Monday, May 11, 2015

Definition, FAQs and Importance of Dispute Resolution


Dispute resolution, a term that denotes to a number of procedures that are used to resolve a conflict, disagreement or claim. Dispute resolution may also be referred to as alternative dispute resolution, appropriate dispute resolution, or ADR for short. Dispute resolution processes are replacements to having a court (state or federal judge or jury) choose the dispute in a trial or other institutions decide the resolution of the case or contract. Dispute resolution processes can be used to decide any type of argument including family, neighborhood, employment, business, housing, personal injury, consumer, and environmental disputes. In addition, the United States Federal Government make use of dispute resolution processes to assist government employees and private citizens resolve objections and disputes in many areas including workplace, employment, and contracting matters.

Why Use Dispute Resolution Process?
Dispute resolution have some advantages. For example, many dispute resolution processes are inexpensive and more rapidly than the traditional legal process. Definite processes can provide the parties involved with greater participation in accomplishment of a solution, as well as more control over the result of the dispute. In addition, dispute resolution processes are less formal and have more flexible rules than the trial court.

Is Attorney Needed to Participate in Dispute Resolution?
In many processes, clients are not required to have an attorney to participate. In cases where the court or judge has talk about the case to a dispute resolution process, attorneys often participate. The role of an attorney in a dispute resolution process varies depending upon the nature of the dispute and the type of dispute resolution process. In many dispute resolution processes, attorneys accompany their clients and participate either as counselors or as advocates.

What Are the Different Kinds of Dispute Resolution Procedures?
Dispute resolution takes a number of different forms. Here are brief descriptions of the most common dispute resolution processes:

Arbitration, Case Evaluation, Collaborative Law, Cooperative Practice, Divorce Coaching, Early Neutral Evaluation, Facilitation, Family Group Conference, Litigation, Mediation, Mini-Trial, Multi-Door Program, Negotiation, Neutral Fact-Finding, Ombuds, Parenting Coordinator, Pro Tem Trial, Private Judging, Settlement Conferences, Special Master, Summary Jury Trial and Unbundled Legal Services.

More information about this types of dispute resolution at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/dispute_resolution/resources/DisputeResolutionProcesses.html