This article puts forth processes for preventing disputes based on value innovation, an approach referred to as Cooperative Design Lawyering (CDL). It suggests that law firms could take a competitive edge by offering Cooperative Design Lawyering services. It explores how legal designers can...

Judicial mediation involving a judge acting as a mediator in a court dispute has been implemented in many jurisdictions worldwide as a way to overcome access to justice challenges. This innovation has raised many debates on the changing role of the judge built on either its congruence with or...

On 3 February 2010, a group of countries representing 88 distinct World Trade Organization (WTO) Members presented a proposal for procedures for the facilitation of solutions to non-tariff barrier disputes. This proposal is in line with Paragraph 16 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration which...

Working Group 3 (WG3) of the Task Force on Mixed Mod Dispute Resolution explores the topic of mediators using non-binding evaluations and making settlement proposals as a form of mixedmode dispute resolution. Mediators employing such techniques might express their assessment of the strength of a...