by Kathy Clark & Ruth Rickard Our primary focus in this chapter is conflict resolution in healthcare. In particular, we look closely at non-adversarial responses to adverse medical events (AME)… Read More »Conflict Resolution in Healthcare
by Kimberlee Kovach For many, it appears that dispute resolution methods, particularly mediation and arbitration, have greatly increased in use. However, others have questioned whether mediation is under-used—or in other… Read More »Expanding Dispute Resolution: Design & Use of Anticipatory and Preventative Processes
by Michael P. O’Reilly. The biggest difference between family law cases and other types of mediations is the parties’ need to vent and tell their story. Moreover, parties usually do… Read More »Traditional Family Law Mediation
by Stacey H. Langenbahn, J.D. & Linda Miller-deBerard. There are a growing number of divorcing couples, unmarried parents, or already divorced parents who want to make decisions privately together for… Read More »New Frontiers: Early Collaborative (Team) Mediation
by Aaron Robb, Ph.D. Research shows that post-divorce parental conflict is the strongest predictor of maladjustment in children. For parents who continue to experience anger, distrust, or other difficulties in communicating… Read More »Parenting Coordination, Parenting Facilitation, and (sometimes) Family Counseling
by Camille Milner. Many lawyers went to law school with the idea that they would help people, but find out that law typically uses a zero-sum method of conflict resolution.… Read More »Collaborative Divorce and the Collaborative Law Process in Other Family Cases
by Suzanne Schwartz. Conflicts over environmental preservation and development of resources show no sign of abating. Environmental conflict resolution (ECR) began in 1974, when it was used to settle the… Read More »Environmental Conflict Resolution
by Karey Barnes. and Gene Roberts. Colleges and universities today are home to at least three generations: Baby Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials. On the horizon is also iGen, or… Read More »Mediation in College and University Settings
by Benjamin Davis. and Graham Ross. Technology is evolving and working its way further into our lives, including areas like dispute resolution. Amazon, eBay, and PayPal have been using online… Read More »Domestic and International Developments in Online Dispute Resolution
by Judge Frank Evans, Don Philbin, and Colin Rule. Conflict in human interactions is perennial. But our understanding of behavior in conflict is advancing and opening opportunities for the next… Read More »The Future of ADR