Comprehensive ODR Course (Presented Online)

The ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC) and The Canadian Collaborative for Engagement & Conflict Management (CECM) have once again united. We have updated and extended our popular, practically-focused program on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR).

The year is 2024. The dispute resolution field has settled into the “new normal”. Online service offerings have become commonplace amongst ADR practitioners. As it goes with technology, there are constantly new disrupters. The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a prime example. It is important for ADR professionals to understand how AI impacts parties participating in mediation and arbitration. This program provides a contemporary overview of Online Dispute Resolution, complete with interactive insights shared around cutting-edge developments through such phenomenon as AI and online becoming the default venue for many ADR processes in this day and age.

Join Canada’s leading ODR experts to get up to speed in the latest ODR trends, to consider best practices around common online ADR offerings of the day and to assess how to prepare for the inevitable increased integration of AI into dispute resolution processes.

Day 1 – Talk the Talk | Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST | Zoom

The first day of this fully updated workshop features the co-authors of Canada’s first book about ODR offering an overview of the interplay of ODR in ADR, interactive discussions around key considerations, and a practical view of the role of technology in everyday practice.

Day 2 – Walk the Walk  | Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST | Zoom

The second day includes role playing and an experiential embrace of Online Dispute Resolution. Attendees will have the chance to consider the experience of parties to help them to empathize and strategize around how to introduce, refine, or fine tune, their dispute resolution services in today’s “new normal”.

Instructors:        

Colm Brannigan LL.M (ADR), C.Med, C.Arb, C.Med-Arb, IMI Cert, FCIArb

Marc Bhalla LL.M (DR), C.Med, C.Arb

This program was developed by Colm Brannigan and Marc Bhalla, who each have a Master of Laws in Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall Law School and who each focused their academic research on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR).

Colm and Marc wrote Canada’s first book on ODR. Released in 2022, ODR – Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow. is a collection spanning over twenty years of practical and theoretical consideration of the application of technology to dispute resolution. The book has received international acclaim, leading Colm and Marc to represent Canada speaking about ODR around the globe, including as far away as New Zealand for the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) and as keynote speakers for multiple conferences in the United States, including Mediate.com’s Artificial Intelligence & Mediation Conference of 2023.

Format:  This course will be presented online via Zoom.

Language: This course will be presented in English

Required Equipment:  Attendees need a computer, tablet or phone with audio and video capabilities, along with an internet connection.

Who Should Take This Course?  Mediators, arbitrators, lawyers, paralegals and others involved in dispute resolution processes – particularly those who wish to stay abreast of technological developments in the field and remain in practice as the machines take over.

Professional Development Accreditation:

Next session:  

Day 1: Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST

Day 2: Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST

Registration Rates:
ADRIC Members: $1,320*
Non-members: $1,485*
*applicable taxes extra

Limited space available. 

We reserve the right to cancel the session if minimum registration numbers are not met and would notify registrants one week prior to the course start date.

Deadline to register:  the Thursday prior at 11:59pm ET

CANCELLATION POLICY: If you must cancel, notice must be received in writing. All refund requests received up to one week prior to the first day of the course will receive a refund less a 5% administrative fee. Notice must be received NO LATER THAN 11:59pm ET THREE DAYS PRIOR to the first day of the course to receive a refund less a 25% administrative fee unless we are able to find a replacement for your spot, in which case you will receive a refund less 10% admin fee. No refunds available after that point.