General Alternative Dispute Resolution Resources

• Mediation Information and Resource Center  (An excellent all-around look at mediation; what it is, who can use it, and who can practice, as well as a mediator locator.)
• Mediation in Virginia  (A good, concise definition of mediation, as well as training requirements for mediators in Virginia.)
• Non-Adversarial Mediation  There are as many different styles of mediation as there are mediators, and each style can be effective. This paper explores the features of a class of styles that is based on a non-adversarial model, and it outlines the ways in which mediation can be used to reduce the cost of resolving conflicts.
• Conflict Research Consortium
•  Institute for Global Communications
• US Department of Labor  (This site has lots of information on alternative dispute resolution, mostly related to labor/management disputes.  Use the search function.)
•  Findlaw: Internet Legal Resources  (A fast and accurate search function; LOTS of alternative dispute resolution resources!)
• Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation
• Nolo Self-Help Law A very thorough site for looking up laws and practice in layman's language.
• Mediation NOW

Information on Divorce and Family Mediation

• DivorceSource This isn't specifically a mediation site, although it addresses divorce mediation, but it's one of the all-around best sites for information on divorce in all 50 states of the USA.
•  Divorce Helpline
•  Divorce Info
•  DivorceNet
•  Divorce Online  (This site has some archived articles on mediation; use the search function.)
•  Divorce Without War

Publishers and Journals

•  Jossey-Bass Publishing (This site is an excellent site for books on alternative dispute resolution, and many other topics!)
• The Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution

Professional Organizations

In January of 2001, the Academy of Family Mediators, The Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution and the National Institute for Dispute Resolution merged into one professional organization, The Association for Conflict Resolution.

• The Association for Conflict Resolution.
• The American Arbitration Association
• The New York State Council on Divorce Mediation

Alternative Dispute Resolution Practitioners

No representation is made by the developer of this page as to the fitness of any of these practitioners to adequately perform ADR services. This is a list of web links ONLY. Please investigate any ADR practitioner you contact as to his or her training, experience and fitness to perform the services that you require.

• Victoria Robinson Family and Divorce Mediation Services Family and divorce mediation in the Rochester, New York area. This mediator has worked with Deaf people for many years, and is skilled in sign language, although she is hearing. Use the relay to call (716) 748-2694 to leave a message and get a TTY call back, or send e-mail to mediator@xcski.com.
• Mediation Center of Rochester, in Rochester, New York. Providing divorce and family mediation, church and organizational mediation and arbitration.
• Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Divorce in Connecticut: A Constructive Alternative Susan K. Smith, attorney; Hartford and Avon, CT.
• Divorce Mediation Professionals, Lenard Marlow and Barbara Badolato, serving Nassau County, Suffolk County and the New York City area.
• Michael J. Roberts, attorney  (San Diego, CA)
• Alliance for Mediation and Conflict Resolution (Aconsortium of mediation professionals in the New York metro area.)
• The Jantzen Group (Business and workplace meditation and conflict resolution)
• Center for Medical Ethics and Mediation (Transforming Conflict In The Healthcare Environment, San Diego, CA.)
• Coast to Coast Mediation Center (Mediation Services and Training)
• Construction Mediation Inc. (Dispute resolution for members of the construction community, NYC area)
• Massachusetts Mediation and Arbitration, Inc.(Full-service mediation and arbitration throughout New England)
• Neighborhood Justice Center (Tallahassee, Florida; free mediation services for general needs. )
• Siegel, Kelleher & Kahn (Law firm in Buffalo, New York, offering mediation and legal services.)
• Mediation Works, Inc.  (A Florida attorney/mediator's page; some general information about the mediation process.)

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training

• Mediation Center of Rochester provides AFM-approved training in divorce and family mediation and in organizational mediation.
• Coast to Coast Mediation Center (Mediation Services and Training)
• Mediation Training Institute International (Mediation training, particularly for groups in the workplace.)