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St. Olaf to host daylong conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution

By Amy Gage
June 21, 2003

Court fees are going up, and access to justice may be getting more difficult, according to Eduardo Wolle, director of the Rice County Dispute Resolution Program, which is based in Northfield. That's why Alternative Dispute Resolution, or ADR -- which may include mediation and arbitration -- is gaining in popularity. A daylong conference on the topic, "ADR in the Courts: Collaborative Approaches," will be held Saturday, June 21, at St. Olaf College from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Among the topics to be covered by district court judges and others will be "Restorative Justice: Challenges and Practices," "ADR in the Courts: Helping the System Work," and sessions on whether ADR could be effective in drug court and teen court. The cost of $120 covers materials and lunch; application has been made for six-hour Continuing Legal Education and six-hour ADR credits. The event is cosponsored by the Rice County Dispute Resolution Program, the Southern Minnesota Dispute Resolution Program, the National Association for Community Mediation, Search for Common Ground (USA) and the Rice County Bar Association. For more information, call 507-664-3522.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.