Potholes on the Road to Justice: Race and Mediation
Mediation is about giving everyone a chance to share their stories, balancing power dynamics and leveling the playing field. But what if the ground on which we presume to build the field has holes too...
View ArticleTermination of Mandatory Statewide Foreclosure Mediation in Florida Leads to...
The Florida Supreme Court issued an order Monday, December 19, 2011, terminating the mandatory mediation program it created in 2009 as an emergency measure to deal with the foreclosure flood in...
View ArticleTop Ten Court ADR Developments in 2011, Trends for 2012
The beginning of the year always prompts reflection and re-dedication to self-improvement. While we at RSI can’t promise you we’ll take our vitamins every day in the new year, we do pledge to continue...
View ArticleHow Do You Deal with the Dilemma of Data Tracking?
So much data, too little time and money. That’s been RSI’s takeaway from courts as we’ve worked with them in Illinois and beyond to develop and improve their ADR programs. We’ve been told one of two...
View ArticlePromoting ADR on the Go
As the Resource Center Director at RSI, I receive questions about Court ADR and do my best to help people through our extensive database. When the questions have general interest, I like to completely...
View ArticleMontana Overwhelmed by Record Number of Cases; Looks to Innovate
Montana’s civil caseload topped 50,000 last year. That may not seem to be a lot to those in more populated states, but it’s enough to drive the state’s legislature to act. Citing an overwhelmed bench...
View ArticleWhat Works in Foreclosure Dispute Resolution?
With foreclosure dispute resolution programs proliferating around the country, the natural question to ask is, “Do they work?” That’s what former RSI staff member Heather Scheiwe Kulp and I set out to...
View ArticleMaryland and Illinois: A Tale of Two States
As someone working to develop and improve court ADR in Illinois, I have long been envious of the comparatively vast resources available to do this in Maryland. And I’ve also been very interested in...
View ArticleDifferent Program Models Beginning to Show Different Strengths
The Illinois Attorney General’s grant for foreclosure mediation has so far resulted in five programs with five different service delivery models. This has had me, as evaluator of the programs, anxious...
View ArticleConnecticut Evaluates Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program
In October 2014, the Connecticut Judicial Branch released an evaluation of its Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program. The Connecticut study evaluates six years of foreclosure mediation program data,...
View ArticleRSI Turns 20!
Can you believe RSI is twenty years old today? Back in 1995, no one could have predicted that what started as an idea – collect and disseminate reliable information about court ADR in Illinois – would...
View ArticleGetting the Story Right with Data to Make the Right Decisions
I’m a data geek. I love poring over data and running analyses to see what story unfolds. On the national level, data can tell us the story of our rise as an industrial power and how that changed how...
View ArticleReflecting on RSI Focus Groups in Washington, DC
Last week I had the honor of accompanying Jennifer Shack, RSI’s remarkable Director of Research, to Washington, DC. Jen is the principal investigator on an RSI evaluation of the child protection...
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Saving Homes, Building Understanding
Resolution Systems Institute is proud to share its latest publication, Saving Homes, Building Understanding: An Evaluation of the Eight Foreclosure Mediation Programs Funded by the Illinois Attorney...
View ArticleFindings from an Evaluation of Eight Foreclosure Mediation Programs
As I mentioned last month, I recently completed a comprehensive evaluation of eight foreclosure mediation programs in Illinois. One great benefit of evaluating eight programs with different approaches...
View ArticleNew Mediator Self-Reflection Tool
The Supreme Court of Virginia has developed a wonderful new self-reflection form for mediators. While the Court developed this tool for their certified mediators as part of their re-certification...
View ArticleCharacteristics of Quality Court ADR Programs
What characteristics do you think are shared by quality court ADR programs? I took a swing at a list here. What would you add? Change? 1. Goals There must be a shared understanding of the goals of the...
View ArticleSpring 2022: How RSI’s Work Has Expanded and Evolved During the COVID-19...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has strained finances, families and the social fabric in general, the need for and potential of well-designed alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to stitch together solutions...
View ArticleMost Give High Ratings for Mediator Fairness, Trust in Mediator in Recent...
RSI administers an eviction mediation program in Kane County, Illinois. Every quarter, we provide a report to the court on the participants’ experience in mediation based on their responses to a...
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