Report to the legislature on the impact of alternative dispute resolution on the Massachusetts Trial Court

by Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court/Trial Court Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution

...Summarizes the current and pending policies of the Supreme Judicial Court and the Trial Court with respect to alternative dispute resolution (ADR); describes the trial court's current ADR programs and their impact and reports the key findings of studies evaluating court-connected ADR in Massachusetts and elsewhere; appendices include lists of ADR programs in Superior and District Court, summaries of research on the impact of ADR and articles regarding the use of ADR by the legal profession and business...