RICHARD C. REUBEN
Associate Professor of
Law
University of
Missouri-Columbia
308 Hulston Hall,
(573) 884-5204 (p) (573) 882-3343 (f)
ReubenR@missouri.edu
EMPLOYMENT
2000 - Present University
of Missouri-Columbia
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.
Senior Research Fellow and
Lecturer on Law
Teaching assignment: Negotiation
1996 - 1998 Stanford Law School,
Associate Director
Teaching assignment: ADR Law
& Policy
1993 - 1996 American Bar Association Journal.
American Society of Business & Professional Editors Award for
Trade Publication News Writing in 1995 and 1996.
1991 -
1998 Law Offices of Richard C.
Reuben.
Part-time practice primarily limited to felony and
misdemeanor appeals
1987 -
1993 Los Angeles and
U.S. Supreme Court Reporter and Columnist (syndicated)
Nominated for Pulitzer Prize, Beat Coverage of
1984 - 1986 Georgia State University
Assistant to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
1981 - 1985 The
Copy Editor for the Editorial Board
Edited letters to the
editor, local, and national columnists. Some editorial
writing.
EDUCATION
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)
J.D. (College of Law, 1986)
B.A. (Journalism, 1982)
B.A. (History, 1979) (magna
cum laude)
INTERNSHIPS
Extended internship during third
year of law school, January 1986 - June 1986
Tax Notes/Tax Analysts, Legal Writing
Staff,
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,
Richard C. Reuben, Corporate Governance: A Practical Guide for
Dispute Resolution Professionals (
Ombuds in Developments
in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice: 2003-2004
(Jeffrey
S. Lubbers, ed. 2004) (
with Nancy G. Harter, Philip J. Harter, Judy Kaleta,
Sharan Levine,
Carve-outs in Workers Compensation: An Analysis of the
Experience in the
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.
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
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 Medias Challenge
69
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
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,
Richard C. Reuben, The
July 15, 1991, at A-1.
CITATIONS
IN REPORTED CASES
Fox
v. Tanner, 2004 WL 2805534, *9-13 (
In re Knepp, 229 B.R. 821, 840-41 (1999).
Rollins, Inc. v. Foster, 991 F.Supp. 1426, 1438 (1998)
Andrews-Clark
v. Travelers 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)
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)
National Law Journal
(arbitration)
Reuters News Service
(U.S. Supreme Court nomination)
The Walt Bodine Show (
ADRWorld.Com (mediation)
PRESENTATIONS
Keynote Speaker, Democracy and Dispute Resolution, NJ State Bar Association/NJ
Association of
Professional Mediators/Marie Garibaldi Inn of Court (
NJ, April 2006)
Panelist, Democracys Missing Element, University of Missouri Chancellors Global
Issues
Forum (
Session Co-Leader, Democracy and the Federal Workplace,
Annual
Meeting
(
Panelist, Rethinking Impartiality: Delusion, Confusion
and the Problem of Neutral Self-Interest,
Presentation, Democracy and Dispute Resolution: Toward a
Structural Understanding of the Rule
of Law,
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)
(
Presenter, Confidentiality in Arbitration: Beyond the
Myth, University of
Symposium
on Secrecy and Transparency in Dispute Resolution (November 2005)
Presenter, Impartiality in Arbitration: Accounting for
Arbitrator Self-Interest,
Panel Presentation, Mandatory Mediation: Resisting the
Sirens, Southeastern
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,
(
Commenter, Justice Blackmun and the Spirit of
Reflections on Judging, A Discussion Following
the Release of the Blackmun Papers (February 2005)
Plenary Panelist, New Developments in ADR,
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,
Resolution Spring Meeting (
Lecture, Democracy and Dispute Resolution, Yale-Quinnipiac Lecture in Dispute
Resolution
(
Discussant, Symposium, Fear and Risk in Times of
Democratic Crisis, University of
Debate, The Uniform Mediation Act in
November
2003) (invited)
Dinner Keynote Address, The
Uniform Mediation Act in
Plenary Presentation, Arbitration and Democracy,
Conference on Mandatory Arbitration (
Panel Chair, Journalism and Law: Making the Career
Connection,
(
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
Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice,
April 2003)
(Televised on C-SPAN).
Plenary Address, The Uniform
Mediation Act, Association of
Conference (
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 (
March 2002) (invited)
Keynote Address, Conflict and Resolution in an Age of
Terrorism, ADR International Congress
(
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,
of Family Law (
Panel Presentation, The
Unlicensed Practice of Law and the Uniform Mediation Act, Society of
Professionals in Dispute Resolution Annual
Meeting
(
2000)
(invited)
Presentation, Arbitrability,
Arbitration
Act: What It Means to You (
Presentation, Confidentiality in Mediation,
Mediation
of Civil Cases (
NATIONAL SERVICE
Editor,
Dispute Resolution Magazine (Published
quarterly by ABA Section of Dispute
Resolution). Since 1996.
Associate Reporter,
Uniform Mediation Act (1997-2002).
Nominating Committee, 2004 and 2005
Governing Board, CRInfo.org. Since 1998.
Internets most
comprehensive conflict resolution web site and portal
Consultant, Election Protection Project,
St, Louis (November 2004)
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
Arranged for
. Established relationship for
provide legislative
research opportunities for law students
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
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.
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST