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Maureen Arellano Weston, J.D.
Professor of Law

Office: School of Law (SOL)
E-mail: maureen.weston@pepperdine.edu

  • J.D., University of Colorado, Order of the Coif
  • B.A., University of Denver, magna cum laude

Professor Weston joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2001, coming from the University of Oklahoma where she taught Civil Procedure, Pretrial Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Disability Law. Before teaching at Oklahoma, Professor Weston worked for the Colorado law firms of Faegre & Benson, and Holme Roberts & Owen. Admitted to practice in Colorado, she is a member of the American Bar, Hispanic National Bar, and Colorado Bar Associations. She is actively involved with the ABA, Section on Dispute Resolution, has served as co-chair of the Section's Education Committee and as Chair of the Section's Representation in Mediation program promoting mediation advocacy experiences for law students. She has also served on the Board of the Southern California Mediation Association and is active in local community education, church and sporting activities.

Professor Weston is the co-author of casebooks on arbitration and on sports law and has written numerous articles in the area of mediation, arbitration, sports law, and disability law. She is a frequent speaker at academic conferences on arbitration, mediation, and sports law. Her publications include "The Fantasy of Athlete Publicity Rights: Public Fascination and Fantasy Sports' Assertion of Free Use Place Publicity Rights on an Uncertain Playing Field," 11 Chapman Law Review (2008); "Preserving the Federal Arbitration Act by Reining in Judicial Expansion and Mandatory Use," 8 Nevada Law Journal 385 (2007); "Internationalization in College Sports: Issues in Recruiting, Amateurism, and Scope," Willamette Law Review 101 (Fall 2006); Arbitration: Cases and Materials (with Stephen K. Huber) (Lexis-Nexis Publishing) (2nd ed. 2006); "Universes Colliding: The Constitutional Implications of Arbitral Class Actions," William and Mary Law Review (2005); Arbitration: Case and Materials (2nd ed. with Stephen K. Huber); "Re-Examining Arbitral Immunity in an Age of Mandatory and Professional Arbitration," 88 Minnesota Law Review 449 (2004); Sports Law: Cases and Materials, and Instructor's Manual (5th ed., Lexis-Nexis Publishing, 2003); and (4th ed. Anderson Publishing, 2000 with Raymond Yasser, James McCurdy, and C. Peter Goplerud); "Confidentiality's Constitutionality: The Incursion on Judicial Powers to Regulate Parties in Court-Connected Mediation," 8 Harvard Negotiation Law Journal 29 (2003); "California's New Arbitrator Ethics Standards: A Primer for Compliance and Confusion?," Dispute Resolution Service News (October 2002); "Checks on Participant Conduct in Compulsory ADR: Reconciling the Need for Good Faith Participation, Autonomy, and Confidentiality," 73 Indiana Law Review 591 (2001); and "Academic Standards or Discriminatory Hoops: Learning Disabled Students and the NCAA Initial Eligibility Requirements," 66 Tennessee Law Review 499 (1999).

Professor Weston teaches Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Sports Law, Negotiation and Settlement Advocacy, Entertainment Dispute Resolution, Ethical Lawyering, Civil Procedure, and International Dispute Resolution, London/Geneva Study Tour.

During fall 2008, Professor Weston will be a visiting professor at the University of Colorado School of Law.

Selected Works:
  • Anatomy of the First Public Sports Arbitration: Surprising Practical, Legal, and Policy Issues in USADA v. Landis, PEPP. DISP. RESOL. L.J. (forthcoming).
  • Doping Control, Mandatory Arbitration, and Process Dangers for Accused Athletes in International Sports, PEPP. DISP. RESOL. L.J. (forthcoming).
  • The Fantasy of Athlete Publicity Rights: Public Fascination and Fantasy Sports' Assertion of Free Use Place Athlete Publicity Right on an Uncertain Playing Field, 11 CHAPMAN L. REV. 581 (2008) (symposium issue).
  • Preserving the Federal Arbitration Act by Reining in Judicial Expansion and Mandatory Use, 8 NEV. L.J. 385 (2007) (symposium issue).
  • Internationalization in College Sports: Issues in Recruiting, Amateurism, and Scope, 42 WILLAMETTE L. REV. 829 (2006).
  • Universes Colliding: The Constitutional Implications of Arbitral Class Actions, 47 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1711 (2006)
  • The Intersection of Sports and Disability: Analyzing Reasonable Accommodations for Athletes with Disabilities, 50 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. 137 (2005).
  • Reexamining Arbitral Immunity In an Age of Mandatory and Professional Arbitration, 88 MINN. L. REV. 449 (2004).
  • Confidentiality's Constitutionality: The Incursion on Judicial Powers to Regulate Party Conduct in Court-Connected Mediation, 8 HARV. NEGOT. L. REV. 29 (2003).
  • California New Arbitrator Ethics Standards: A Primer for Compliance and Confusion?, DISP. RESOL. SERV. NEWS, Oct. 2002 (reprinted in ABA, Arbitration Section, December 2002 MONTHLY UPDATE).
  • Checks on Participant Conduct in Compulsory ADR: Reconciling the Need for Good Faith Participation, Autonomy, and Confidentiality, 76 IND. L.J. 591 (2001).
  • Dispute Autonomy Versus "Quality" Process Concerns, in ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN MEDIATION (Jossey Bass Pub. 2007).
  • Maureen Arellano Weston & Stephen K. Huber, ARBITRATION: CASES AND MATERIALS (Lexis, 2d ed. 2006).
  • SPORTS LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (and Instructor's Manual) (6th ed. 2006).
  • SPORTS LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (and Instructor's Manual) (5th ed. 2003).
  • SPORTS LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (and Instructor's Manual) (4th ed. 2000).