Thinking About Dispute Resolution

Abstract

Non-traditional dispute resolution - "Alternative Dispute Resolution" or "ADR"- in Canada continues to mushroom. Everyone is getting on board the A-train. Current judges are participating in court-connected processes. Retired judges are finding new-found careers as mediators and arbitrators. Lawyers are seeing the potential of the "ADR movement"s as an ever-expanding source of business. Universities, including law schools and other faculties, are not being left behind. As the editors of Dispute Resolution: Readings and Case Studies have commented, "[s]ince the first edition of this book was published three years ago, the level of interest in dispute resolution - and in particular in the teaching of dispute resolution - has risen exponentially." And together with this increased interest, there has been an ever-expanding body of ADR literature and online materials.