This post started as a response to Jen Reynolds’s comment about my Avatar Mediation post. It has grown into this new post about AI generally, growing anxiety about it and the state of the world, and how we can manage this anxiety. AI Risks . . . and Potential Benefits Jen wrote, “I hope that … Continue reading AI, ADR, and Anxiety
The 12th Speziale ADR Symposium, Is Virtual Justice Just?, will be held at Quinnipiac University School of Law on Friday, November 4, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This symposium is divided into two sessions, each with its own focus. The morning session, Virtual Trials: What’s the Verdict?, will examine how virtual trials, including virtual juries, have … Continue reading Quinnipiac Symposium on November 4: Is Virtual Justice Just?
From Donna Shestowsky: Parties who used online dispute resolution (ODR) for child custody, parenting time or child support matters in Ottawa County, Michigan, were more likely to reach agreement and to rate their experience highly as those who were offered ODR but didn’t use it, a new study by UC Davis Professor of Law Donna Shestowsky … Continue reading Study of ODR in Family Cases with Positive Results
ODR is likely to be an increasingly important part of legal and dispute resolution processes in the future, with potential benefits and risks. It particularly has great potential to help self-represented litigants (SRLs, aka “pro se” parties). So I was interested to read an article by my colleague, Amy Schmitz, and John Zeleznikow, Intelligent Legal … Continue reading Constructing Good ODR Systems
From Jen Michel: Dear colleagues, Please forgive me for a brief e-introduction in this now-virtual world. My name is Jennifer Michel and I am the new director of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. I look forward to our paths crossing in the near future. I am also reaching out to share information regarding the … Continue reading ABA Dispute Resolution Mediation Institute on Nov 4-6
From Daniel Rainey by way of Amy Schmitz: The next deadline for submission to the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution is September 7, 2021, for Volume 8, Issue 2. For that issue I would like to solicit essays by students in dispute resolution programs, law schools, and any other academic discipline where the use … Continue reading Call for Student Essays About ODR
My colleague, Amy Schmitz, forwarded links to videos of the 2021 Virtual ODR Forum. Here’s the agenda. The last page has links to the pre-recorded presentations. Here are the full videos from the forum sessions. March 1 morning sessions March 1 afternoon sessions March 2 morning sessions March 2 afternoon sessions [Click the title of … Continue reading ODR Forum Videos
From TFOI Leah Wing: The National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution is hosting its annual international Online Dispute Resolution Forum. This spring it will be a two day online conference in part to celebrate the new edition of the seminal volume of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) scholarship, ODR Theory and Practice. The agenda will … Continue reading Virtual ODR Forum on March 1-2
From EFOI Noam Ebner: I wanted to let you know of a new update to the Online Dispute Resolution Bibliography, adding over a hundred new items to the list. The updated to-the-moment version of the ODR Bibliography awaits you at the website of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution. The list is a … Continue reading Updated ODR Bibliography
ODR and Mediation Chapter Noam Ebner and Daniel Rainey published a chapter entitled ODR and Mediation in the second edition of Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice. Here’s the abstract: Online mediation had been spreading rapidly as a mode of practice, even before the entire profession shifted online during the COVID-19 era. In this chapter, … Continue reading Get Yer ODR News Here
