Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) (also known as external dispute resolution in some countries, such as Australia[1]) includes dispute resolution processes and techniques that act as a means for disagreeing parties to come to an agreement short of litigation. It is a collective term for the ways that parties can settle disputes, with (or without) the help of a third party.
The following items are tagged alternative dispute resolution.
Alternative Dispute Resolution JD 881 (A1)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
FALL 2012
Ilana Hurwitz
617-353-3142
One of a lawyer’s primary tasks is to resolve disputes. Most controversies are never decided by a court but instead are settled by agreement. The ability to negotiate and mediate effectively is therefore crucial for litigators as well as lawyers practicing in other contexts.
Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW (JD 955 A1)
NOT OFFERED 2012
Instructor:
Barry Weiner
617-353-3110
This seminar series will offer students the opportunity to actually mediate and arbitrate a specific case through 2 party role playing with Mr. Weiner as Judge, Mediator and Arbitrator. During the course, both sides will consider the advisability of mediation and its
The Dispute Resolution Directory brings together information on a rich selection of courses and learning opportunities in the greater Boston area for people interested in negotiation and dispute resolution. The Directory is published by the Dispute Resolution Program and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. The Program on Negotiation is a community of
Interested in negotiation and conflict resolution?
Come to the Program on Negotiation Open House!
The open house will begin at 6:30pm on Tuesday, September 29th in the PON Library, Pound 513, Harvard Law School.
Meet students and faculty interested in Alternative Dispute Resolution and learn how to get involved. Students from the Boston area and beyond are welcome
As the controversy surrounding the arrest of Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates heats up, the Wall Street Journal weighs in on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Click here to read more…
Co-Directors
Frank E. A. Sander
Michael Wheeler
Assistant to Professor Sander
Marilyn Uzuner
Assistant to Professor Wheeler
Mary Alice Wood
Multi-Door Courthouse
The “multi-door courthouse” — a concept originated by Dispute Resolution Program founder Frank E. A. Sander — offers a variety of resolution options (including litigation) to people who take their disputes to court.
For example, in Middlesex County Superior Court in Cambridge,
Four HLS students in the Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program have just finished an ambitious, semester-long project with Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master of the 9/11 Fund and a leading expert in alternative dispute resolution, to help staunch the widespread mortgage foreclosure crisis by bringing banks and homeowners together to refashion mortgage agreements.
Deepak Malhotra and Max Bazerman’s book, Negotiation Genius, and Gary Friedman and Jack Himmelstein’s book, Challenging Conflict: Mediation Through Understanding, received the “2008 Outstanding Book Award” from the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR).
The award for Outstanding Book recognizes a published book that advances understanding in the field of ADR.
The International Institute for
Interested in negotiation and conflict resolution?
Meet students, faculty and others interested in Alternative Dispute Resolution at PON’s annual Open House! Free food and drinks, and information about ways for students to get involved.
Brief presentations at 7:30 pm.
The negotiation social event of the year!
For more info, contact Sarah Whitman at swhitman@law.harvard.edu or 617-495-9689.
On Monday, July 21, Professor Emeritus Frank E. A. Sander received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Civil Trial Mediators at its annual meeting in Camden, Maine.
The American College of Civil Trial Mediators is a non-profit organization of professionals distinguished by their experience, skill, ethical standards, and professional commitment to mediation, conflict
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