| Unauthorized
Practice of Law (UPL)/ Authorized Practice of
Mediation (APM)
In January 2000, the Board of the Society of
Professional in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) authorized
the formation of a Task Force, made up of conflict
resolution practitioners from a variety of backgrounds,
to explore the unauthorized practice of law (UPL)
issue in relation to the conflict resolution field,
and to mediation, arbitration, and relevant hybrid
processes. Anticipating the merger that has since
resulted in the formation of ACR, representatives
from the other two founding organizations (AFM
and CREnet) served on the Task Force from its
inception. In 2002, this Task Force produced a
draft report for the ACR Board’s consideration.
In June 2004, after careful consideration, ACR’s
Board of Directors adopted a report that frames
the UPL issue in terms of the appropriate practice
of mediation, not in terms of the authorized or
unauthorized practice of law. Thus, the focus
of this report is the authorized practice of mediation
(APM).
About ACR's
Legislative and Public Policy Leadership
ACR's Legislative
and Public Policy efforts are focused
on promoting the field of conflict resolution
to the general public; informing members about,
and shaping, important public policy developments
in the field; and creating the structures for
ACR to support the growth of the field.
The Legislative Public Policy (LPP) Committee
is chaired by Gregory
Firestone, Ph.D.
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