Originally from Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation

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In most social movements like the abolitionist, civil rights, pro-choice, pro-life, and evangelical movements, members typically self-identify as belonging to those movements. And outsiders generally recognize the movements as such.

By contrast, probably no one would recognize an early dispute resolution—EDR— “movement,” including people who are part of the movement. It would deal with a wide range of civil cases including family, garden variety civil cases, and large complex cases and include judges, court administrators, lawyers, and neutrals. John Lande, “What Is (A)DR About?” Indisputably.org blog (Jan. 13, 2015) (available at https://bit.ly/3113Y4R).

It would be more accurate to refer to a set of EDR movements that share common values but operate in different contexts. Collaborative practitioners, federal judges conducting Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 conferences, court administrators running EDR programs, civil mediators, and corporate inside counsel designing EDR systems belong to distinct EDR movements.