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Alternative Dispute Resolution

What role does alternative dispute resolution play in the American legal system?

Sarah Cole"Increased use of alternative dispute resolution is, perhaps, the most significant development in the American legal system in the past 30 years. ADR, which includes processes such as negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, offers disputing parties a variety of mechanisms for resolving disputes so that the parties can pick the process that best suits their interests and needs. As many people know, most cases settle long before trial.

The changing dispute resolution landscape requires different training and education for today's law student. The Moritz College of Law is uniquely positioned to prepare future lawyers for whatever ADR process they might encounter. Our faculty provides the most comprehensive and expert education in ADR available in the United States. Some Moritz students choose to specialize and obtain our certificate in dispute resolution, but all Moritz students who take ADR classes will be especially well-prepared for the varied ways in which parties resolve disputes."

Sarah Rudolph Cole
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Designated Professor of Law;
Director, Program on Dispute Resolution

Faculty

Law faculty and professional staff teaching in this field have written or co-authored law school texts in dispute resolution and mediation, an award-winning legal mediation treatise, a book on mediation techniques, the first law-school text on International Dispute Resolution, and a comprehensive bibliography of dispute resolution resources.

They have published numerous articles on various aspects of arbitration, mediation, and negotiation and have delivered lectures and made presentations to audiences at law schools and professional meetings nationally and internationally. Faculty and professional staff teaching the dispute resolution electives include:

Clymer  BardsleyClymer Bardsley
Langdon Fellow in Dispute Resolution

Amy J. CohenAmy J. Cohen
Assistant Professor of Law

Sarah Rudolph ColeSarah Rudolph Cole
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Designated Professor of Law; Director, Program on Dispute Resolution

Ruth  ColkerRuth Colker
Distinguished University Professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law

Ellen E. DeasonEllen E. Deason
Joanne Wharton Murphy/Classes of 1965 and 1973 Professor in Law

Christopher M. FairmanChristopher M. Fairman
Professor of Law

L. Camille HébertL. Camille Hébert
Carter C. Kissell Professor of Law

John B. QuigleyJohn B. Quigley
President's Club Professor of Law

Nancy Hardin RogersNancy Hardin Rogers
Michael E. Moritz Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution

Joseph B. StulbergJoseph B. Stulberg
John W. Bricker Professor of Law

Charles E. WilsonCharles E. Wilson
Associate Professor of Law