By Hai Tran Advocates of ADR will often emphasize the advantages of mediations but what we hear less often is the importance of learning sound conflict resolution skills. Although mediation services can be useful for conflicts that are at an impasse, if more people are better equipped with the skills to deescalate or resolve conflicts […]
By Alexander Mulligan Last week, Doug Downey, the Attorney General for Ontario, announced that Ontario Courts would be piloting a new software to modernize the justice system. The platform, Caselines, is a document and evidence file-sharing software that is used around the world. Caselines stores documents on a cloud-based server, and uses machine learning to […]
By Kiana Blake Alternative dispute resolution has garnered significantly more attention over the past two decades. Within Ontario, there is a Mandatory Mediation Program which applies to Toronto, Ottawa, and Windsor. Under this program, cases are referred to a mediator early in the litigation process to provide parties with an opportunity to discuss and possibly […]
By Rachelle Paquet The 2020 pandemic very abruptly brought all our long-standing practices and procedures to a halt. Not a single service or business, in the public, private, or voluntary sectors, has been immune to its effects. At the outset, services and businesses were classified as either essential or non-essential. If deemed essential, the service […]
By Alexander Mulligan Unprecedented. Strange Times. New Normal. It seems every email, article, or news report you read seems to include one of those phrases. To fit into the current cultural trend, I want to talk about the "unprecedented" uptake of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) during these "Strange Times". ODR could certainly become a "new […]
By Hai Tran One of my favourite quotes is “growth and comfort do not co-exist”. I saw this quote on a business networking application three years ago and I loved it so much, I actually got the quote tattooed on me. Upon reflection of how chaotic the year 2020 has been for us all, I […]
By Rachelle Paquet Can you think of anyone or anything across the globe that has not been affected by COVID-19? I cannot. For better or for worse, COVID-19 has left its imprint on the environment, the economy, wildlife, people, and the standard processes we use for practically everything in our daily lives. The processes we […]
By Kiana Blake The year 2020 will go down in history. What is most likely to come to people’s minds is of course is COVID-19, the global pandemic that shook the entire world. But it was also during this pandemic that we saw the tragic murders of three Black Americans: Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and […]
By Alexander Mulligan Law schools must do better. When I signed up to write this post, I was planning on talking about AI and the law. But the wave of demonstrations over the deaths of countless black folks at the hands of the state raises the question: what law schools are doing to combat racism […]
By Jean-Paul Bevilacqua One of our esteemed fellows, Dr. Jennifer L. Schulz, just had her book published by Routledge Books. It's called "Mediation & Popular Culture" and can be purchased here: https://bit.ly/2UI6Bld Congrats, Jennifer!