It’s not often that I get to announce in a single week the discovery of not just one but two new alternative dispute resolution blogs.

Earlier this week I introduced readers to the ADR Diversity Blog. Today I get to head you over to FloridaArbitrationLaw.com, a blog tracking law regarding the enforcement of arbitration and issues of vacating, confirming or correcting awards. As its name suggests, its primary geographic focus is Florida, but it also covers other states as well. FloridaArbitrationLaw.com is published by Christopher Hopkins, an attorney based in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Please stop by Christopher’s blog and join me in welcoming him. And if you blog about alternative dispute resolution or know of someone who does, let me know so I can add you to the Directory of Alternative Dispute Resolution Blogs.

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Last summer I directed mediators seeking variety in their ho-hum routines to a course on Exopolitics 102: Citizen Diplomacy with Extraterrestrials, available through Exopolitics.org, a web site devoted to exploring “the political implications of the extraterrestrial presence”. (I swear I am not making this up.)

I was therefore vastly amused to learn through the dispute-res listserv (for subscription information, click here) that the instructor of this course, Dr. Michael Salla, has even bigger plans: a conference of international experts to discuss intergalactic diplomacy with extraterrestrial civilizations and its implications for world peace. You can read all about it here.

(By the way, for those of you who didn’t make the application deadline for last year’s course, Dr. Salla is offering “Exopolitics 102″ again. Class starts today.)