Stanford Law School

Santa Clara – Stanford Conflict Resolution Workshop presents Overburdened with litigants seeking civil justice, state courts increasingly have relied on ADR procedures to alleviate long waits for trials. But, these procedures provide little opportunity for justice to litigants who are unaware they exist. Professor Shestowsky will describe the findings of her multi-court study designed to answer questions concerning the dissemination of information about courts’ dispute resolution programs. Among the questions we will explore are: How informed are litigants about court-sponsored…