Many colleagues at the AALS ADR Section Works-in-Progress Conference focused on various aspects of artificial intelligence (AI). Their papers included the following: The Bots are Coming: How Can Law Professors Stay One Step Ahead?, Hal Abramson (Touro) Detecting and Challenging AI Drafted Arbitration Awards, Rishi Batra (McGeorge) Data Resolution: How AI Agents Change Conflict, Simon … Continue reading AI at the WIP
The quality of AI outputs depends on users’ skill in inputting good prompts. That’s the premise of my new article: The Art of AI Prompting in Law and Dispute Resolution Practice. It provides practical guidance about how to use AI tools responsibly, ethically, and effectively. It describes core skills including: Choosing the right AI tool … Continue reading The Art of the Prompt for Lawyers, Mediators, and Arbitrators
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly part of daily life in legal and mediation practice. Mediators and lawyers (“practitioners”) may wonder how they can use it to provide good client service and remain competitive in the marketplace. Indeed, some practitioners may wonder whether they’ll be able to do so in the future without using AI. Recent … Continue reading Getting Ahead of the Curve: A Video for Mediators and Lawyers About AI
This post introduces a new 27-minute video, How Faculty and Students Can Use AI Effectively, which outlines principles for using artificial intelligence in legal education and dispute resolution. It explains how to write effective prompts, assess AI responses, and use these tools responsibly. The video provides a general introduction to AI, including tips for using … Continue reading How Faculty and Students Can Use AI Effectively
If you are interested in AI and mediation, check out Jim Melamed’s excellent webinar, Balancing Automation, AI & the Human Touch, sponsored by the Greater New York Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution and the CUNY Dispute Resolution Center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. There are tons of webinars and podcasts, … Continue reading Great Jim Melamed Webinar: Balancing Automation, AI & the Human Touch
On Thursday, July 10, I will have a conversation with mediator Jeff Kichaven as part of the Will Work For Food Program. It sponsors webinars for attorneys, mediators and arbitrators. These programs are free. Attendees are encouraged to make donations to their local food bank. Here’s a list of food banks and similar charities. WWFF … Continue reading Presentation on July 10 to Benefit Food Banks — About How AI Can Help Mediators
We’ve all used the terms “facilitative” and “evaluative” to describe mediation as if everyone knows what they mean. Earlier this year, I surveyed experts about how they understand these terms – and how they think others understand them. Spoiler alert: This study found that people are hopelessly confused about these terms, including experts in our … Continue reading Seriously, You’re Really Still Saying “Facilitative” and “Evaluative” Mediation in 2025?
Imagine doing your work without word processing, spell checkers, email, the internet, search engines, voicemail, cell phones, or Zoom. That’s how you’ll probably feel in the not-too-distant future about working without artificial intelligence (AI). Innovations often seem radical at first. In time, people just take them for granted. ABA Formal Opinion 512 states that lawyers … Continue reading AI and Dispute Resolution: Why You’ll Need It Sooner Than You Think
Would you like to see how a cool AI-DR tool works? If so, come to a program, Using AI to Help Mediators, Attorneys and Parties. It will be on Zoom on Wednesday, May 28, at 10 PT, 11 MT, noon CT, 1 ET. The program will be an hour – and you can stay on … Continue reading Zoom Program on May 28: Using AI to Help Mediators, Attorneys, and Parties
I just posted a document collecting publications about the RPS Negotiation and Mediation Coach (RPS Coach), an AI tool designed to support good decision-making and reflective practice in negotiation and mediation. It includes brief descriptions and links to blog posts and articles about: Introducing RPS Coach Using Artificial Intelligence Tools Writing with the Coach Using … Continue reading Collection of Resources about RPS Coach
