Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation

Statutes: (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• Minnesota Statutes. Index topics: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Mediation Services Bureau.

Resources, Minnesota: (Print resources are available at the Minnesota State Law Library and in county law libraries around the state.)

• ADR FAQs, from the Minnesota State Bar Association, Find a Lawyer Video FAQs
• ADR Neutral Roster, from the Minnesota Judicial Branch.
• Alternative Dispute Resolution, from the Minnesota Judicial Branch.
• Community Mediation Minnesota
  
• Family Law Appellate Mediation Program, from the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
• Settle Out of Court, from the Minnesota Judicial Branch.

Resources, National: (Print resources are available at the Minnesota State Law Library and in county law libraries around the state.)

• How to Successfully Arbitrate a Case (National Consumer Law Center Digital Library - Please ask a Librarian for access)
• Mediation, Arbitration & Collaborative Law, from Nolo.
• Principles of alternative dispute resolution - Ware, Stephen J. KF9084 .W353 2007.
• Alternative Dispute Resolution treatises.
• Justice as healing: indigenous ways, Wanda D. McCaslin KE7735 .J873 2005.
• The American Bar Association Guide to Resolving Legal Disputes: Inside and Outside the Courtroom.. (Random House Reference, 2007) Self Help Collection KF9084.Z9 A54 2007.
• Carbonneau, Thomas E. Arbitration Law in a Nutshell, 4th ed KF9085 .C37 2017.
• Haley, Jacqueline. Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Nutshell, 4th ed (Nolan) KF9084 .N65 2013.

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