KU Law Professor Stephen Ware's presentation at the Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Feb. 2010.

1. Stephen J. Ware
Professor of Law
University of Kansas

2. Similarities Between Arbitration
and Bankruptcy Litigation

3. Binding Adjudication
public courts private “courts”
(litigation) (arbitration)

4. Litigation
bankruptcy all other

5. Bankruptcy Litigation
adversary contested
proceeding matter

6. Adjudication Procedure:
- Service of process
- Pleadings
- Discovery
- Summary judgment motions
- Trial or hearing
- Appeal

7. Do higher process costs correlate
with more accurate adjudication
and, thus, more just outcomes?

8. accuracy/
justice
process costs

9. accuracy/
justice
process costs

10. Stephen J. Ware
Professor of Law
University of Kansas
ware@ku.edu
785-864-9209