loyola Law, "Ad Hoc Arbitration in the United States: A Research Agenda"

Remington A. Gregg, Public Citizen, "Legislative Update from Capitol Hill"

Discussants: Donna Marie Melby, Paul Hastings, "Observations from the Trenches," Karla Gilbride, Public Justice, "Observations from Appellate and Regulatory Practice"

3:45-4:00

4:00-4:45

Panel 4: Next Steps

Moderator: Anne Bloom, CJRI

4:45-5:30