ADR and the Rule of Law

On October 15, 2010, The University of Missouri School of Law is organizing a Symposium:  ADR and the Rule of law .  It looks like a great group of speakers–and the Dispute Resolution Journal will follow it up with what promises to be a very interesting symposium issue.  Video of the conference will be available later for those who cannot make the journey to Missouri.

The Symposium is organized by the University of Missouri School of Law Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, Journal of Dispute Resolution, in cooperation with the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and the Missouri Center for the Study of Conflict Law & the Media.

The announcement is below:

Symposium:  ADR and the Rule of Law

October 15, 2010

On the face of it, Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Rule of Law seem fundamentally incompatible. After all, the Rule of Law seeks to resolve disputes according to legal rules established by the state, while ADR looks to resolve disputes largely by reference to non-law standards, such as the interests and preferences of the parties. This symposium takes a deeper look at the relationship between ADR and the Rule of Law, questioning whether, how, and when they may actually be mutually supportive rather than mutually exclusive. Video of the conference may be streamed from the conference web site — http://www.law.missouri.edu/csdr/symposium/rol/ —  a few days after the conference.  For further information, contact: Laura Coleman @573-882-5969, colemanl@missouri.edu, law.missouri.edu/csdr.

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