The US Courts’ news service posted last week about a preliminary report by Donna Stienstra at the Federal Judicial Center that shows the extent to which federal courts use ADR. Thirty years after a handful of courts first began experimenting with ADR, every federal district court now authorizes some form of ADR, and a third of courts authorize multiple ADR processes. During the year ending June 30, 2011, more than 28,000 cases were referred to ADR in 49 district courts (out of 94 total district courts; statistics weren’t available for the remaining courts). (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘statistics’
New Report Shows US Federal Courts Embrace ADR
Just Court ADR, June 26th, 2012New RSI Report on Foreclosure Mediations Conducted Per Month
Just Court ADR, August 18th, 2011Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Covers National Compendium
Susan M. Yates, December 22nd, 2010RSI got great coverage of our new section of CourtADR.org, Court ADR Across the US. Many thanks to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin for getting the word out about this new resource.
Getting the Data Right
Jennifer Shack, February 19th, 2010“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” A couple of posts on the American Evaluation Association’s blog Genuine Evaluation have had me thinking about that quote and what it means for the development of court ADR programs.
The quote, of course, refers to the twisting of data to fit one’s argument. Sometimes, though, data is twisted inadvertently, leading to a misinterpretation of outcomes. I recently came across a minor example of this in an AP article that is unfortunately no longer available online, about the first six months of the Foreclosure Mediation Program in Nevada (“Nevada Court: Homeowners Use Foreclosure Mediation Program,” January 19, 2010). (more…)
