Erin R. Archerd
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Associate Professor of Law
Degrees
- J.D. Harvard Law School '08
- B.A. Stanford University '04
Biography
Professor Erin R. Archerd’s research and teaching interests include Alternative Dispute Resolution, Beer Law, Commercial Law, Education Law, and Latino Law and Policy. Her most recent articles include Online Mediation and the Opportunity to Rethink Safety in Mediation, published in the Stetson Law Review in 2022; Two Hearts and Brewer/Distributor Conflicts, published in the University of the Pacific Law Review in 2021; and Evaluating Mediation’s Future, published in the Missouri Journal of Dispute Resolution in 2020. She also contributed an essay to Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Foundational Articles, edited by Andrea Schneider, Sarah Cole, and Art Hinshaw, which received the 2021 CPR Outstanding Book Award.
Upon her graduation from Harvard Law School, Professor Archerd spent several years working in corporate transactions at Covington & Burling LLP’s San Francisco office. She joined the University in Fall 2015 after serving as the Langdon Fellow in Dispute Resolution at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law from 2012-2015. In 2020, she received the University of Detroit Mercy’s Faculty Achievement award.
Prof. Archerd has served as Chair of the State Bar of Michigan ADR Section, Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Ethics Committee, and Chair of the American Association of Law Schools Education Law Section. She is faculty advisor to the Hispanic and Latinx Law Students Association at Detroit Mercy Law.
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Courses Taught
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Contracts
Designing Deals
Dispute Resolution in Employment
Law Review Seminar
Mediation
Negotiation and Mediation Advocacy
Sales
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Selected Publications
Online Mediation and the Opportunity to Rethink Safety in Mediation, 52 STETSON L. REV. 307 (2022).
Two Hearts and Brewer/Distributor Conflicts, 52 U. PAC. L. REV. 803 (2021).
I Don’t Know Why You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello, 29 Michigan Dispute Resolution Journal Vol. 2 (2021).
Evaluating Mediation’s Future, 2020 Missouri J. Dispute Res. 31 (2020).
It’s Not the Lawyers We Need to Convince: Commentary on Carrie Menkel-Meadow’s Toward Another View of Legal Negotiation (1984), appearing in Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Formative Articles (Hinshaw, Schneider, and Cole, eds.) (Oxford Univ. Press 2020).
It’s Not Too Late to Attend the 2020 Annual Meeting, 28 Michigan Dispute Resolution Journal Vol. 2 (2020).
New Justices Weigh-In on Arbitration, 27 Michigan Dispute Resolution Journal Vol. 1 (2019).
You Think You Know How to Converse?, 26 Michigan Dispute Resolution Journal Vol. 3 (2018).
Will the New CFPB Arbitration Rules Be Enforced?, 25 Michigan Dispute Resolution Journal Vol. 4 (2017).
Restoring Justice in Schools, 85 U. Cincinnati L. Rev. 761 (2017).
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Selected Presentations
Stetson Law Review Symposium, April 1, 2022, Should Mediation Move Online Permanently? A Mediator’s Obligation to Provide a Safe Process and the Benefits of Online Mediation (presenter).
American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, January 7, 2022: Administrative Law in Higher Education (moderator).
State Bar of Michigan Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting and Conference, October 9, 2021: Exploring Strange New Worlds: What Star Trek Teaches Us about Dispute Resolution (presenter).
Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Conference, Amelia Island FL, July 29, 2021, Is Remote Justice Still Justice? Shifting Dispute Resolution Processes Online (presenter).
The Law of Beer: A Multidisciplinary Symposium, University of the Pacific Law Review, April 23, 2021 (presenter).
Contracts Conference (KCON), Sacramento CA, February 22, 2020, Conflict Brewing: Distribution Agreements in the Beer Industry (presenter).
State Bar of Michigan Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting and Conference, October 12, 2019: Building a Career in ADR and Mentoring New Practitioners.
AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Works-in-Progress Conference, Las Vegas NV, October 4, 2019, Conflict Brewing: Distribution Agreements in the Beer Industry (presenter).
American Bar Association Women in Dispute Resolution, Mediation Ethics Webinar, October 4, 2019 (webinar speaker).
Appreciating Our Legacy and Engaging the Future, Pepperdine, CA, June 19, 2019: Technology’s Effect on How and What We Teach (breakout session speaker).
ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 12, 2019: Mediator Ethics: Who Is the Client? (panelist).
AALS Alternative Dispute Resolution Works-in-Progress Conference, Baltimore MD, October 6, 2018: What Case Evaluation Can Tell Us About Mediation’s Future (presenter).
ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Conference, Washington DC, April 6, 2018: Questioning Ourselves – How to Become a Mediator Who Asks Game Changing Questions (panelist).
State Bar of Michigan Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting and Conference, October 14, 2017: The Implicit Association Test and Cognitive Bias.
Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Conference, Boca Raton FL, Augus 1, 2017: Discussions in Dispute Resolution – Negotiation (panelist).
SEALS Conference, Boca Raton FL, August 1, 2017: Utilizing ADR Competitions to Foster Practical Dispute Resolution Skills (panelist).
ABA CLE Webinar, July 11, 2017: Where Mediation’s Model Standards Are Failing (co- presenter).
Indisputably.org, Guest Blogger, June 8, 2017: Model Standards for Mediator Conduct –Time for a Revision?
ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Conference, San Francisco CA, April 12, 2017: Helping Mediators Learn to Have Difficult Conversations (panelist).
Día de la Mujer, Lansing MI, April 8, 2017: Negocios y Negociaciones (co-presenter).
Sharing Scholarship, Building Teachers, Albany NY, February 4, 2017: De Colores: Organizing Lessons Post-2016 Election Cycle.
Society of American Law Teachers Conference, Chicago IL, October 1, 2016: The Pedagogy of Love: Teaching Social Justice at a Catholic Law School (panelist).
AALS Section on Dispute Resolution Works-in-Progress Conference, Milwaukee WI, September 23, 2016: Special Education Decisions in New York: Anomaly or Pro-Parent Trend?
Indisputably.org, Guest Blogger, August 2, 2016: Neutrals and Social Media.
ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Conference, New York NY, April 8, 2016: Heard Not Seen: Internet Radio for the ADR Minded (panelist).
ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Conference, New York NY, April 7, 2016: You Too Can Do Empirical Research (moderator).