Listen to our latest podcast, “ADR in the Aftermath of the Baltimore Bridge Collapse” featuring LeRoy Lambert, President of the Society of Maritime Arbitrators and American Arbitration Association Commercial Vice President, Aaron Gothelf, as they discuss the role ADR plays in resolving maritime accidents. Episode Highlights: Arbitration in Maritime Disputes: Understand how arbitration is used in maritime law, focusing on its process, benefits, and when it's most likely to be employed. The Role of Mediation: Discuss the effectiveness of mediation in reaching global settlements in shipping ..read more

In this episode, Larry Schooler chats with Kwame Christian — the founder & CEO of the American Negotiation Institute — about his journey into the field of alternative dispute resolution and negotiation ..read more

Rekha Rangachari interviews Mediator & Founder of Peacemaker, Brian K. Epps In this episode, Brian drills down on the benefits, and misunderstandings, surrounding risk analysis as a critical tool for attorneys and mediators. Peacemaker offers a solution to the “math is hard” axiom, mapping litigant responses to simple questions — ultimately displayed in a simple table rather than a confusing decision tree matrix. Brian demonstrates through case examples how to incorporate risk analysis into mediation, to find a pathway between gut instinct-approximations and sound approaches to valuation ..read more

Join Steven Wolhandler and hosts Larry Schooler and Alex Green IV as they discuss a new paradigm that can be used to resolve conflict with unreasonable people, or “emotional predators.”    Not a member of the Section of Dispute Resolution? Join today!  ..read more

In this episode, host Caroline Stauffer chats with Genesis Fisher & Jeff Kichaven, who give advice on how to start your own mediation practice.   Not a member of the American Bar Association: Section of Dispute Resolution? Become one here ..read more

In this second episode of a multi-part series, Alex Green IV has a conversation with Catherine Connor and Katherine Miller, who are both experienced mediation trainers with the Center for Understanding in Conflict, about the mechanics and the philosophy of the Center’s different approach to and style of mediation.  We hope that our listeners can understand the uniqueness and maybe even consider the potential utility of the Center’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) model such that the Center’s mediation strategies and techniques may be useful to adopt and explore in other, more “tradit ..read more

Two young ADR professionals, a mediator and arbitrator, both from Brazil, share their challenges and views of the profession and why/how they chose the ADR path ..read more

American Arbitration Association (AAA) Commercial Vice President, Aaron Gothelf sits down with Bridget McCormack to discuss her transition from Chief Justice of The Michigan Supreme Court to CEO of AAA.    Topics include: Why she was interested in taking on the role? How her experience as an academic and on the bench influenced her leadership style? What sets AAA apart from other ADR providers? How can arbitration improve its’ public image as various states attempt to pass laws banning or restricting consumer and employment arbitration? Is artificial intelligence the future of ADR an ..read more

In this episode, host Juliana Rigato-Piekarski is joined by ADR professionals Miss-Ashley Kendrick and Sunnita Blount, Esq. for a thought-provoking conversation about what “belonging” means, its importance for neutrals, its impact on the ADR practice, and how to achieve it.  ..read more

In this episode, host Alex Green IV has a conversation with James Dykeman and Catherine Connor, a conflict resolution trainer and a marketer/public relations specialist, both of whom work for the Center for Understanding in Conflict.   This conversation not only offers information about the founding and the history of the organization, but also an overview of the unique model that the Center for Understanding in Conflict uses to train mediators.   Interested in learning more about dispute resolution? Join the American Bar Association and the Section of Dispute Resolution ..read more