Robust online dispute resolution can facilitate affordable justice delivery, ease of doing biz: Amitabh Kant Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said ODR is a fast-evolving dispute resolution mechanism that uses technology not just to aid, but to proactively assist efficient and affordable justice delivery. INDIA Updated: Aug 08, 2020 22:00 IST Press Trust of India | Posted […]

The most recent edition of “The Practice” has focused on ODR and remote courts.   There excellent articles by global thought leaders such as Richard Susskind and Colin Rule.   The Practice can be accessed at: https://thepractice.law.harvard.edu/issue/volume-6-issue-5/  

Zbynek Loebl, of the Czech Republic, a Fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution, is organizing an online ODR conference for November 2020.  This is the draft agenda.  The topics are both timely and interesting.  Obviously, the pandemic has spiked interest in, and use of, ODR. The conference will take place over […]

ODR but not as we know it By Nikki Edwards27 July 2020 As the Commercial Court considers whether to adopt remote hearings as the default, mediators across the country are contemplating whether their days of travelling around the UK and beyond to conduct mediations are behind them. Nikki Edwards ODR (online dispute resolution) has been around […]

Good Practice for Remote Hearings   United Kingdom Judicial College The points made here may apply to any person appearing in front of a judge, whether as defendant, party, witness or advocate. We will all have been struck by the very quick technical response to the Covid 19 pandemic which has enabled the judiciary, like […]

The National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution Online Dispute Resolution Bibliography (updated May 2020) This purpose of this bibliography is to collect publications on Online Dispute Resolution, which have grown exponentially since the field’s founding. While our main purpose is to identify books, book chapters, and journal articles on ODR, a less comprehensive collection […]

AI Standards for ODR

Guidelines for Videoconference Labour Mediation and Adjudication in Ontario These guidelines have been collaboratively developed by and are jointly supported by representatives of a wide cross-section of both union and management labour law firms, and by the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators’ Association. April 8, 2020 In light of the current public health crisis, and in order […]

In an ODR World, Is the Time Right to Switch to Multiple Shorter, Staggered Mediation Sessions?    by Frank Burke July 2020 Most civil and commercial private mediators and ADR providers offer their clients a binary choice between a half day mediation and a full day mediation as a standard offering, often on a flat rate […]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-participating-in-ontarios-first-zoom-trial-showed-me-its-value-for/ Participating in Ontario’s first Zoom trial showed me its value for our overburdened justice system DANIELLE ROBITAILLE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED JULY 17, 2020UPDATED JULY 17, 2020 3 COMMENTS SHARE (This article is available on the website as an audio report) Danielle Robitaille is a partner at the law firm Henein Hutchison […]