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The first RBO program is delivered in Maine on behalf of the Georgia-Pacific Company and Paperworkers Local 27. [11] In 1975, FMCS officially entered a new arena: Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Congress passes Public Law 93-531, directing the Service to mediate a 100-year old land dispute between the Hopi and Navajo Indian Tribes in Arizona.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), or external dispute resolution (EDR), typically denotes a wide range of dispute resolution processes and techniques that parties can use to settle disputes with the help of a third party. [1] They are used for disagreeing parties who cannot come to an agreement short of litigation. However, ADR is also ...
JAMS, formerly known as Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. [1] is a United States–based for-profit organization of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services, including mediation and arbitration. [2] [3] H. Warren Knight, a former California Superior Court judge, founded JAMS in 1979 in Santa Ana, California. [4]
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (abbreviated as CIArb) is a professional organisation representing the interests of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practitioners. Founded on 1 March 1915, it was granted a royal charter by Queen Elizabeth II in 1979.
Retired judges or private lawyers often become arbitrators or mediators; however, trained and qualified non-legal dispute resolution specialists form a growing body within the field of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). In the United States, many states now have mediation or other ADR programs annexed to the courts, to facilitate settlement ...
The Program on Negotiation was founded in 1983 as the world's first teaching and research center dedicated to negotiation and dispute resolution. [1] As an umbrella organization with founding members from both Harvard and MIT, it soon expanded to include Tufts University as one of its consortium schools.
The CSDR regularly takes onboard students of various backgrounds from across the world. [8] Though the LL.M. in Dispute Resolution program is primarily intended for lawyers, CSDR also accepts applicants who are non lawyers, but otherwise have bachelor's degrees and substantial alternative dispute resolution experience.
Dickinson Law at night. The Law School offers J.D. and LL.M. degrees in law and hosts visiting scholars. The Law School was opened by Judge John Reed in 1834 as the law department of Dickinson College, named for Founding Father John Dickinson. [3]