Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jun. 13, 2003
Court's ADR Program Turns 25 Years Old
SAN FRANCISCO - An alternative dispute resolution program pioneered in San Francisco's federal court turned 25 this month, and federal judges honored the volunteer lawyers who have worked as neutrals to help resolve suits.
In 1978, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California began its first experiment with nonbinding arbitration, according to Howard Herman, w...