On Friday, November 5, I will join four colleagues in a discussion of ethics related to mediation, particularly as mediator ethics are affected by the use of information and communication technology. Our panel is part of the larger “Mediation Beyond Boundaries” skills institute – we are up at 2:45 pm Eastern – more information and registration for this ABA event is available at: Mediation Beyond Boundaries
Next week, Monday through Friday, is CyberWeek, during which there will be a wide variety of presentations, demonstrations, and discussions about online dispute resolution, and the general application of technology to dispute engagement. I will be presenting and hosting throughout the week – the agenda with links to each event can be found here: CYBERWEEK
On October 14, I will share a discussion panel with Colin Rule and Ana Maria Maia Goncalves on the subject of the Means or Methods of Online Dispute Resolution. Our specific panel will be entitled Tertulia Sobre Mediacao Online (A Chat About ODR). The panel will be in English with simultaneous translation into Portuguese. The Zoom link for the conference is https://lnkd.in/edHm3pCE
Mediate.com just published a blog entry that I wrote to introduce the Universal Disclosure Protocol for Mediation – in the coming weeks we will do an open event to discuss the Protocol. The full blog entry can be found at https://www.mediate.com/articles/rainey-disclosure.cfm
Here is a notice for a series of book launch and author discussions for the ODR Theory and Practice book, Second Edition. A final announcement with notes about translations will be forthcoming. Attendees will received a link to a discount for purchase.
Finally, after a long COVID-related delay, the second edition of ODR Theory and Practice is ready to hit the shelves, virtual and physical. Eleven has announced a June 29 date for official publication. The third edition, in another decade or so, will be someone else’s project.
The “Plus” is that I have over the past month recorded a few video sessions on topics related to ADR and ODR. There’s a video on Standards and Ethics that I did with Mediate.com – Standards (from @00:39:00 through 01:04:25) – and one that I did in conjuction with the ODRLatinoAmerica Expo on ODR as a choice of communication channels – ODR as Com (from @04:10:30-04:27:30 and @04:36:30-04:39:30). In addition, I just recorded a shortish (20 minute) session with Mac and Natalia from Instant Mediations. This session will be part of an ongoing podcast and streamed series on various topics related to mediation. The session I just recorded is available here – Human. All of the sessions will be available through the Instant Mediations web site – IM
I just got this nice acknowledgement from Alberto Elisavetsky at ODRLatinoAmerica, the premier online dispute resolution organization in Latin America. Alberto and ODRL are amazingly active – they do a huge amount of training and education around the region, and they regularly host ODR events like the ODR EXPO that just ran late last month. I am honored to be recognized by ODRLatinoAmerica.
The latest edition of the IJODR (hard copy and electronic) are now out. Volume 8 issue 1 is with the text editors (including a re-translated article produced by Larry Bridgesmith and me for publication in Portuguese as a chapter in a book in Brazil), and I will soon announce a second call for student essays to make up the second issue of Volume 8 later this yeear. In addition, we are finally nearing the publication date for the ODR Theory and Practice Book – it’s been a long, strange trip, with a COVID detour in the middle, but we are nearly there.
We just got a very nice note from the managers of the WK blog, indicating that, “on behalf of the editorial team, I am delighted to let you know that your post “Mediating online is so much more than doing it on Zoom” was one of the most popular posts on the blog last month.” The post, regarding Zoom and mediation, can be found at POST
