Dispute Resolution Web Sites

DISPUTE RESOLUTION WEB SITES

These web sites have been recommended by ADR Section members and others as sites that may be of interest to ADR Section members. Please send additional suggestions and updates to Section member Jane Beddall at jb@dovetailresolutions.com.

National and regional service providers and organizations:
American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution
Association for Conflict Resolution
New England Chapter of ACR
American Arbitration Association
JAMS (includes glossary of ADR terms)
CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
National Academy of Arbitrators
The Policy Consensus Initiative
The Center for Mediation in Law
The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
College of Commercial Arbitrators

Connecticut-based service providers:
American Dispute Resolution Center, Inc.
Litigation Alternatives, Inc.
Mediation Consultants, LLC

Connecticut law schools:
Quinnipiac University School of Law
University of Connecticut School of Law
Yale Law School

Lists of neutrals:
www.Mediate.com (also e-mail newsletter)

Marketing resources for neutrals:
Golden Media, marketing for ADR practitioners
Positively Neutral (evaluation of neutrals)

National commercial sites:
ADR news and information (owned by AAA)
Mediation Training Institute International
Institute for Conflict Management
The National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution

Clearinghouses/resource centers/good collections of links/etc.:
CR Info – linking site funded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, Clearinghouse/resource center
Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado
George Mason University, Northern Virginia Mediation Service
Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Institute on Conflict Resolution
Virginia Mediation Network, sells15 minute CDROM Info-Disk

Government sites:
State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Sector ADR
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution

Divorce mediation:
Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution

Collaborative law:
Connecticut Collaborative Law Group/ Collaborative Divorce Attorneys of Fairfield County
Collaborative Divorce Lawyers Association (Connecticut)
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Collaborative Professional Center

Community mediation:
Community Mediation, Inc. (New Haven)
Hartford Area Mediation Program
Dispute Settlement Center, Inc. (Fairfield County)
National Association for Community Mediation

Transformative mediation:
Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation
University of Colorado Conflict Research Consortium

Special education:
National Center for Dispute Resolution in Special Education – Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)

Sites that are primarily international or based outside of U.S.:
International Chamber of Commerce, International Court of Arbitration
United Nations Commission on International Law (UNCITRAL), conciliation and arbitration model rules, laws, notes
London Court of International Arbitration
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London)
Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association

Restorative Justice:
American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice Committee