Technology and Innovation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Real Feedback from Real People: Emphasizing User-Centric Designs for Court ODR

Heather Scheiwe Kulp and Amy J. Schmitz

The authors interview real people about whether they would use online dispute resolution systems and what features would make them more workable.

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Assessing the role and purpose of ODR in our courts

Doug Van Epps

A longtime court professional looks at considerations that courts can use when incorporating online dispute resolution options into their services.

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Can the Blockchain Decentralize Dispute Resolution?

James Metzger

Metzger describes how blockchain can be used to create an online resolution system with a crowd-sourced pool of jurors.

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Access to Justice and Blockchain-Based Arbitration

Sara Hourani

Sara Hourani looks at the ways in which blockchain-based arbitration can be incorporated into smart contracts to automate arbitration in disputes that arise from those contracts.

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On Professional Practice - Privadentiality

Sharon Press and Gregory Firestone

The On Professional Practice feature examines how professional responsibility principles apply to our work as dispute resolution professionals. In this article, Sharon Press and Gregory Firestone address participant expectations for confidentiality in mediation and propose a new term: Privadentiality.

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Research Insights

James Coben and Donna Stienstra

This feature showcases lessons to be learned from empirical studies with findings relevant to readers.

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Case Law Update

Lindsey Anderson and Andrew Jordan

Recent arbitration and mediation cases of note.

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Section News

The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution announces award recipients.