Arbitrator's Handbook - Softcover

Cooley, John W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556816162 ISBN 13: 9781556816161

Publisher: National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1998

Synopsis

Well-known dispute resolution educator John W. Cooley has revised and updated The Arbitrator’s Handbook for lawyers and continuing legal education arbitration courses. The Arbitrator’s Handbook, Second Edition, begins with an introduction to arbitration describing its stages, types, benefits, and limitations. Cooley defines the role, authority, and ethics requirements of the arbitrator. Cooley then examines the arbitrator’s pre-hearing duties, focusing on the initiation of the arbitration as well as the preparation stage. Chapter three focuses on the hearing, covering such topics as the arbitrator’s opening statement, handling of preliminary matters, review of basic rules of evidence, and making rulings on motions and objections. Chapter four explores the post-hearing such as ruling on post-hearing motions, deciding the merits of the case, and drafting the award and the opinion supporting the award. Chapter five, a new chapter in the second edition, covers information useful to arbitrators when conducting a cyberarbitration. Checklists are included in appendices A-D to ensure that the lawyer/arbitrator takes key actions at critical stages ! of the arbitration process. The appendix also contains updated sample arbitration forms and rules. Highlights include: The International Arbitrator Understanding Basic Principles of Evidence Ensuring Completeness and Accuracy of Transcripts Drafting the Award Domestic Arbitration Rules International Arbitration Rules

About this title

About the Author

John W. Cooley is a former U.S. magistrate, assistant U.S. attorney, senior staff attorney for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a partner in a Chicago law firm. He is a past chairman of the Chicago Bar Association's Arbitration and ADR Committee, and he currently serves on the board of the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution. In private practice in the Chicago area, he serves on the judicial panel of J.A.M.S/ENDISPUTE as a mediator, arbitrator, ADR trainer, and consultant in the design of dispute resolution systems. Cooley is an associate of the Dispute Resolution Research Center, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern.

Review

"Being concise-whether it be in describing each stage of the arbitration process or boiling down the arbitration's hearing functions into a single checklist-is one of Cooley's strengths. No wonder the book's publisher is promoting the book as a quick reference tool that can be brought to hearing sessions. A handy reference tool for arbitrators and advocates-this book definitely is." -- Dispute Resolution Journal

"Jack Cooley's new book, The Arbitrator's Handbook, is a unique contribution from a highly respected arbitrator and mediator. What is so extraordinary about this work is that the author has brilliantly accomplished what he set out to do and that is to write a book that will be of unquestioned and indispensable value not only to arbitrators, but to advocates using the arbitration process, and to teachers and law students alike. The book is beautifully written and I cannot imagine any arbitrator, or for that matter, any lawyer involoved as an advocate, ever allowing it out of their sight. I won't!" -- Leonard Jay Schrager, Professor of Law and Former Dean at The John Marshall Law School and President of The Chicago Bar Association

"This guide through all stages of the arbitration process can be used by lawyers and non-lawyers for quick reference during hearings and education programs. Chapters provide basic information on the nature of arbitration, the role and authority of the arbitrator, and the arbitrator's functions and duties during and after hearings." -- Illinois State Bar Association Bar News

"With the publication of The Arbitrator's Handbook, Jack Cooley has provided us with a wonderfully comprehensive guide to the arbitration process. This excellent addition to the arbitration literature is destined to improve arbitration practices and become the arbitrator's bible." -- James J. Alfini, Chair-elect American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section and Professor of Law at Northern Illinois University College of Law

Edition details

• Publisher: National Institute for Trial Advocacy
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556816162
• ISBN 13: 9781556816161
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 447