Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Professor David Larson – Current Scholarship and Activities

David Allen Larson

David Allen Larson

Senior Fellow, Dispute Resolution Institute
John H. Faricy Professorship in Empirical Research
Professor of Law

Publications

  • “The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Adopts Guidance for Online Dispute Resolution (ODR)” David Allen Larson, Amy J. Schmitz, and Alan Wiener, accepted for publication Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, October 2022
  • D.A., (2020-2021) The Future of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR): Definitions, Standards, Disability Accessibility, and Legislation. City University of Hong Kong Law Review, 8, 1, 73-90 (2022)
  • ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Guidance, Task Force Co-Chair and Principal Drafter (along with Amy Schmitz and Alan Wiener), three-year project, September 17, 2022.
  • “Designing a State Court Small Claims ODR System: Hitting a Moving Target in New York During a Pandemic,” 22 Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. 569 (2021), July 15, 2021.
  • “ODR Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities: We Must Do Better,” published in the treatise Online Dispute Resolution – Theory and Practice: A Treatise on Technology and Dispute Resolution (Second Edition); Chapter 6 of 25 chapters pp. 149 – 179; Editors Daniel Rainey, Ethan Katsh, and Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab; published by Eleven (The Hague, The Netherlands); July 1, 2021
  • Wrote four “Letters from the Chair” for the quarterly issues of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s Dispute Resolution Magazine, including for the 100th anniversary issue.

Presentations, Interviews, Leadership positions

  • Interview with WalletHub regarding criteria for selecting automobile insurance, the value of 24/7 live customer service, whether the ten largest car insurance companies are the best for most drivers, and television commercials’ influence on consumers’ choice of insurance companies. June 20, 2022. https://wallethub.com/car-insurance#expert=David_Allen_Larson
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization” with retired Hawaii judge Sandra Simms, insurance executive, mediator and arbitrator Rebekah Ratliff and Host Chuck Crumpton. The show was streamed live on thinktechhawaii.com and has been uploaded to youtube.com/thinktechhawaii. It is available at https://youtu.be/qHxVFJudwC0, the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS) for It’s Time for Responsible Change.  The show is also available at https://vimeo.com/725915259.  You can find and play this show on demand on thinktechhawaii.com and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify.  June 30, 2022.
  • Top 1.5% of downloads of all authors on SSRN
  • Chair, American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section (term completed August 2022)
  • Board of Directors, Ray Corollary Initiative.
  • System Designer New York State Unified Court System Small Claims ODR Pilot Project, October 2016 to present (pro bono beginning 2018).
  • Member, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Disability Inclusion in International Arbitration Task Force, Paris, France.
  • Member, USCIB/ICC USA (the U.S. National Committee to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) serves as a contact point in the United States for the ICC’s multi-faceted dispute resolution services).
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “Conflicts and Resolution Paths in Our Times” with Professor Ben Davis and Host Chuck Crumpton. The show was streamed live and uploaded to youtube.com/thinktechhawaii and can be viewed at https://youtu.be/aN4-Ek6wK48.  It is available on the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS) for It’s Time for Responsible Change.  It also is available at https://vimeo.com/730232264.  You will also be able to find and play the show on demand on thinktechhawaii.com and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify.
  • Professor David Allen Larson has been appointed Co-Chair for the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference Planning Committee for the 25th Annual Spring Conference 2023.
  • Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed by KARE11 NBC 10 p.m. television news regarding the nurses’ labor union decertification at the Mayo Clinic in Mankato, July 26, 2022. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/health/hundreds-of-nurses-vote-to-get-rid-of-union-at-mayo-clinic-hospital-in-mankato/89-e578bcb6-24cc-4f7c-80d9-a3de42e47a4c
  • Professor David Allen Larson was elected Representative to the American Bar Association House of Delegates for the Section of Dispute Resolution. August 6, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson was appointed to the Investment Advisory Committee for the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution. August 6, 2022.
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “Intractible Conflicts and Solution Options” with retired judge Sandra Simms; Tina Patterson, MDR, MCIArb, CF APMP; and host Chuck Crumpton. When faced with an intractible problem, how do you approach the problem? If you have been an anti-gun advocate but become the victim of a violent assault, how do you decide whether you now should own a gun? What can we do today about our country’s history of slavery?  Available at https://youtu.be/fn6IA–USXg, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS, https://vimeo.com/743287541  and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify. August 25, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson made a presentation at the City University of Hong Kong Law School Symposium. The Symposium was titled “Development of Legal Tech amid COVID-19” and Professor Larson’s presentation was titled “Legal Tech Has Helped Courts, Attorneys, and Educators Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Hong Kong, August 27, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson was voted the Think Tech Hawaii Distinguished Guest for August 2022, short video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO84MJDQ2tM
  • NBC KARE11 television news interview regarding Minnesota’s largest nursing strike in history involving 15,000 nurses, Sept. 12, 2022. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/historic-nursing-strike-could-have-an-impact-far-beyond-minnesota/89-1940eaa7-5d52-4afe-8ff0-6c0f6eed1630?subject=
  • Cornell University Industrial Labor Relations School and National Academy of Arbitrators 2023 Conference – planning committee member.
  • Completed a three-year project – ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Guidance. Task Force Co-Chair and Principal Drafter (along with Amy Schmitz and Alan Wiener), September 17, 2022.
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “Choices and Directions” discussing the labor strike involving 15,000 Minnesota nurses and several other topics, including why people still discriminate based on race in 2022. Panelists included host Chuck Crumpton, Professor Emeritus Vernellia Randall, attorney Jeff Portnoy, and me.  Available at  https://youtu.be/92XWIN_TiPk, the YouTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL) for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal, https://vimeo.com/750141054 and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify. Sept. 16, 2022.
  • StarTribune newspaper interview regarding the first major legal challenge to Minnesota’s new hemp-derived THC edible lawfrom one of the state’s medical cannabis companies, which claims it should be able to sell its “chemically identical” marijuana edibles on the open market. Sept. 19, 2022. https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-medical-marijuana-company-sues-state-seeks-to-sell-some-of-its-edibles-on-open-market/600208397/
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “Rights at Risk in the Changing Law” addressing threats to women’s rights, respect for election results, politicization of the United States Supreme Court, disregard for international law and the Ukraine invasion, among other issues. Sept. 22, 2022. Available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS), Vimeo https://vimeo.com/753126532, and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify.
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “Challenges and Risks for Equitable Law” discussing whether recent Supreme Court decisions are less principled than they have been in the past and whether the Court’s decisions have ever been principled when they concern racial issues. Participants were host Chuck Crumpton, Professor Emeritus Vernellia Randall, and me.  Sept. 29. 2022.  Available at https://youtu.be/75pLVItndrA, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL, Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/755409129, and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify.
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “Affirmative Action and More at Risk” with host Chuck Crumpton, Tina Patterson (MDR, MCIArb, CF APMP), Doug Chin (former Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii), and me. Available at https://youtu.be/9ERWVm486dc, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS), https://vimeo.com/757806959, and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify. October 7, 2022.
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “Midterm Election Predictions.” Participants were host Chuck Crumpton, Louise Ing (Dentons partner), Tina Patterson (MDR, MCIArb, CF APMP), and me.  Available at https://youtu.be/KH6zaUVnxys,  (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS), https://vimeo.com/762490461, and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify. October 21, 2022.
  • Fox 9 television news interview regarding the 99% of the Delta Airlines pilots who voted to authorize a strike. The pilots’ collective bargaining agreement expired in 2019 and they have not been able to negotiate a new agreement. November 1, 2022. Available at https://www.fox9.com/video/1137938
  • Professor David Allen Larson was a panelist for the International Mediation Awareness Week (Mediator Network) program titled “Making Mediation the Norm: Embedding a Cross-Sector Culture of Better Conflict Resolution.”  This three-hour discussion (continuous uninterrupted) brought together mediation experts from leading institutions around the world.  Participants included Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Dr. Isabel Philips), College of Mediators (Paul Turner), International Mediation Institute (Ivana Nincic), JAMS International (Kimberly Taylor), Mediate.com (Colin Rule), Mediation Institute (Joanne Law), The TCM Group (David Liddle), and YCM India (Kudrat Dev), and me.  London, United Kingdom, November 3, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii panel discussion titled “Juneteenth Rising (It’s Time for Responsible Change)” with retired judge Sandra Simms, Louise K.Y. Ing – Denton’s partner, and Tina Patterson – Rhode Island American Indian Heritage Commission. Honolulu, Hawaii, June 17, 2021, available at multiple sites, including YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_vR8ygCYZg , and Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/564460349
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii panel discussion titled “Independence Day Visions & Values (It’s Time for Responsible Change)” with Hawaiian civil rights attorney William Harrison, retired judge Sandra Simms, and Louise K.Y. Ing – Denton’s partner. The discussion focused primarily on the July 1st Supreme Court decision Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee. That decision upheld the Arizona statute that does not count votes made in the wrong precinct and which makes it a crime for any person to collect an early ballot other than an election official, voter’s caretaker, family member, or household member.  Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1, 2021, available at multiple sites, including YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XesDocERq4&t=331s .
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii program titled “Against the Wind: Rebuilding & Reform.” University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Dean Jelani Jefferson-Exum was also a guest for the discussion that focused on how priorities have changed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  (30 minutes) Honolulu, Hawaii, July 22, 2021, accessible on numerous platforms including https://thinktechhawaii.com/playlist/the-rule-of-law-in-the-new-abnormal and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hVIIPGOxJw
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii program titled “Hard Choices and Core Values.” The other panelists were retired judge Sandra Simms, Louise K.Y. Ing – Denton’s partner, and Tina Patterson – Rhode Island American Indian Heritage Commission for a discussion focused primarily on human trafficking and possible solutions. (30 minutes) Honolulu, Hawaii, July 29, 2021, accessible on numerous platforms including https://thinktechhawaii.com/hard-choices-and-core-values-its-time-for-responsible-change/
  • Chair, Mitchell Hamline School of Law Tenure Committee
  • Co-Chair, Tenure Code Revision Subcommittee (Board of Trustees & Faculty)
  • MHSL Retirement Committee
  • MHSL Diversity & Inclusion Committee
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii program titled “Resilience and Resistance.” The other panelists were retired judge Sandra Simms and Tina Patterson – Rhode Island American Indian Heritage Commission for a discussion focused primarily on the ways in which social media facilitates the spread of misinformation and ways in which we can overcome that threat. (30 minutes) Honolulu, Hawaii, August 12, 2021, accessible on numerous platforms including https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAr3ANkGoz0 and https://thinktechhawaii.com/changing-times-resilience-and-resistance-its-time-for-responsible-change/
  • Supervisor for Cecelia Burke externship
  • David Allen Larson has been awarded a $1,500 mini grant from the Executive Committee of the NAA (National Academy of Arbitrators) Research and Education Foundation.  Professor Larson applied for this grant to provide financial awards to the MHSL students who write the best papers focused on preventing and resolving employment disputes involving persons with disabilities.
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii program titled “Uncertain Times Hard Choices.” The other panelists were University of Dayton law professor Vernellia Randall and Tina Patterson – Rhode Island American Indian Heritage Commission for a discussion focused on whether resolving social justice and health conflicts has become even more difficult than it was several years ago. (30 minutes) Honolulu, Hawaii, August 19, 2021, accessible on numerous platforms including https://thinktechhawaii.com/uncertain-times-hard-choices-the-rule-of-law-in-the-new-abnormal/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ZT4g6WjrY
  • Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed by Kare 11 television news (10 p m.) and Fox News (9 p.m. and 10 p. m.) regarding the legal authority for, and probable responses to, President Biden’s new covid-19 vaccine mandate. The President’s order requires mandatory vaccines for Executive branch employees and contractors, healthcare workers who work for Medicare or Medicaid funded institutions, and mandatory vaccines or weekly testing for employees who work for companies with 100 more employees. September 10, 2021 https://www.kare11.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/biden-vaccine-mandate-has-broad-implications-for-minnesota/89-edf07acc-9384-4660-90c9-f1e408f3a206 and https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-businesses-await-more-guidance-in-wake-of-biden-vaccine-mandate
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a 30-minute ABA Dispute Resolution Section video interview program titled “Idle Chat,” available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EepfHDnPB1I , September 24, 2021
  • Professor David Allen Larson made a presentation at the 19th Annual Advanced Mediation Techniques Workshop for the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts. Professor Larson discussed his experience with the New York State Unified Court System Small Claims Pilot ODR Project and ODR best practices. Professor Larson participated in this one-hour workshop with Mediate.com CEO Colin Rule and Learning to Mediate Online founder Susan Guthrie.  The presentation was recorded on September 29, 2021 and will be broadcast on October 15, 2021.
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii video panel discussion titled “The Cost of Politicizing Health and the Economy” with Professor Emeritus Benjamin Davis. The video of the show was streamed live on thinktechhawaii.comand daCast.com. The show has been uploaded to youtube.com/thinktechhawaii and can be viewed at https://youtu.be/AAOcJOhXiJc, and on the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL) for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal. The show has also has been uploaded to vimeo.com/user106419993. You can view it there at https://vimeo.com/619301428.   In addition, you can play the show on demand on thinktechhawaii.com, vimeo.com and as a podcast on iTunes.  September 30, 2021
  • Faculty Steering Committee
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals Appellate Mediation Program and the District of Columbia Superior Court Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division one-hour presentation titled “ODR in the Courts – Ethical Challenges and Initiatives,” and Professor Larson’s co-presenter was ABA  ODR Task Force Co-chair Alan Weiner. Washington, DC, October 18, 2021.
  • NBC KARE 11 television program  “Breaking the News” interview for a story titled “From local nurses to national factory workers, here’s what’s driving ‘Striketober’.” Professor Larson explained that now is a particularly opportune time for workers to go on strike because the threat of losing your job when your employer hires a new permanent replacement worker is much lower because we are in the midst of a worker shortage. October 18, 2021 available at: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/from-local-nurses-to-national-factory-workers-heres-whats-driving-striketober/89-d4f748c7-0678-4a62-80a0-d11a5cbda13a
  • Minnesota Public Radio interview for a one-hour program titled “The influence of social media on our lives.”
  • Chris Farrell stepped in for Angela Davis and hosted the program. Macalester College Professor Ana Marie Cox also participated in the discussion. The program was broadcast Wednesday October 20th and is available at:
  • MPR News with Angela Davis https://www.mprnews.org/shows/angela-davis
  • Minnesota Lawyer interview regarding a Minnesota appellate court case which adopted a “plain meaning” approach to conclude that a temporary employee was not eligible to participate in the Minnesota State Retirement System General Plan (In the Matter of the Eligibility of Ted Johnson for MSRS General Employees Retirement Plan Coverage). October 29, 2021.
  • Cyberweek 2021 (Oct. 31 – Nov. 6) presentation titled “ODR Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities: We Must Do Better.”  This presentation was part of the session titled “Ethics, Culture and Equity in ODR,” November 2, 2021, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1_JRf7F6Mc and the Cyberweek program.
  • Introduction for the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution 2021 Dispute Resolution Mediation & Advocacy Skills Institute that has more than 200 registered attendees, November 4, 2021.
  • NBC KARE11 television news interview regarding the need and legal authority for the Biden administration’s January 4th vaccination deadline, November 4, 2021 at https://www.kare11.com/video/news/health/coronavirus/biden-administration-announces-jan-4-deadline-for-vaccine-mandate-at-large-private-companies/89-6e427cf1-b126-44ff-863e-d0fddf21b5bf?jwsource=cl
  • California State Polytechnic University Pomona one-hour panel presentation titled “Mediation in Different Cultures.” The two other participants on the panel were Sandra Lima Alves Montenegro (joined from Brazil) and Veerash Srikison (joined from South Africa), November 8, 2021.
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii video panel discussion titled “Recovery, Rebuilding and Resiliency” with University of Dayton Professor of Law Emeritus Vernellia Randall, Tina Patterson – Rhode Island American Indian Heritage Commission, and Jeffrey Portnoy of Cades Schutte LL.P. and the University of Hawaii Board of Regents.  November 11, 2021. The program was streamed live on thinktechhawaii.comand daCast.comand uploaded to youtube.com/thinktechhawaii where it can be viewed at https://youtu.be/hxPIfy7p-4M.  It also is available at the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL) for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal and https://vimeo.com/644955360. It is available on demand at thinktechhawaii.com, vimeo.com and as a podcast on iTunes.
  • ODR Africa Network one-hour presentation titled “ODR and the Opportunity to Reimagine Justice.” Professor Larson discussed the potential for ODR to increase access to justice by assisting vulnerable populations and populations with limited resources to participate effectively.  West Central Africa, November 26, 2021.
  • Professor David Allen Larson made a presentation at Cyberspace ODR TRACK 2021: How to Educate about e-Justice/ODR. Professor Larson discussed how judges and court officers have been trained to work with the New York State Unified Court System Small Claims ODR platform.  The European Academy of Law and ICT and Masaryk University, Prague, Czech Republic, November 29, 2021.
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii video panel discussion titled “Stories to End the Year Together” with University of Dayton Professor of Law Emeritus Vernellia Randall and University of Toledo Professor of Law Emeritus Ben Davis. The video of the show was streamed live on thinktechhawaii.comand daCast.com and was uploaded to https://youtu.be/2FqTUnJMYCw and the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL) for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal. The show has likewise been uploaded at https://vimeo.com/655154486 and it is available on demand on thinktechhawaii.com, vimeo.comand as a podcast on iTunes. December 9, 2021.
  • Professor David Allen Larson and Professor Emeritus Ethan Katsh (on behalf of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution) participated in the official rulemaking process as part of the U.S. Copyright Office’s Comment Period for the Copyright Claims Board’s Initiating Proceedings. We applauded the establishment of the Board and its goal of expanding access. The U.S. Copyright Office must do everything possible (and legally required), however, to make certain that any online procedures of the new Copyright Claims Board are accessible for persons with disabilities. We provided specific suggestions regarding how that can be accomplished. November 30, 2021.
  • Professor David Allen Larson was a Guest of Honor at the ” First International Conference on Emerging Issues in Business and Economic Research” in New Delhi, India. Professor Larson’s presentation was titled “ODR Can Expand or Reduce Access to Justice.” The conference was organized by Rajdhani College, University of Delhi and his presentation had 176 attendees, the majority of whom were from India. December 17th, 2021
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii video panel discussion titled “Navigating 2022 Issues and Choices” with Jeffrey Portnoy of Cades Schutte LLP and insurance executive, mediator and arbitrator Rebekah Ratliff. The show can be viewed at youtube.com/thinktechhawaii and https://youtu.be/TRol_S_VZT8 and on the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL) for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal. The show also is available at https://vimeo.com/663132374 , on demand on thinktechhawaii.com and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify.  January 6, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii video panel discussion titled “MLK and 2022 Issues” with William & Mary Visiting Professor Ben Davis, University of Dayton Professor of Law Emeritus Vernellia Randall, and Tina Patterson – Rhode Island American Indian Heritage Commission. The video was streamed live on thinktechhawaii.com and is available at youtube.com/thinktechhawaii. It can be viewed at https://youtu.be/cxbeDk9JGwc and on the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL) for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal. It also can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/668465859 and is available as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify.  January 20, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson made a one hour recorded video presentation for Findlaw titled “Vaccine Mandates and Employment Law.” More than 330 people registered for the presentation and it will be available on demand at Findlaw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTJADZHqmIQ , February 10, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson participated in a ThinkTech Hawaii video panel discussion titled “The Pandemic of Polarization” with William & Mary Visiting Professor Ben Davis, University of Dayton Professor of Law Emeritus Vernellia Randall, and Tina Patterson – Rhode Island American Indian Heritage Commission. The video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/7JH2PYdBFBc and the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL) for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal. It also can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/673445723 and is available as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify. February 3, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson made a presentation titled “ODR Can Expand or Reduce Access to Justice,” at the Emerging Judicial Trends in Arbitration, Mediation, and Dispute Resolution Conference in Hyderabad, India, February 17, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed by the KARE11 NBC television news program Breaking the News regarding the reasons the Minneapolis and St. Paul teachers’ unions have filed their notice of intent to strike and the possibility of a settlement before a strike begins. February 23, 2022. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/education/minneapolis-st-paul-teachers-file-intent-to-strike/89-514c173b-200d-4065-9841-1c110b721469
  • Expert Views on ADR, “The New York State Unified Court System’s Small Claims Online Dispute Resolution Project,” interview with Chinwe Egbunike-Umegbolu, over 1,700 views for LinkedIn posting in first 24 hours, United Kingdom, March 10, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SgwYkQYIX4
  • ODR Expo Tech 2022 (April 26-28, 2022), “ODR Can Expand or Reduce Access to Justice,” Online Dispute Resolution Latinoamerica (ODRLA), Argentina, 32-minute recorded video presentation, recorded March 10, 2022,https://mhsl.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=95a6e2f9-bbbc-497b-9451-ae5401496277
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion “What the Assault on Democracy Means for Us,” Streamed live on thinktechhawaii.com. Available at https://youtu.be/Dw0PtHHBUsE,  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL (for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal),  https://vimeo.com/684803822, also on demand on thinktechhawaii.com and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify. March 3, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed by KARE11 NBC television news regarding the terms of the tentative agreement to settle the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers’ labor strike that resulted in missing 14 school days. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/was-the-minneapolis-public-schools-teachers-strike-worth-it/89-ce67d412-ed65-4bf3-b417-f5023fd08f0b  March 25, 2022.
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion “Changes, Choices, and a New Normal.” Available at https://youtu.be/1iZOvKwKnT8,  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal, and at https://vimeo.com/694725409, and on demand on thinktechhawaii.comand as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify, March 31, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed by the StarTribune newspaper for its front-page story regarding the surge in law enforcement officers’ PTSD workers’ compensation claims and payouts. April 3, 2022.  https://www.startribune.com/as-police-claims-of-ptsd-soar-in-minneapolis-public-officials-scramble-to-find-solutions/600161709/
  • Professor David Allen Larson’s article, “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: ROBOTS, AVATARS AND THE DEMISE OF THE HUMAN MEDIATOR”, was recently listed on SSRN’s All-Time Top Ten download list for: Negotiation Processes & Communications eJournal.
  • Professor David Allen Larson was the featured guest for a 30-minute ThinkTech Hawaii program titled “Online Dispute Resolution (Life in the Law).” The video of the show was streamed live on thinktechhawaii.com.  The show is available at https://youtu.be/B2WnO6RlTGQ, the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mcIz4nEpCmS3ViaJ_EqbbH) for Life In The Law, on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/696403877, and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify, April 5, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson made a 50-minute presentation at the 2022 New York Statewide Civil Legal Aid Technology Conference titled “Online Dispute Resolution: What We’ve Learned and What We Need to Learn.” Professor Larson made the presentation with Renee L. Danser, Associate Director of Research & Strategic Partnerships, The Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School. There were more than 550 registered attendees for the conference, April 12, 2022.
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “The Role and Influence of Media Bias.” Available at https://youtu.be/ggou5fayy1M , the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL) for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal, https://vimeo.com/699669627 , on demand on thinktechhawaii.com, and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify, April 14, 2022.
  • Professor David Allen Larson is Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution and during the 24th Annual Spring Conference he: (1) presented the Conference Welcome, April 25th (2) introduced and moderated the first plenary session titled “How I found Myself (and Much More) at the Intersection of Mindfulness, Compassionate Leadership and Restorative Justice” by Jose Ergubide, April 25th (3) introduced and moderated the second plenary session titled “Unconventional Responses to Unique Catastrophies:  Tailoring the Law to Meet the Challenges” by Ken Feinberg, April 26th (4) made a one-hour presentation titled “Online Dispute Resolution: The ODR (R)evolution” (with Professor Amy Schmitz and Alan Wiener) April 26th .
  • Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed by the NBC KARE 11 television program Breaking the News regarding the baristas’ vote to unionize at the Snelling Avenue Starbucks in St Paul, April 28, 2022, https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/st-paul-starbucks-baristas-unionize-minnesota/89-6afa5d8c-2121-4bdd-888f-0c7ade2ed79c
  • Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed by KMSP Fox9 News about recent successful unionization efforts around the country as well as the labor union victory at the Minneapolis Starbucks which occurred only a few days after the successful union election at Starbucks in St. Paul, May 2, 2022. https://www.fox9.com/news/mpls-starbucks-becomes-first-to-unionize
  • Professor David Allen Larson was appointed to the Advisory Council for the National Academy of Arbitrators/Industrial Labor Relations School at Cornell University April 2023 national conference that will focus on expanding the number and subsequent selection of more diverse arbitrators and mediators. May 2, 2022.
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “Women’s Rights, Civil Rights and SCOTUS” with Professor Emeritus Ben Davis and Vernelia Randall, Attorney Jeffrey Portnoy and Host Chuck Crumpton. Available at https://youtu.be/yFMXd8J7Fl4, youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL) for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal, vimeo at https://vimeo.com/709340310 , on demand on thinktechhawaii.com , and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify. May 12, 2022.
  • ThinkTech Hawaii video discussion titled “Civil Rights at Risk” with Attorney Jeffrey Portnoy and Host Chuck Crumpton. This show was selected for ThinkTech Hawaii’s Top Five Shows of the Week List (#3) and was the ThinkTech Staff Pick for the Week.  Available at https://youtu.be/IzYiwZQ0yEM , the youTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL) for The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal, vimeo at https://vimeo.com/713942158 , on demand on thinktechhawaii.com, and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify.  May 26, 2022.
  • Presentation at the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) 74th Annual Meeting. Professor Larson’s session was titled “A New Way of Expressing Voice – The Use of Online Dispute Resolution Video Platforms At The EEOC.”  The session introduced two recent studies on the performance of the EEOC mediation program and Professor Larson made the presentation with the co-author of the studies, Professor E. Patrick McDermott.  This is the most comprehensive data comparing in-person to online mediation and includes a twenty-year time frame.  June 2, 2022.