2005 Media Releases
Monday, 1 August 2005
See you in court! - Public lecture reveals your chances of settling problems that way are slim.
How often do cases before civil courts end in trial? What kind of cases settle? When and how do they settle?
A US study of these questions which confirms many common beliefs about civil litigation and settlement – and also reveals many surprises – is the focus of a La Trobe University Law School Public Lecture next Wednesday, 3 August 2005.
To be delivered by John Barkai, Professor and Director of the Clinical Programs at the University of Hawaii School of Law where he teaches Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and litigation, the lecture will be held on the University’s City Campus, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne at 5.30pm.
The lecture, titled See You In Court? - I Doubt It!: An Empirical Analysis of Civil Settlements, will focus on settlement, negotiations, ADR, and pre-trial discovery.
Professor Barkai will share with Australian audiences his research which reviewed the court records of over 3,000 cases and surveyed more than 400 lawyers.
A mediator and facilitator for 25 years – Professor Barkai also teaches in Japan and China, and has lectured in Finland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Korea and the Federated States of Micronesia.
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For further assistance and requests for interviews with Professor Barkai please contact Clare Coburn, Tel(03) 9285 5201or Email: profstudy@latrobe.edu.au.