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2013 Call for Nominations for Election to ACR

Each year, ACR seeks dedicated, energetic, enthusiastic, talented and knowledgeable members to become volunteer leaders as Board Directors and Officers. If you are such a member or know a member who qualifies, this is the time to consider becoming a candidate (or nominating someone) for a seat on the Board. READ MORE

2013 June: Call for Submissions - CRQ Journal

Call for Submissions Organizational Dispute Resolution Conflict Resolution Quarterly publishes scholarship on relationships between theory, research, and practice in the conflict management and dispute resolution field to promote more effective professional applications. Conflict Resolution Quarterly is sponsored by the Association READ MORE

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ACR Update April 2013: President's Message

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce that next month, you will begin to receive ACR Updates in a new format. The new ACR Update will be weekly, rather than monthly, and will include more information about ACR events and activities condensed into one email. READ MORE

Making Peace Happen with Adele Grunberg

For the last five months, over the course of eleven mediation sessions, I have been meeting with two sides of a family (two pairs of siblings who are cousins to each other) who are in business together. For three generations, there has been conflict and discord causing the business and the family members to suffer a great deal. READ MORE

Conference and Events

International Centre for Parliamentary Studies: Professional Certificate in Conflict Transformation
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ACR General Workplace Section Teleseminar: Moving From Conflict to Cooperation
Please join the ACR GENERAL Workplac Read More

Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies Negotiation Training
This course integrates traditional negotiation skills with groundbreaking tec Read More

Canadian School of Peacebuilding-Train the Trainer: Working for Conflict Transformation
This event is hosted by Canadian Mennonite University.We invite peacebuil Read More

Finding Your Voice: Understanding Nonviolent Action for Today's Complex World
Finding Your Voice: Understa Read More

ACR Greater New York Chapter-12th Annual Conference
Our 2013 Conference will provide a forum for over 200 dispute resolution professional Read More

ALIA Summer Institute
This event is hosted by ALIA Institute (Authentic Leadership in Action).T Read More

NE-ACR Chapter Regional Conference
ACR New England Chapter Regional Conference Read More

Resolving Employment Disputes: The Innovative Role of Peer Review
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Family Law Section Teleseminar: When Mediation and Domestic Violence Intersect
Join the Family Section for its upco Read More

2nd Italian Congress on Transformative Mediation: Mediation For Conflict Transformation
This event is hosted by ADR QUADRA.QUADRA's second annual conference Read More

Monthly NYC-DR Roundtable Breakfast
Roundtable Breakfast - Peacemaking A Read More

ACR Workplace Conflict Coaching Committee Teleseminar: Culturally Savvy Coaching in Workplace Disputes
Please join the ACR Workplace Section’s Conflict Coaching Committee for our next Read More

ACR General Workplace Section Teleseminar: June 3 at 12:00 PM EST
Please join the ACR GENERAL Workplace Section for our next 60 minute teleseminar Read More

ISCT Summer Institute At Hofstra University School of Law
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What Is Conflict Resolution?

What is Conflict Resolution?

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) refers to any process or collection of processes established to resolve disputes without trial or violence. The term “ADR” is often used to refer to a broad category of “ADR processes” such as negotiation, conciliation, mediation, settlement conferences, arbitration, consensus building, and community conferencing. READ MORE

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