RICHARD C. REUBEN

Associate Professor of Law

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law

308 Hulston Hall, Columbia, Mo.   65211

(573) 884-5204 (p)   (573) 882-3343 (f)

ReubenR@missouri.edu

 

EMPLOYMENT    

 

2000 - Present    University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. Columbia, MO

        • Associate Professor of Law (awarded tenure 2004)

                                  • Teaching assignments: Negotiation, Conflict Theory, Administrative Law,

                                           Legislation, State and Local Government Law.

 

 

1999-2000         Harvard Law School. Cambridge, MA

                                  • Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer on Law

                                  • Teaching assignment: Negotiation

 

 

1996 - 1998       Stanford Law School, Stanford Center on Conflict & Negotiation. Palo Alto, CA

                                  • Associate Director

                                  • Teaching assignment: ADR Law & Policy

 

 

1993 - 1996       American Bar Association Journal. Los Angeles, CA

                                  • U.S. Supreme Court Columnist and Western Regional Correspondent

  American Society of Business & Professional Editors Award for Trade Publication News Writing in 1995 and 1996.

 

 

1991 - 1998       Law Offices of Richard C. Reuben.  Los Angeles, CA

        • Part-time practice primarily limited to felony and misdemeanor appeals

 

 

1987 - 1993       Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals.  Los Angeles, CA

        • U.S. Supreme Court Reporter and Columnist (syndicated)

                                    Nominated for Pulitzer Prize, Beat Coverage of U.S. Supreme Court (1991).

 

 

1984 - 1986       Georgia State University College of Law.  Atlanta, GA

        • Assistant to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

 

 

1981 - 1985       The Atlanta Constitution.  Atlanta, GA

        • Copy Editor for the Editorial Board

  Edited letters to the editor, local, and national columnists. Some editorial writing.

                         

                         

EDUCATION   Stanford Law School. Palo Alto, CA

 

        J.S.D. (1998).  Committee: Gerald Gunther (chair), Barbara Babcock, Bill Cohen.

  Dissertation: Constitutional Gravity and Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Unitary Theory of Public Civil Dispute Resolution.

 

  1996 Goldsmith Award for best Stanford student paper on a conflict topic.

                                         

        J.S.M. (1996)


                          Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

                                  J.D. (College of Law, 1986)

                                  B.A. (Journalism, 1982)

 

                          University of Georgia.  Athens, GA

                                  B.A. (History, 1979) (magna cum laude)

 

INTERNSHIPS 

 

                          Georgia Supreme Court, The Hon. Charles L. Weltner (dec.), Atlanta, GA

                                  • Extended internship during third year of law school, January 1986 - June 1986

                         

                          Tax Notes/Tax Analysts, Legal Writing Staff, Washington, D.C.

                                  • Covered congressional debate on Tax Reform Act of 1986

 

 

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

 

        Books, Chapters in Books, Monographs

 

Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, 3rd Ed. (2005) (West) (Standard and Abridged Editions) 

                                                            • with Leonard L. Riskin, James Westbrook, Chris Guthrie, Jennifer K. Robbennolt (co-author and executive editor)

 

                    Richard C. Reuben, Corporate Governance: A Practical Guide for Dispute Resolution Professionals (ABA Section of Dispute Resolution 2006)

 

                    Ombuds in Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice: 2003-2004

                              (Jeffrey S. Lubbers, ed. 2004) (ABA) (summarizing new ABA ombuds standards)

                              • with Nancy G. Harter, Philip J. Harter, Judy Kaleta, Sharan Levine,

 

Carve-outs in Workers’ Compensation: An Analysis of the Experience in the California

                               Construction Industry (The Upjohn Institute 2002)

                              • with David I. Levine, Frank W. Neuhauser, Jeffrey S. Petersen, Cristian Escheverria

 

 

      Law Review Articles

 

 

                     Richard C.Reuben, Democracy and Dispute Resolution: Toward a Structural Approach to

                                          the Rule of Law (in process)

       

                     Richard C. Reuben, Confidentiality in Arbitration: Beyond the Myth, ___U. Kan. L.

                                     Rev.  ____ (forthcoming 2006) (invited).

 

      Richard C. Reuben, Impartiality in Arbitration: Accounting for Arbitrator Self-Interest, 4 J. Am. Arb. 293 (2006) (invited).

 

      Richard C. Reuben, Justice Blackmun and the Spirit of Liberty,  70 Mo. L. Rev. 1199 (2005) (invited)

 

                     Richard C. Reuben, Democracy and Dispute Resolution: Systems Design and the New

                                    Workplace, 10 Harv. Negot. L. Rev. 11 (Spring 2005)

                                  

 

                     Richard C. Reuben, Fear and Risk in `Times of Crisis’: The Media’s Challenge

              69 Missouri Law Review 1123 (2004) (invited).

 

 

                     Richard C. Reuben, Democracy and Dispute Resolution: The Problem of

Arbitration, 67 Law & Contemp. Probs. 279 (Winter/Spring 2004) (invited). 

 

 

Richard C. Reuben, First Options, Consent to Arbitration, and the Demise of Separability: Restoring Access to Justice for Contracts with Arbitration Provisions, 72 SMU L. Rev. 819  (2003).

                                                 • CPR Inst. for Disp. Resol., Professional Articles, Hon. Mention (2004)

                    

 

                     Richard C. Reuben, The Sound of Dust Settling: A Response to Residual Criticisms of the

                                    UMA, 2003 J. of Disp. Resol 99 (2003) (invited)

 

 

                     Richard C. Reuben, Constitutional Gravity: A Unitary Theory of Alternative Dispute

                                   Resolution and Public Civil Justice, 47 UCLA L. Rev. 949 (2000)

 

 

              Richard C. Reuben, Public Justice: Toward a State Action Theory of ADR,

                                   85 Cal. L.Rev. 577 (May 1997).

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS 

 

     I have written more than 1,000 law-related articles for various publications since 1988, including:

 

                     Richard C. Reuben, When Arbitration Subverts Democracy, 42 Trial 34 (January 2006).

 

                     Richard C. Reuben, The Democratic Legitimacy of Government-Related Dispute Resolution, 12 Disp. Resol. Mag. 23 (January 2006)

 

                    Richard C. Reuben, Growing Pains, 22 Cal. Law. 35 (Nov. 2002).

     

                    Richard C. Reuben, Deconstructing Confidentiality, 20 Cal. Law. 29 (January 2000).

 

                    Richard C. Reuben, Strictly in Confidence?, 43 Advocate 9 (2000)

 

                    Richard C. Reuben, The Pendulum Swings Again: Badie, Wright Decisions

                         Underscore Importance of Actual Assent to Arbitration, 6 Disp. Resol. Mag. 19 (1999).

 

                    Richard C. Reuben, No Consent, No ADR, 19 Cal. Law. 42 (June 1999). 

     

                    Richard C. Reuben, In Pursuit of Health, 82 A.B.A. J. 55 (October 1996)

                                         

                    Richard C. Reuben, The Lawyer Turns Peacemaker, 82 A.B.A. J. (August 1996).

 

Richard C. Reuben, Justice Harry A. Blackmun: Justice Defined, 80 A.B.A.J. 46 (July 1994).

 

                    Richard C. Reuben, The Dark Side of ADR, 14 Cal. Law., Feb. 1994, at 53.

 

                    Richard C. Reuben, Man in the Middle: Justice Anthony Kennedy, 12 Cal. Law., Oct. 1992, at 34.

 

Richard C. Reuben, An Inside Look at How Roe v. Wade Survived,  Sacramento Bee, Aug. 30, 1992, at F-1.

 

Richard C. Reuben, The Rehnquist Court Brings Habeas Review Full Circle, L.A. Daily J.,

                     July 15, 1991, at A-1.

 

 


CITATIONS IN REPORTED CASES

 

      Fox v. Tanner, 2004 WL 2805534, *9-13  (Wyo.) (Court adopts my reasoning on jurisdiction issue)

 

      In re Knepp, 229 B.R. 821, 840-41 (1999).

 

      Rollins, Inc. v. Foster, 991 F.Supp. 1426, 1438 (1998)

 

Andrews-Clark v. Traveler’s Insurance Co., 984 F.Supp. 49, 56 (1997)

 

In Re Braddy, 195 B.R. 365, 369 (1996)

 

Life Insurance Co. of Georgia, v. Johnson, 684 So.2d 685, 693 (1996)

 

Ball v. Martin, 108 Md.App. 435, 451-52 (1996)

 

U.S. v. All Funds, Monies, Securities, Mutual Fund Shares, and Stocks Held in Fidelity Investments

Account Numbers: T082579628; X01-085871; (351) 0433395287; (349) 0422295436; (336) 0436178206; (321) 0422271650; (319) 0422279075; (314) 0422294892; (302) 0436201354; (300) 0422294579; (096) 0422279067; (064) 0422279083; (042) 0422274712; (028) 0436170351; (022) 0422299016, and All Funds in Winchester Savings Bank Account Number 100896150, 162 F.R.D. 4, 7 (1995)

 

 

RECENT MEDIA APPEARANCES (2005) (Selected)

 

National Public Radio, All Things Considered (private judging)

 

The Washington Times (U.S. Supreme Court nomination)

 

St. Louis :Post-Dispatch (U.S. Supreme Court nomination)

 

National Law Journal (arbitration)

 

Reuters News Service (U.S. Supreme Court nomination)

 

The Walt Bodine Show (Kansas City radio talk show, on U.S. Supreme Court nominations)

 

ADRWorld.Com (mediation)

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

            Keynote Speaker, Democracy and Dispute Resolution, NJ State Bar Association/NJ

                        Association of Professional Mediators/Marie Garibaldi Inn of Court (New Brunswick,

                        NJ, April 2006)

 

            Panelist, Democracy’s Missing Element, University of Missouri Chancellor’s Global Issues

                        Forum (Columbia, Mo., April 2006)

 

            Session Co-Leader, Democracy and the Federal Workplace, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution

                        Annual Meeting (Atlanta, April 2006)

 

            Panelist, Rethinking Impartiality: Delusion, Confusion and the Problem of Neutral Self-Interest,

                        ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting (Atlanta, April 2006).

 

            Presentation, Democracy and Dispute Resolution: Toward a Structural Understanding of the Rule

                        of Law, Saint Louis University Law School (St. Louis, Mo. March 2006)

 

            Panelist, Bringing Experiential Learning into Your Classes, AALS Section on Legal

                        Teaching Methods Section (January 2006)

 

            Speaker, Democracy and the Workplace, U.S. Government Inter-Agency Working Group on

                        Dispute Resolution (workplace) (Washington, D.C., January 2006)

 

            Presenter, Confidentiality in Arbitration: Beyond the Myth, University of Kansas School of Law

                        Symposium on Secrecy and Transparency in Dispute Resolution (November 2005)

 

            Presenter, Impartiality in Arbitration: Accounting for Arbitrator Self-Interest, Penn.

                        State-Dickinson School of Law Symposium on Neutrality and Impartiality in Alternative Justice (Carlisle, Pa., September 2005)

 

            Panel Presentation, Mandatory Mediation: Resisting the Sirens, Southeastern Law School

                         Association Annual Meeting (Hilton Head, July 2005)

           

            Presenter, Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Governmental Dispute Resolution Programs, June 2005 Conference on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution,                              sponsored by the Harvard Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (June 2005)

 

            Plenary Panelist, The Regulation of ADR, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting

                        (Los Angeles, April 2005)

 

            Commenter, Justice Blackmun and the Spirit of Liberty, University of Missouri Symposium:

                         Reflections on Judging, A Discussion Following the Release of the Blackmun Papers (February 2005)

 

            Plenary Panelist, New Developments in ADR, Missouri Bar Association Section on Dispute

                        Resolution (October 2004)

 

            Panel Participant, Media Coverage of Conflict: The Case of Same Sex Marriage Legislation,

                     Law and Society Annual Meeting (Chicago, May 2004)

 

            Panel Chair, Accountability in Government Dispute Resolution, ABA Section of Dispute

                     Resolution Spring Meeting (New York City, April 2004)

 

            Lecture, Democracy and Dispute Resolution, Yale-Quinnipiac Lecture in Dispute Resolution

                     (New Haven, Conn., February 2004) (invited)

 

            Discussant, Symposium, Fear and Risk in Times of Democratic Crisis, University of

                     Missouri-Columbia School of Law (Columbia, Mo., February 2004) (invited)

 

            Debate, The Uniform Mediation Act in Missouri, Missouri Bar Association (Jefferson City, Mo.,

                      November 2003) (invited)

 

            Dinner Keynote Address, The Uniform Mediation Act in California, Mediation Society of

                     San Francisco, (San Francisco, November 2003) (invited)

 

            Plenary Presentation, Arbitration and Democracy, University of San Francisco School of Law

                      Conference on Mandatory Arbitration (San Francisco, November 2003) (invited)

           

            Panel Chair, “Journalism and Law: Making the Career Connection,” Missouri Bar Association

                     (Columbia, Mo., October 2003)

 

            Presentation, Democracy and Dispute Resolution, USAID Dispute Resolution Working Group

                      (September 2003) (invited)

 

            Debate Organizer, Security vs. Privacy After 9-11, Co-sponsored by the ABA Section of

                      Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, University of Missouri-Columbia

                      School of Law, University of Missouri School of Journalism (Washington, D.C.,

                      April 2003) (Televised on C-SPAN).

 

            Plenary Address, The Uniform Mediation Act, Association of Missouri Mediators Annual

                          Conference (Columbia, Mo., July 2002)

 

            Panel Participant, Ethical Issues in Mediation: Behind Closed Doors, American Bar Association

                      Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Meeting (Seattle, April 2002)

 

            Presentation, Constitutional Issues in ADR, National Employment Lawyers Association

                     Conference, Action in Arbitration: The New Civil Rights Battleground (Philadelphia,

                     March 2002) (invited)

           

            Keynote Address, Conflict and Resolution in an Age of Terrorism, ADR International Congress

                     (San Juan, November 2001) (invited)

 

            Panel Chair, Moving Forward With the Uniform Mediation Act, American Bar Association

                      AnnualMeeting (Chicago, August 2001)

 

            Keynote Address: The Uniform Mediation Act and its Application to Family Law, ABA Section

                      of Family Law (Kansas City, Mo., April 2001) (invited)

 

            Panel Presentation, The Unlicensed Practice of Law and the Uniform Mediation Act, Society of

                      Professionals in Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting (Albuquerque, N.M., September

                      2000) (invited)

 

            Presentation, Arbitrability, University of Missouri-Columbia Symposium, The Revised Uniform

                     Arbitration Act: What It Means to You (St. Louis, October 2000) (invited)

 

            Presentation, Confidentiality in Mediation, University of Missouri-Columbia Seminar on the

                     Mediation of Civil Cases (Columbia, Mo., August 2000).

 

 

NATIONAL SERVICE

 

            Editor, Dispute Resolution Magazine (Published quarterly by ABA Section of Dispute

                     Resolution). Since 1996.

                                                                                                                

            Associate Reporter, Uniform Mediation Act (1997-2002).

 

ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Council, Ex Officio. Since 1997.

                              • Nominating Committee, 2004 and 2005

 

                              • ABA Section of Admin. Law & Reg Practice. Ombuds Comm. chair, 2003-2005

 

            Governing Board, CRInfo.org. Since 1998.

Internet’s most comprehensive conflict resolution web site and portal

 

 

            Consultant, Election Protection Project, St, Louis (November 2004)


 

LAW SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE

 

• Law School Committees and Administrative Assignments

                              Journal of Dispute Resolution Faculty Advisor (2002 – present)

                              Negotiation Competition Faculty Advisor (2000 – present)

                              Appointments (2005 – present)

                              Self-Study Committee (2003-2004)

                              Curriculum (2001-2005)

                              Certificates and Dual Degrees (2000 – present)

                              LL.M. Admissions (2000 – 2005)

                              Law and Journalism Task Force on Curricular Initiatives (chair) (2000-2002)

                              Task Force on Perspectives Requirements (2003)

                              Task Force on Law Review Selection Process (2004)

                              Order of the Barristers (2000- present)

 

            • Other Significant Law School Service

• Arranged for Law School visits by Marc Galanter, Robert Mnookin, Bruce Patton, and Tony Mauro

 

                              Established relationship for Law School with Missouri Legislative Academy to

                                             provide legislative research opportunities for law students

 

            • Missouri Center on Journalism, Law, and Conflict, Co-Director

                              • The Center is a partnership between University of Missouri-Columbia Schools of Law and Journalism to explore the relationship between law, journalism and conflict resolution through the development of interdisciplinary understanding in research, teaching, and public education.

 

                              • Key Achievements:

                                            • New curricular programs

                                                         • Four Dual Degree Programs

                                                         • Journalism Certificate Programs for Law Students

                                                         • Journalism Masters, Ph.D. Minors in Law and Conflict Resolution

 

                                            • New Courses at the School of Journalism

                                                            • Law and the Courts

                                                            • Journalism and Conflict

                                                            • Covering International Terrorism

 

                                            • Joint law and journalism investigative reporting clinic on domestic violence

                                   

                                            • The J-Law Speaker Series

                                                                       

 

            • University of Missouri Committee on Revision of Records (member 2003-present; Chair 2005-06)

 

           

BAR  MEMBERSHIPS.

 

California, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania

 

 

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST