ODR Journal and ODR Degree
There are a couple of developments on the international ODR front.
First, the ODR degree being planned by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Instituto International de Posgrado, is moving along. The effort is being guided by Aura Esther Vilalta Nicuesa, professor of law and political science at UOC (and a moving force behind scholarship and legislation affecting online commerce in Spain). Ethan Katsh, Colin Rule, and I are listed as advisers and “faculty” for the degree. The first course, a basic online dispute resolution course, will be offered later this year, online, with Spanish and English versions.
Second, the development of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution is also moving along. Ethan Katsh, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, and I (co-Editors-in-Chief) have almost finished putting together the editorial and advisory boards, and we are targeting the end of this year for the first volume, with the second coming out mid-year in 2014.