Roselle Wissler (Arizona State) and I have published our final article empirically examining aspects of initial joint sessions and initial caucuses. Participant Actions and Intermediate Outcomes in Initial Joint Sessions and Initial Caucuses recently appeared in the Journal of Dispute Resolution (here). The findings are based on the online survey responses of over 1000 civil … Continue reading Participant Actions and Intermediate Outcomes in Initial Joint Sessions and Initial Caucuses – Final Article from Study of Over 1,000 Mediators →

From RSI, with kudos to Judge Denlow who created a legal settlement database, helping to provide actual data about settlement versus litigation.  More below from the press release: Resolution Systems Institute had the privilege of awarding its 2025 Harris H. Agnew Service to Community Award to the Hon. Morton Denlow (Ret.) on April 25 at … Continue reading Resolution Systems Institute (RSI) Presents the Agnew Community Service Award to Judge Morton Denlow →

This year the Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center at Arizona State is taking the Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Conference on the road.  The conference will be on Thursday June 27th in Geneva, Switzerland in partnership with the Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement.  This year’s keynote speaker is Professor Anthony Patt, Ph.D, Professor of Climate Policy … Continue reading Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Conference – Geneva June 27, 2025 →

The Divided Community Project’s new fourth edition of Leading a Divided Campus: Ideas and Illustrations (4th ed) offers ideas for supporting students during conflict. Feel free to forward the link, go.osu.edu/dcpcampus4, to those you know in your university’s counsel, student affairs, ombuds, and security offices. DCP’s Speaking Out to Strengthen the Guardrails of Democracy (2023) … Continue reading Divided Community Project Publications – helping students in a time of conflict →

FOI, Professor Stacie Strong will be publishing her groundbreaking article on Artificial Intelligence and Arbitration in an upcoming issue of the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution. Here is the abstract and the link to download: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5239069 Artificial Intelligence in Civil Justice Systems: An Empirical and Interdisciplinary Analysis and Proposal for Moving Forward (May 02, … Continue reading Stacie Strong on Artificial Intelligence and Arbitration in Ohio State’s Journal on Dispute Resolution →

Ok, so it’s not dead yet.  However, it is with sadness that I pass along news of the demise of Dispute Resolution Magazine as we know it.  ABA DR Section Chair Susan Guthrie made the announcement in a recent email sent to the Section’s membership tying the decision to funding restraints.  As Co-Chair of the … Continue reading The ABA’s Dispute Resolution Magazine is dead. Long live Dispute Resolution Magazine !! →