Background Research
- Alternative Dispute Resolution HandbookFrom the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the Guide provides an overall picture of how the most common forms of ADR are being implemented in Federal agencies. It summarizes a number of current ADR programs, and it includes descriptions of shared neutrals programs where agencies have collaborated to reduce the costs of ADR. It provides a listing of training and resources available from Federal and non-Federal sources. It also provides selected ADR-related web sites.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (LII)Provides a nice overview and links to applicable laws, from the Cornell Legal Information Institute.
- Labor & Employment Practice Center (Bloomberg Law)Bloomberg BNA Labor & Employment Law Resource Center is a searchable database which provides access to various types of legal information about labor issues in the United States.
How Arbitration Works by Call Number: ILR Library KF3424 .E53 2016ISBN: 1682670570Publication Date: 2016-11-01This text is the most comprehensive and authoritative treatise available on this subject. Considered a reference of first resort, it has been utilized and cited by advocates, arbitrators, and judges more than any other arbitration book published.
- Guide to ADRSponsored by Lex Mundi, an association of independent law firms, this page is a comprehensive site with extensive links to all areas of ADR, both national and international. Publications, daily news updates, commentary, laws and regulations, state, federal, and agency links are included.
- LawMemo.com: National Arbitration CenterOne of the few places online where arbitrators' decisions are available. Also has a directory of labor arbitrators by state.
- Lexis+ (Lexis Plus)ILR School only.
Full version of LexisNexis. Available only by creating username and password after training by Catherwood staff. Formerly Lexis Advance. - LLRX: Researching Labor Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution in EmploymentBy Suzanne Thorpe, Professor of Legal Research Instruction and Laura J. Cooper, Stewart and Mario Thomas McClendon Professor in Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution, University of Minnesota Law School. This guide lists sources that discuss arbitration and other means of employment dispute resolution in unionized and nonunionized settings.
- Principles of alternative dispute resolutionProvides a clear and reliable statement of the law and concepts central to ADR (arbitration, negotiation, mediation, and other processes). The chapters on negotiation and mediation treat the subjects from the perspectives of theory, practice, and legal doctrine. Authored by Stephen J. Ware.