Alternative Dispute Resolution Links
Books and other publications:
Handbook of Dispute Resolution
The Handbook of Dispute Resolution brings together a diverse collection of dispute resolution scholars who have never before appeared within the same volume. That they were each willing to contribute a chapter speaks volumes about their devotion to the field, their generosity, and their leadership. Some of the chapters in this book represent the first time that certain authors have synthesized years of their own work into a manageable form. Other chapters provide insight into the very cutting edge of current thinking in dispute resolution. Some chapters are written by the most prominent names in our field, and some are written by those who appear most likely to lead the next generation of dispute resolution scholars.
American Arbitration Association University Bookstore
The AAAU Bookstore offers books, periodicals and audio/visual resources for the entire ADR community—counsel, neutrals, public policy leaders, educators, students and more—covering the full spectrum of important issues in the field of conflict management.
Developing and Sustaining Conflict Management Systems as Instruments of Governance
Prepared for The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Governance and Public Administration Branch by CDR Associates and a team of African conflict management consultants in 2001.
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in cooperation with the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa, has initiated a region-wide project to enhance conflict management skills in sub- Saharan Africa. The objective of the project is to assist Governments and their civil society partners to strengthen their nation’s internal capacities to anticipate and respond to crisis; to work within conflict environments and increase their capacity to diffuse such situations; and to enrich their development practice with conflict resolution tools, techniques and planning mechanisms. It addresses: (1) Conflict analysis and early response development; (2) Skills development for conflict transformation; (3) Conflict-sensitive approaches to development;(4) National capacity building in developing and sustaining conflict management systems as instruments
of governance.
This manual was developed by CDR Associates, an international collaborative decision-making and conflict resolution firm, in collaboration with a team of African conflict management consultants assembled by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Governance and Public Administration Branch. It is a resource to desig and implement new or improved governance and dispute resolution systems. The content is based on over twenty years of experience in designing and implementing collaborative decision-making, problem-solving and conflict management procedures and systems in over twenty-five countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Central America, North America, and the Oceana-Pacific.
Harvard Negotiation Law Review
The Harvard Negotiation Law Review works to close the gap in negotiation literature by providing a forum in which scholars from many disciplines can discuss negotiation as it relates to law and legal institutions. It is aimed specifically at lawyers and legal scholars. In its 14 year history, the journal has explored interdisciplinary academic perspectives on such topics as decision analysis; litigation settlement; mediator roles, strategies and tactics; the lawyer’s role as a problem solver; reconsideration of legal education in light of negotiation; and a range of case studies of innovative negotiation and mediation systems around the world.
Program on Negotiation Publications
The Program on Negotiation (PON) is a university consortium dedicated to developing the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution. From their site you can subscribe to the Negotiation newsletter, the Negotiation Journal, the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, free special reports, as well as podcasts and web casts.
Websites:
ABA Section on Dispute Resolution
The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution provides its members and the public with creative leadership in the dispute resolution field by fostering diversity, developing and offering educational programs, providing technical assistance, and producing publications that promote problem-solving and excellence in the provision of dispute resolution services.
This mediation and dispute resolution resources site contains substantial on-line materials for alternative dispute resolution and mediation.
ADR Toolbox is a curated collection of news, resources and information for professionals in the alternative dispute resolution industry.
Association for Conflict Resolution
The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is a professional organization dedicated to enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution. ACR represents and serves a diverse national and international audience that includes more than 6,000 mediators, arbitrators, facilitators, educators, and others involved in the field of conflict resolution and collaborative decision-making. Anyone interested in the field of conflict resolution is welcome to join.
The goal of the Beyond Intractability (BI) system is to make such knowledge more widely and freely accessible. The site offers essays, interviews, case study and more in order to give readers information on constructive methods for approaching and transforming intractable conflicts around the world.
Business Conflict Management LLC
Website set up by F. Peter Phillips, Esq. with links to arbitration and mediation organizations around the world
CPR- Conflict Prevention & Resolution
International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution – CPR Institute is a membership-based nonprofit organization that promotes excellence and innovation in public and private dispute resolution, serving as a primary multinational resource for avoidance, management, and resolution of business-related disputes.
Additional Web Resource: The Conflict Resolution Information Source
Columbia International Conflict Resolution Resources
Guide to library materials and internet resources on international conflict resolution, disarmament, arms control, and peacekeeping.
Cornell/Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution
The Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at Cornell University has as its major mission the objective of educating the next generation of neutrals. Its activities include a wide range of programs, including undergraduate courses and degrees, graduate courses and degrees, training and certificate programs for professionals, consultation and technical assistance, and research and evaluation.
Online resource center with information on ADR ranging from definitons to links and information on state court ADR programs.
Resources, guide pages, web guides, etc. on dispute resolution, arbitration and mediation including online journals.
A new ADR blog created by four eminent ADR scholars,Andrea Schneider, Nancy Welsh, Michael Moffitt, and Sarah Rudolph Cole, which focuses on negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and dispute resolution.
Stay informed on how to use negotiation in your favor. With experts from many industries, you will learn secret tactics to negotiate payments on your credit card, mortgage, loan, as well as with your boss, spouse, family, co-worker, sales people and other. Find out how techniques from negotiation, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) can improve your life. Show host: Paulo Amaral
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
An independent and impartial federal program, has a mission and history of helping people find workable solutions to tough environmental conflicts, anywhere in the U.S.
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and development and increase conflict management capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. The Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by directly engaging in peacebuilding efforts around the globe.
Arbitration:
American Arbitration Association (AAA)
The American Arbitration Association ® (AAA), with its long history and experience in the field of alternative dispute resolution, provides services to individuals and organizations who wish to resolve conflicts out of court.
Dispute Systems Design Organizations:
The Consensus Council is a non-profit organization that custom-designs processes bringing diverse viewpoints together to seek common ground from local to international levels. Subject areas of consensus processes have included disaster mitigation, economic and rural development, education, environment and natural resources, government restructuring and reform, health care, human services and law.
The Consensus Building Institute
The Consensus Building Institute (CBI) improves the way leaders use negotiations to make organizational decisions, achieve agreements, and manage multiparty conflicts and planning efforts. We use proven principles, processes, and techniques that improve group decision-making on complex public and organizational issues.
CDR Associates is an organization of professionals with over 25 years of experience in providing effective conflict resolution services, decision making assistance, dispute resolution systems design, and training. We provide these services domestically and internationally in five program areas: International and Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution; Public Policy, Environmental, and Natural Resource Management; Organizational and Workplace Conflict Management; Collaborative Decision Making Procedures and Dispute Resolution Systems; and Custom Training Programs.
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Provides mediation and arbitration services to industry, communities, and government agencies worldwide.
Mediation:
This mediation and dispute resolution resources site contains substantial on-line materials for alternative dispute resolution and mediation.
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Provides mediation and arbitration services to industry, communities, and government agencies worldwide.
The Harvard Mediation Program is a student pratice organization and clinical program of the Harvard Law School, devoted to the training of HLS students and local community members and the provision of mediation services to the community.
Mediators - Arbitrators - Collaborative Professionals - Mediating Lawyers - Facilitators - Online Mediators - Online Arbitrators
Mediation Information and Resource Center (MIRC)
Web resource on mediation that includes articles, events, and information about mediators.
Helping educators, students, and parents communicate effectively, resolve conflict and appreciate differences since 1984. The mission of School Mediation Associates is to transform schools into safer, more caring, and more effective institutions.
Ombuds
International Ombudsman Association
The mission of the International Ombudsman Association is to support and advance the global Organizational Ombudsman profession and ensure that practitioners work to the highest professional standards.
International Ombudsman Institute
The International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), established in 1978, is the only global organisation for the cooperation of more than 150 Ombudsman institutions.
United States Ombudsman Association
The United States Ombudsman Association serves governmental ombudsman offices across the United States and member offices in Canada and other parts of the world.