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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.

        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...

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