The ICODR Podcast

In this episode, Ian speaks with Colin Rule, CEO of ODR.com, about the upcoming ODR2026.org conference taking place on June 11, 2026 (also surrounded by other events on June 10, June 12 (the Arbitration and Mediation in the Age of AI conference) and the VibeODR.com hackathon on June 13th). For more information about the conference, visit http://odr2026.org. The full agenda is available here.

In this episode Ian chats with Professor Janet Martinez and Professor Amy Schmitz about their new book Digital Dispute Systems Design: Using Technology in Preventing and Resolving Conflicts.   Professor Amy J. Schmitz is a full professor at The Ohio State Moritz College of Law and Program on Dispute Resolution as the John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Endowed Chair in Law and a Co-Director of the Translational Data Analytics Institute (TDAI) CoP for Responsible Data Science at The Ohio State University. She is a prolific author in the fields of dispute resolution, online dispute resolution dispute systems design, arbitration, and consumer protection.   Dr Janet Martinez is Senior Lecturer Emerita and retired from serving as Director of the Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution at Stanford Law School since 2004. Janet taught courses in negotiation, advanced negotiation (public policy, transactions, international), dispute system design, and alternative dispute resolution law and policy. She was Senior Consultant for the Consensus Building Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a nonprofit devoted to conflict resolution worldwide, including facilitating a series of policy dialogues in international trade and climate change; she now serves on the board of directors. She, too, is a prolific author in ODR and DSD.   Here’s a link to the book and to more extensive bio information for both authors: https://aspenpublishing.com/products/schmitz-digitaldisputesystemdesign?srsltid=AfmBOooxJsQfFY7FzJ7s6M7XhxqYmsJiPIpL5CSowQh5j5_m5UF46zJI&variant=47659483070744

In this episode Ian speaks with Dr. Pablo Cortés, who is a full professor with a chair in Civil Justice at Leicester Law School, in the UK, where he teaches and conducts research in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), civil procedure and consumer law. He is also an online arbitrator-adjudicator for CEDR’s aviation, telecommunications and water disputes schemes. He has published widely in the field of technology and dispute resolution, including The Law of Consumer Redress (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and prior to that he edited The New Regulatory Framework for Consumer Dispute Resolution (Oxford University Press, 2016). He has now written, for Cambridge University Press, Dispute Resolution Processes in England and Wales: Justice, Settlement and Technology; and has published a co-edited volume, Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Courts (OUP, 2025). Of interest to this conversation is his soon-to-be-published paper, “Lex Obscura: The Emergence of Civil Justice Beyond the State in Darknet Markets.”

In this episode Ian chats with ODR leaders Dan Rainey, Leah Wing, and Chris Draper to talk about their new book (also written with Scott Cooper) entitled Governing Artificial Intelligence, part of the Issues in Online Dispute Resolution series from Brill Publishing. About the book: "As we face the profound and rapidly expanding impacts of artificial intelligence, ethical and practical questions arise for harnessing it effectively while preventing its worst externalities. Governing Al examines the two main avenues for providing guidance to AI developers and users: regulation/legislation and international and professional standards. Along with an overview of both pathways, an in-depth case study is provided and key questions are raised and suggestions offered. Ultimately, the argument is made that neither regulation/legislation, nor standards alone can effectively govern Al development and use; rather, coordination among government entities, international standards organizations, and international professional standards will be the most effective approach to governance." Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/Governing-Artificial-Intelligence-Dispute-Resolution/dp/9004736298

In this episode, Ian interviews ODR pioneer John Helie. John founded ConflictNet in 1988 as a communication forum and information sharing network for the Conflict Resolution Practitioners community, and in 1996 co-founded Mediate.com with Jim Melamed (who was interviewed on the last podcast). He also co-founded OnlineResolution.com, one of the first ODR providers, in 2000. A trained mediator and facilitator, John pioneered work with online conflict and communication from the earliest days of the Internet. More about John: https://mediate.com/author/john-helie/ https://mediate.com/special-episode-interview-with-mediate-com-co-founder-john-helie/ John's address on the occasion of his receiving the Mary Parker Follett award from the Association for Conflict Resolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPtYyDm0Jig  

Jim will be known to many of you as co-founder, in 1996, and former CEO of mediate.com until 2020 (at which point he handed over the reins to Colin Rule). He is currently Board Chair and General Counsel for Resourceful Internet Solutions, Inc. (RIS), home to Mediate.com, Arbitrate.com, ODR.com and other leading dispute resolution sites.  Before Mediate.com, Jim founded The Mediation Center in Eugene, Oregon in 1983 and served as Executive Director of the Academy of Family Mediators (AFM) from 1987 to 1993. Jim was also the first President and Executive Director of the Oregon Mediation Association (1985-86). Jim’s undergraduate degree is in psychology from Stanford University and his law degree is from the University of Oregon. Jim has received the following awards: The Oregon Mediation Association’s 2003 Award for Excellence and 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award; The Oregon State Bar’s 2006 Sidney Lezak Award of Excellence; The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) 2007 John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award; and The 2012 Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM) “Getting To Yes” Award and 2018 APFM first Outstanding Mediator Award. More about Jim: https://mediate.com/author/jim-melamed/  

In this episode, Ian speaks with Rory Kingan, CEO of Eperoto, a legal tech company based in Sweden that helps lawyers assess cases more effectively and give clients greater clarity into litigation risk.  Originally from Auckland, New Zealand, Rory began his career in Wellington with PricewaterhouseCoopers, building New Zealand’s digital land title system. He moved to London and consulted for several years for Freshfields, Reuters, and GlaxoSmithKline, among others. He later co-founded a legal tech startup Priory Solutions, building products for large law firms to manage their subscriptions and knowledge requests — software used by most of the large US and UK firms.  After selling that company, Rory relocated to Sweden and invested in several tech startups, including Eperoto. In 2024, he took the helm as CEO, leading its international expansion and championing the use of decision analysis for greater clarity into dispute risk.   Links mentioned in the podcast: Rory’s LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rory-kingan/ Eperoto: https://eperoto.com Video walk-through of Eperoto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQL18BcwmEo Land Information NZ: https://www.linz.govt.nz 

In this episode Ian interviews Dr. Sara Hourani, a Senior Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, Middlesex University London. She also holds a Visiting Lectureship at the School of Law, Aix-Marseille University (France). Sara received an LLB degree from Grenoble II University (France), an LLM in International Trade Law and a PhD in Law from the University of Essex (UK). She was granted the prestigious UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) PhD scholarship to pursue her doctoral studies and has been the recipient of different grants and awards to carry out her research since.  Sara’s research examines the impact of automation introduced through new technologies, such as blockchain, smart contracts and artificial intelligence, on international commercial arbitration systems. Her work on the topic analyses the implications of such automation on access to justice and due process amongst other issues.  She has presented this work at numerous conferences and seminars and has published this work in various forms, including a co-edited book titled ‘Access to Justice in Arbitration: Concept, Context and Practice’ published by Wolters Kluwer in 2020. For further information, see Sara’s bio page at:  https://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/dr-sara-hourani/ and https://odr.info/sara-hourani/

In this episode, the tables are turned a bit: NCTDR Executive Director Leah Wing interviews Ian about the trends and themes he's observed over the first 35 podcasts, following on Ian's retrospective from the 2025 ODR Forum in London. Leah is Senior Lecturer II on the faculty in the Legal Studies Program where she has taught since 1993 and she is on the Steering Committee of The Center for Justice, Law, and Societies. Her teaching and research utilize law and society scholarship, to interrogate the relationship between disputing and justice. Her areas of concentration are the impact of inequality and technology on the transformation of conflict and furtherance of justice through dispute resolution processes in offline and online geographies. Her current research projects include AI, ethics and dispute resolution, crowdsourcing and spatial justice, technological responses to disaster and digital harm doing. She completed three National Science Foundation funded research projects on online dispute resolution with multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research teams. Leah is Director of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR), Past President and founding board member of the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR), serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution and Conflict Resolution Quarterly, and has served two terms on the Association of Conflict Resolution Board of Directors. About Leah: https://www.umass.edu/political-science/about/directory/leah-wing About NCTDR: http://odr.info

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian interviews Dr. Chris Draper, Managing Director of Trokt, on the evolution of technology, AI, and ODR. Chris Draper is based in Des Moines, Iowa. Chris received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Glasgow. He is also a Venture Partner with VU Venture Partners in San Francisco, California.     Chris’ ‘mission’ lies in reducing the operational risk of how humans interface with technology systems. To this end, he focuses on the development and delivery of technologies that help equitably resolve and avoid disputes ranging from labor relations to construction arbitration, financial compliance and to special needs education. Trokt is a platform designed to optimise the use of digital technologies - to ‘reduce the clutter’ - in managing workflow, negotiations, and the avoidance of digital fraud.  Chris is also Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution Technology Committee. more on Chris: https://odr.info/chris-draper/ more on Trokt: https://www.trokt.com/  

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian interviews REDEK CEO Nicolás Lozada on his evolving work in financial inclusion, empowerment, and ODR in Colombia. Nicolás Lozada is a lawyer with a strong academic and professional background in LegalTech, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), and international law. He is the founder of CREO, a financial inclusion platform that empowers women in informal transactions, and REDEK [https://www.redek.co/], Colombia's first startup focused on Digital Justice and Online Dispute Resolution. His approach combines technological innovation and law to transform justice systems and resolve disputes more efficiently and accessibly. He is a member of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR) and an arbitrator on the APEC e-BRAM online dispute resolution panel. Colombia appointed him to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III, where he contributed to key initiatives in online dispute resolution and e-commerce. With master's degrees in Law and the Global Economy from New York University and in International and Comparative Law from the National University of Singapore, Nicolás is a recognised expert and advocate for ODR and LegalTech tools. I see too - on the Singapore connection - that Redek has been a consultant to the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) for crypto assets and consulting on the impact of generative AI on financial derivatives. He has served as a consultant, lecturer, and professor at universities such as Externado de Colombia, Javeriana, de la Sabana, del Rosario, ICESI, and Santo Tomás, addressing topics related to arbitration, international business, foreign investment, and digital dispute resolution.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian interviews ODR pioneer Graham Ross about the 2025 ODR Forum he's hosting in London April 29-30 (more information at odr2025.org). About Graham Graham is Founder and President of TheMediationRoom.com.  He is a UK lawyer and mediator with over 20 years experience in IT and the law. Graham is the author of legal application software (accounts and time recording) and the founder of LAWTEL, the popular web-based legal information update service. He co-founded the first ODR service in the UK, WeCanSettle, and designed the blind bidding software at the heart of the system. Graham subsequently founded TheMediationRoom.com, for whom he designed their online mediation platform.  Graham speaks regularly at international conferences on the impact of the law on the Internet and e-commerce and on the application of technology to ADR. Graham was host of the 5th International Conference on Online Dispute Resolution held in Liverpool, UK, in 2007. And one key reason for talking with Graham is that he will again be hosting - or co-hosting - the annual ODR Forum (ODR2025.org), this time in London in April this year.  Graham has been at the heart of ODR developments, not least through his ongoing commitment to the Board of ICODR and their work on standards for ODR.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Lissa Gerking of the Federal Bar Association in Brussels, and Chair in Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure at the Leibniz University Hannover.  They discuss how the digital transformation of justice can reduce the focus on the core principle of a fair trial, sidelining several procedurally important aspects of in person hearings.  ODR's global adoption is being driven  primarily by efficiency, but that efficiency may be achieved at the expense of justice. Fast justice is not always better justice.   Every society is different, with different stakeholders -- and litigants may have different levels of digital literacy in different countries. There may also be issues around the quality internet access available to individuals, challenges around distinguishing safe and unsafe online locations, and accessing safe and secure places to engage in online processes.  If we are to effectively design a new justice system that leverages technology, we must remain cognizant of these challenges around access. awareness, and understanding of technology. More information about Lissa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lissa-gerking-689061160/?originalSubdomain=de

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Ayelet Sela, lecturer at the Faculty of Law in Bar Ilan University. Dr. Sela’s scholarship and teaching revolve around dispute system design, law and technology, courts, and empirical legal studies. Her recent academic work focuses on procedural design, procedural justice and access to justice in online courts and tribunals as well as in hybrid (remote) proceedings. She is particularly interested in exploring how the justice system can best serve self-represented individuals in these contexts. In addition, Dr. Sela collaborates with data scientists on the application of machine learning methods to legal data and studies questions related to the use of AI tools in governance mechanisms and judicial contexts. Previously, Dr. Sela was a senior fellow of the Jean Monett Center on Digital Governance, a founding member of the BIU LawData Lab, and a member of the Bar-Ilan University Data Science Institute. She also clerked for the Honorable Justice Eliezer Rivlin in the Israeli Supreme Court and worked as an auditor for the Israeli Ministry of Justice. Dr. Sela holds a JSD and JSM from Stanford Law School and an LL.B and “Amirim” Honors Program diploma from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

In this part two episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Clare Fowler, Executive Vice President of Mediate.com, on the ethical ramifications of using AI in dispute resolution. Clare Fowler is Executive Vice-President and Managing Editor at Mediate.com, as well as a professor at the University of Oregon and a practicing workplace mediator. Clare received her Master's of Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law and her Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, focused on reducing workplace conflicts, from Pepperdine University School of Education. Clare also coordinated the career development program for The Straus Institute dispute resolution students. In 2023, Clare published Rising Above Office Conflict: The Light-Hearted Guide for the Heavy-Hearted Employee.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Clare Fowler, Executive Vice President of Mediate.com, on the future of AI and ODR, and the new International Bar Association standards for using AI in dispute resolution. Clare Fowler is Executive Vice-President and Managing Editor at Mediate.com, as well as a professor at the University of Oregon and a practicing workplace mediator. Clare received her Master's of Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law and her Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, focused on reducing workplace conflicts, from Pepperdine University School of Education. Clare also coordinated the career development program for The Straus Institute dispute resolution students. In 2023, Clare published Rising Above Office Conflict: The Light-Hearted Guide for the Heavy-Hearted Employee.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Zbynek Loebl and Leah Wing about the 2024 ODR Forum, which took place in Prague June 5-6, 2024.   Zbynek is of counsel at PRK Partners in Prague. He specialises in the field of Internet law and legal aspects of ICT and technology projects. With extensive experience in internet law, convergent services, electronic communications, e-commerce, personal data protection, cyber security and intellectual property, he has been a pioneer in the field of ODR for twenty years. Zbynek is a fellow of The National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR). He has also participated in a number of international projects related to cross-border online dispute resolution. He is an author of a book Designing Online Courts (The Future Of Justice Is Open To All), Kluwer Law International, 2019.   Leah is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, as well as the Director of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR). Leah heads the Ethical Principles for Online Dispute Resolution initiative of NCTDR and serves on the ABA Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Standards Taskforce and the ABA Technology Committee. Leah has taught dispute resolution since 1993 and served as a researcher on early experiments in online dispute resolution. Leah is on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution and of Conflict Resolution Quarterly, served two terms on the Association of Conflict Resolution Board of Directors, and is on the advisory board of ODREurope. Leah is also the founding director of the Social Justice Mediation Institute.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Zbynek Loebl, of counsel at PRK Partners in Prague, and host of the upcoming ODR Forum meeting http://odr2024.org .   Zbynek Loebl specialises in the field of Internet law and legal aspects of ICT and technology projects. A specialist in internet law, convergent services, electronic communications, e-commerce, personal data protection, cyber security and intellectual property, he has been a pioneer in the field of ODR for twenty years. Zbynek worked at IT Law Europe, a free association of lawyers specialised in modern technologies law from its onset; he was the only lawyer from Central Europe. For several years, he was the Czech representative to the International Technology Law Association. Zbynek is a fellow of The National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR). He has also participated in a number of international projects related to cross-border online dispute resolution. He is a Panellist of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center in Geneva for the resolution of domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and of the Arbitration Court Attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic both for disputes related to .eu domain names and in standard arbitration proceedings. Zbynek is an author of a book Designing Online Courts (The Future Of Justice Is Open To All), Kluwer Law International, 2019.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa, pioneer in ICT for peacebuilding and citizen journalism.   Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa has recently returned to Sri Lanka after a several years in New Zealand where he completed his doctorate at Otago University with a thesis on "Liking hate? Social media, politics, and conflict in Sri Lanka." He has also been Research Director with the Disinformation Project [https://thedisinfoproject.org/]   Since 2001, Sanjana has been at the forefront of pioneering the integration of technology into peacebuilding initiatives. In 2007, he founded and continued to curate until June 2020, the award-winning Groundviews [https://groundviews.org/], Sri Lanka's first citizen journalism website. His expertise extends beyond Sri Lanka, and South Asia, and covers work in five continents for over two decades, working on civic media, information disorders, new media literacy, web activism, digital security, and online advocacy.    Since 2006, Sanjana has been Special Adviser to the ICT for Peace Foundation [https://ict4peace.org/activities/], with a focus on providing strategic insights and guidance in the deployment of ICTs for the intricate facets of crisis early warning, prevention, management, and recovery.    Between 2002 and 2020, Sanjana was Senior Researcher, Centre for Policy Alternatives [https://www.cpalanka.org/] with a focus on secure strategies for online and mobile communication. In 2002, he played a pivotal role as a lead architect in devising an online negotiation platform, and related information support systems that bolstered crucial engagements, and research surrounding the Track 1, 2, and 2.5 ceasefire agreement processes.

In this episode Ian chats with Janet Martinez, Senior Lecturer - Emeritus and retired Director of the Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution at Stanford Law School. Janet taught negotiation, advanced negotiation, dispute systems design, and ADR law and policy. She practiced corporate law for ten years in San Francisco, latterly as Senior Counsel for McKesson Corporation’s acquisitions and divestitures. She was Senior Consultant for the Consensus Building Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she now serves on the board of directors.  Janet does corporate executive negotiation trainings with LaxSebenius Negotiation Group, as well as with law firms in North America and abroad. Dr. Martinez received her B.S. in Bacteriology from Washington State University, J.D. from Golden Gate University, M.P.A. from Harvard University, and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.    Janet has published extensively in the ODR field, with a strong focus on the design of ODR systems and, in particular, ethical ODR systems. Her work includes Dispute System Design: Preventing, Managing, and Resolving Conflict (Stanford University Press, 2020); “ODR and Innovation in the U.S.”, with Amy Schmitz, in the major text on ODR, Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice. A Treatise on Technology and Dispute Resolution; and “Designing Ethical Online Dispute Systems: The Rise of the Fourth Party,” with Colin Rule. She and Amy Schmitz also have a forthcoming book, Digital Dispute System Design.   More on Jan: https://law.stanford.edu/directory/janet-martinez/ https://www.cbi.org/about/bio/janet-martinez/  

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Matt Bartlett, a doctoral student at Columbia Law School, where he also recently completed his LLM. His research focuses on the regulation of emerging technologies (particularly AI). He has taught technology law and policy at the University of Auckland, and writes about technology issues at Technocracy. He has also written recently on the EU AI Act and whether it can effectively provide a framework for ChatGPT and other generative AI systems. More about Matt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjamesbartlett/ https://www.openglobalrights.org/matt-bartlett/  

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Dr. Fahimeh Abedi, Research Fellow at the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE) at the University of Melbourne. With a strong research background spanning over 10 years, Fahimeh has focussed her work on exploring the intersection of law and artificial intelligence. She holds a PhD from Victoria University, Melbourne; and an LLM from the National University of Malaysia. Currently, Fahimeh is engaged in the Ninian Stephen Law Program: New Legal Thinking for Emerging Technologies project that focuses on addressing the complex legal and ethical challenges posed by emerging technologies specifically for lawyers in Australia. In addition, Fahimeh is a chief investigator in the development of resilient legal advice for cyber and critical technologies in Vietnam as part of a project with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).  She is also a chief investigator for a research project titled "Measuring and Evaluating Sustainability-SDG 5 – Gender Equality to Empower Victorian Indigenous Women's Ownership of Agricultural Land" that aims to empower indigenous women in Victoria by promoting gender equality and fostering their ownership of agricultural land. Learn more about Fahimeh here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahimeh-abedi-phd-44651989

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Ben Davis, Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Toledo Law School. Professor Benjamin Davis joined the College of Law faculty in 2003 and retired on Jan. 31, 2021. He is a graduate of Harvard College (B.A.), Harvard Law School (J.D), and Harvard Business School (M.B.A.) where he was articles editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. Professor Davis taught in the areas of contracts, commercial law, alternative dispute resolution, arbitration, public international law, international business transactions, and 3L extended bar preparation. For his final project at the college, he hosted a dynamic virtual conversation with more than 40 experts around the world. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Davis was an associate professor at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (now Texas A&M University School of Law). Between 1983 and 1986, he worked in Paris, France as a development consultant in West Africa, and as a strategic business consultant with Mars & Co in Europe. In 1986, he became the American legal counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) where he supervised directly or indirectly over 1,000 international commercial arbitration and mediation cases, made filings before courts around the world on behalf of the ICC, assisted with the drafting of arbitration laws in countries such as India and Sri Lanka, and led conferences in Eastern and Western Europe, North America, and Asia. In 1996, he was promoted to director, conference programmes and manager of the Institute of World Business Law, where he organized training sessions on international contracts, dispute resolution, project finance, and electronic commerce. Professor Davis is the creator of fast-track international commercial arbitration and the inventor of the International Competitions for Online Dispute Resolution by which students from around the world competed in online negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation (2000-05). He served as former chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution. He is a former board member of the Society of American Law Teachers and a former member of the ABA Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline (Pipeline Council) and the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security. He is also a former member and subcommittee chair for the Arbitration Competition for the ABA-Law Student Division Competitions Committee, which developed the ABA arbitration moot court. Professor Davis led the successful effort in the American Society of International Law to pass only the 8th resolution in its history entitled the ASIL Centennial Resolution on Laws of War and Detainee Treatment. He submitted an amicus curiae in support of respondents on Nov. 26, 2019 in the U.S. Supreme Court Case GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC. In 2018, he received the Champion of Change Award of Arbitral Women, the international NGO of women ADR practitioners. Professor Davis has given numerous presentations and speeches around the world. He has published dozens of articles on topics related to international and domestic arbitration, online and offline dispute resolution, and international law. He is also a contributing editor at Jurist.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian speaks with Keri Morris and Isobel Egerton about ODR for Domain Name Disputes. Keri Morris is ODR Establishment Project Manager at the Domain Names Commission. She joined the Domain Name Commission [DNC] in July 2021 to help set up the Online Dispute Resolution programme. She is a mediator who strongly believes in helping people resolve their own disputes.  She is a Fellow (Mediation) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK and of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand. A highly experienced Family Dispute Resolution Provider, Keri was instrumental in leading the FDR services for New Zealand’s service provider for many years.  She is a trained CINERGY© conflict coach and a keen writer on all things dispute resolution - some of you will have seen her articles on the mediate.com site. Isobel Egerton is the Domain Name Policy lead at InternetNZ. Isobel was Interim Domain Name Commissioner in 2022 and has expertise in the regulation, management and control of domain names. Prior to joining the domain name industry, Isobel practised law for over 20 years, most recently as legal counsel for New Zealand Police and has significant experience in managing legal risk and a passion for consumer protection.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast Ian interviews Irene Sigismondi, attorney at Law, a trainer and a contract professor at the Universities of Rome “La Sapienza” and LUISS “Guido Carli”, in the field of Public/Constitutional Law, Legal Theory and Law and Technology (including ODR).  After getting her degree in law (LUISS, Rome 1995), she became a practicing attorney in Rome, 1998.  Irene then gained her Ph.D. in Information Technology (ICT) and Law (Sapienza University of Rome, 2003), and served as a visiting fellow (2001-2008) at the Yale Center for Internet Studies and as a researcher for the Italian National Council of Research at the  Insitute for Judicial Studies (IRSIG/CNR, Bologna, Italy 2003-2007).  She has also been a visiting scholar at Paris I-Sorbonne (Centre de Recherche de Droit Public Comparé) and visiting professor at Szczecin University and lecturer in Law and Technology at the  European Master in Law and Policies of European Integration (European Constitutional Law and Multilevel Constitutionalism). Since 2009 she serves as project manager for the Quality Drafting and Better Regulation Module in the ICT Master Program (Master in Diritto dell’Informatica e Teoria e Tecnica della Normazione) at Sapienza University of Rome, Law School. In 2021-2022 she was appointed by the Government as external support to the Legal Team of the Department of Innovation and Digital Transformation.

"You need to believe in a project. If you don't believe in it, you can't take it forward."  In this episode, host, Ian Macduff, talks with guest, Mirèze Philippe--a French lawyer and dispute resolution practitioner---about the following: The problems that have stopped justice services from moving online What is the definition of ODR? ODR as a court-based process as opposed to a settlement process About Mirèze Philippe:   Mirèze is a French lawyer of French and Lebanese origin.  She is a dispute resolution practitioner and was Special Counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration ICC until her retirement end 2022.  Mirèze has been in the field of online dispute resolution since 2000 and built various platforms, namely for ICC and for ArbitralWomen alongside IT engineers. She was also member of the UNCITRAL Working Group III on ODR. She is Fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution (“NCTDR”) (http://odr.info/), Board member of the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (“ICODR”), and Advisory Board member of ODR Africa Network (https://odrafrica.com).  Mirèze is co-founder of ArbitralWomen (AW), an organisation gathering and promoting female practitioners in international dispute resolution. She is member of various organisations promoting gender equality and equal opportunities for equal qualifications. She received the CPR 2018 Diversity Award for outstanding contributions to diversity in ADR. Mirèze published articles on arbitration, online dispute resolution and gender diversity. Her résumé and publications are available on ArbitralWomen website: https://www.arbitralwomen.org/author/mireze-philippe

Chances are you've heard about ChatGPT, but have you thought about the potential influence of ChatGPT on ODR? In this episode, host, Ian Macduff, chats with guest, Noam Ebner (professor of negotiation and conflict resolution at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business) about the impact of ChatGPT on ODR directly and indirectly, as well as other related topics: Court ODR Access to Justice, and Tech as a tool versus tech as a barrier   About Noam Ebner: Noam Ebner is a professor of negotiation and conflict resolution at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business.  Prior to joining the faculty at Creighton, Noam taught at universities in Israel, Turkey, and Costa Rica. He practised as an attorney, negotiator, and mediator at his Jerusalem-based firm, trained mediators for the court system, and conducted hundreds of workshops on negotiation and conflict resolution for a broad range of private sector industries, governmental agencies, universities and non-profits around the world.  An early innovator in the online teaching of negotiation and dispute resolution, Noam consults on online learning to universities and other institutions and is former chair of Creighton’s Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program’s online graduate degree program.  Together with Prof. Jen Reynolds of the University of Oregon, Noam established the Pop Culture and Conflict Resolution Project. The Project’s goal is to introduce the knowledge of the negotiation and conflict resolution fields to the general public by engaging fandoms via books, podcasts, appearances at fan conventions, and more. Their first book is Star Wars and Conflict Resolution

Similar to the phrase "fit the forum to the fuss", the type of dispute should determine the the type of ODR tool that is used. In this episode, host, Ian Macduff, talks with guest, Dr. Nicolas Vermeys about a variety of topics related to incorporating ODR into Courts in Canada. Episode highlights include a discussion of the following: An overview of the PARLe odr platform The JusticeBot project Cyberjustice Two views of how AI can be used in ODR ODR as a public service About Nicolas: Dr. Vermeys is the Director of the Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP), the Associate Director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory, and a Professor at the Université de Montréal’s Faculté de droit. Nicolas is a member of the Quebec Bar, and a certified information system security professional (CISSP), and is the author of numerous publications relating to the impact of technology on the law. His research focuses on legal issues pertaining to artificial intelligence, information security, developments in the field of cyberjustice, and other questions relating to the impact of technological innovations on the law. He is often invited to speak on these topics by the media, and regularly lectures for judges, lawyers, professional orders, and government organisations, in Canada and abroad. Learn more about Nicolas

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Colm Brannigan and Marc Bhalla, co-authors of the new book Online Dispute Resolution: Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.   Colm Brannigan holds an M.A. in history and technology, an LL.B. from Queen’s University, and a LL.M.(ADR) from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. Colm is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the U.K. and holds the advanced designation of Chartered Med-Arbitrator through the ADR Institute of Canada. He has been a full-time ADR practitioner for over 25 years. Colm is an acknowledged expert in the development of online dispute resolution (ODR) and med-arb processes and provides ODR and med-arb training through the Canadian Collaborative for Engagement & Conflict Management (https://www.ccecm.ca/). Colm has been a part-time instructor teaching ADR in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University and at Humber College. He is frequently a guest lecturer at Queen’s University, Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Toronto and has also presented at continuing education programs and conferences provincially, nationally, and internationally. Colm can be contacted by e-mail at [email protected] or through his website www.mediate.ca.   Marc Bhalla is a mediator, arbitrator, writer and professor based in Toronto. He practices online. Marc has a Master of Laws in Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall Law School, where he is now a faculty member. Marc is also faculty at York University’s Certificate in Dispute Resolution program and at the Canadian Collaborative for Engagement & Conflict Management, where he teaches Online Dispute Resolution and Arbitration. Marc has spoken from coast-to-coast across Canada and in the United States. He has delivered keynote presentations at conferences in Regina, Saskatchewan and for International Mediation Awareness Week. Marc has been widely published, including in a number of peer-reviewed academic journals. His first book, The Art of Role Play in Dispute Resolution Training, was released in 2020. Marc is an original member of Ontario’s first online tribunal, where he has mediated and adjudicated cases since 2017; however, Marc is presenting in a personal capacity and is not speaking on behalf of the Condominium Authority Tribunal. Marc represents the Province of Ontario on the Board of Directors of the ADR Institute of Canada.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Dr. Tsisana Shamlikashvili, an international expert in ADR, international mediator, lawyer, neurologist and psychologist (with both medical and law degrees). She has been Professor of the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, holder of the chair in “Mediation in social practices”; academic and scientific supervisor of the Center for Mediation and ADR in legal practice of the Moscow State Academy of Law. However, since the commencement of the war on Ukraine, Tsisana has suspended all of her activities in Russia.   Since 2004 Tsisana studied mediation in the United States, Germany, Austria and Great Britain. She is a graduate of several Harvard Negotiation Program courses (including Frank Sanders’ Mediation Course), certified mediator in Water Diplomacy matters (joint program of MIT and Tufts University).   Tsisana is a CEDR accredited mediator, mediator of JAMS International (USA-UK), Member of Association for Integrated Mediation, Member of European Advisory Board of CPR, Council Member of Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University (USA), Associate Board Member of GEMME (European Judges' Group for Mediation), Board Member of AAPMAD (Association of Academics for the Promotion of Mediation as Academic Discipline), Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, Corporate member and expert for Dispute Board Federation (DBF).   Tsisana has been a pioneer in ADR and specially mediation in Russia and in former Soviet Union, directing her efforts and sometimes achievements on this very complicated path to implement mediation (and more importantly), mediative attitude (meaning shift of mentality) in that part of the world. Currently she acts as international expert, consultant in ADR, and International mediator.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Professor Orna Rabinovich-Einy of the Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa. Her areas of expertise are alternative dispute resolution (ADR), online dipsute resolution (ODR), and civil procedure, with research focusing on the relationship between formal and informal justice systems, dispute resolution system design and the impact of technology on dispute resolution. She is a fellow of the Haifa Forum of Law and Society, the Haifa Center for Law and Technology, and the National Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution at UMass, Amherst. Rabinovich-Einy holds a doctorate in Law (J.S.D.) degree from Columbia University. She was admitted to the Bar in Israel (1998) and New York (2001) and was certified as a mediator in New York by the Safe Horizon Mediation Center (2003).

In this episode, Ian interviews ODR Pioneer Daniel Rainey, a principal in Holistic Solutions, Inc. (HSI ), and an adjunct faculty member in graduate dispute resolution programs and law schools. Daniel is currently a Fellow of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution, a member of the Board of Directors for the InternetBar.Org, and a founding member and founding Board Member, and Chair of the Governance Committee of the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR).  He is the Co-Chair of Working Group 3 of the ODR Task Force for the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, and  Co-Chair of the International Mediation Institute’s Online Mediator Competency Task Force.  He is an immediate past member of the Supreme Court of Virginia’s Access to Justice Commission, Self-Represented Litigants Committee.  He was recently added as a participant observer to the Uniform Law Commission’s Study Committee on the Singapore Convention. He was one of the instructors for the first university ODR course (at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst), and he (with Colin Rule) designed and taught the first ODR course required in a graduate dispute resolution program (at Creighton University).  He has developed graduate level ODR courses for several universities, in addition to skills-based ODR training for dispute resolution centers and professional associations.  As a consultant, he has worked with clients in the the development of ODR resources, intercultural negotiation skills, Ombudsman programs, and organizational conflict engagement programs in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. He is one of the Editors-in-Chief of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution. He is also an author/editor of the award-winning book, Online Dispute Resolution Theory and Practice (2nd edition published in 2021), and numerous other book chapters and articles about ODR and ADR. In September, 2017, he retired as the Chief of Staff for the National Mediation Board, and in October, 2017, at the Association for Conflict Resolution annual conference, he received the Mary Parker Follett Award for innovation in dispute resolution. Publications VITA Memberships

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Dorcas Quek Anderson, Assistant Professor in Singapore Management University’s School of Law. Dorcas has more than a decade of experience as a practising mediator and in dispute research.  Prior to joining academia in 2016, Dorcas was a District Judge in the State Courts for almost seven years, where she conducted mediation and early neutral evaluation for hundreds of civil and criminal cases, contributed to the courts’ mediation policies as well as published extensively concerning dispute resolution. She was earlier an Assistant Registrar in the Supreme Court and concurrently Assistant Director of the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC). Dorcas is currently an Assistant Professor of Law in the Singapore Management University’s Yong Pung How School of Law and will, from next year, be an Associate Professor.   Dorcas has been accredited by the International Mediation Institute and Singapore International Mediation Institute. She is a mediator with Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), SMC, Asian Development Bank and the Office of the Ombudsman for UN Funds and Programmes. She is also a Fellow of the National Center for Dispute Resolution and Technology. Dorcas has conducted negotiation and mediation training in SMU, Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore, SIMC and SMC.     Dorcas’ research focuses broadly on the interaction between dispute resolution and the substantive and procedural aspects of justice. She has also explored the influence of culture on the mediation process. Her dispute resolution research has been published in leading journals including Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, Civil Justice Quarterly and Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal.   For a forthcoming major piece of research, Dorcas and her research collaborator have designed an empirical study to examine the impact of four communication modes, specifically: video-conferencing, audio call, text messaging and face-to-face interaction on achieving negotiation outcomes. https://ssrn.com/author=2575794 https://www.smu.edu.sg/faculty/profile/144806/QUEK-Anderson%2C-Dorcas

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews David Allen Larson, Professor of Law at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Senior Fellow at the Dispute Resolution Institute. He has been involved with online dispute resolution (ODR) since 1999 and is the System Designer helping create an ODR platform for the New York State Unified Court System. David is the John H. Faricy Jr. Chair for Empirical Studies, and a Fellow for the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution and the American Bar Foundation. He has 60 legal publications and has made more than 170 professional presentations in ten different countries. He is Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, Co-Chair of the Section’s ODR Standards Task Force, and was a member of the ABA E-Commerce and ADR Task Force. He teaches Arbitration Law, Arbitration Skills, Disability Law, Employment Law, Employment Discrimination Law, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) for the 21st Century, Labor Law, and Torts. Professor Larson worked at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Office of General Counsel, Appellate Division in Washington, D.C. and, on behalf of that Office, participated in drafting the Regulations and Interpretive Guidance for the Americans with Disabilities Act. He was founder and Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Employment” (CCH Inc.), an arbitrator for the Omaha Tribe and other disputes, and a Hearing Examiner for the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission. He worked with the International Legal Resource Center (a partnership between the ABA Section of International Law and the United Nations Development Programme) and the ABA Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI). David has been a tenured professor at four different universities and colleges and practiced with a litigation law firm. David on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidallenlarson/

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Graham Ross, Head of International Marketing at Smartsettle Resolutions Inc.  Graham is a UK lawyer and mediator with over 20 years of experience in IT and the law. Graham is the author of legal application software (accounts and time recording) and the founder of LAWTEL, the popular web-based legal information update service. Graham co-founded the first ODR service in the UK, WeCanSettle, and designed the blind bidding software at the heart of the system. Graham subsequently founded TheMediationRoom.com, for whom he designed their online mediation platform. Graham speaks regularly at international conferences on the impact of the law on the Internet and e-commerce and on the application of technology to ADR. Graham was host of the 5th International Conference on Online Dispute Resolution held in Liverpool, UK, in 2007. Graham was a member of the Working Party of the European Committee on Standardisation (CEN) which developid a taxonomy for Online Dispute Resolution and currently is a team member of the EMCOD project (www.emcod.net) which is creating a facility for the European Union for the measurement of justice through ODR . Graham is also a leading trainer in ODR having created the accredited distance training course in ODR provided by TheMediationRoom to mediators in over 15 countries. Graham has undertaken ODR pilot projects with a number of organisations including the UK Ministry of Justice, Paypal, the US National Institutes of Health, the US National Mediation Board and the Law Council of Australia.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Chittu Nagarajan, Founder and CEO of CREKODR, as well as co-founder of odr.com. Chittu co-created Modria.com and served as Managing Director of Modria India.  She also founded ODRworld and ODRindia, the first Online Dispute Resolution Service Provider in India in 2004. She served as Head of the eBay and Pay Pal Community Court initiative. Chittu is a Fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, U.S.A and served as the Conference Chair for the 10th International Online Dispute Resolution Working Forum, held from February 7-9, 2011 in Chennai, India. She also is a founding board member of the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution. Chittu was a speaker at the International Online Dispute Resolution Forum in December 2007, Hong Kong; the United Nations Online Dispute Resolution Forum in June 2008, Victoria, Canada; the International Online Dispute Resolution Forum in June 2009, Haifa, Israel; the International symposium on Online Dispute Resolution, September 2009, Barcelona, Spain and the International Online Dispute Resolution Forum in June 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Chittu was a speaker at the Micro-finance course conducted by the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and is a Regular Evaluator at the International Competitions for Online Dispute Resolution.   The 2023 ODR Forum: https://odr2023.org Agami - the access to justice agency promoting ODR and hosting the Forum: https://agami.in [Note not Agaami, as mentioned in the call] Agami’s ODR pages: https://agami.in/odr/  Indian Government Policy on ODR: https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2021-11/odr-report-29-11-2021.pdf

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Professor Pablo Cortes of Leicester University Law School.  Pablo holds a chair in Civil Justice at Leicester Law School where he teaches and conducts research in the field of dispute resolution civil procedure and consumer law. He has been invited to speak at international conferences and expert meetings in over 20 different countries including by the UN Commission for International Trade Law the European Commission and the European Parliament. He acts regularly as an independent adjudicator or arbitrator for a variety of civil disputes but mainly aviation water telecommunications cases. He has also worked as a consultant for a number of private and public organiations in the areas of dispute resolution and consumer law. He is a fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolutions (University of Massachusetts), is a founding member of the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) and in 2012 he was a Gould Research Fellow at Stanford University. He is also the co-editor of the journal of Mediation - Theory and Practice and the external examiner for the Alternative Dispute Resolution modules at University College London.  More info: Pablo Cortes | People | University of Leicester

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Professor Amy Schmitz, the John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. From 2016-2021 Professor Schmitz was the Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law and the Center for Dispute Resolution. Previously she was a Professor at the University of Colorado School of Law for over 16 years. Prior to teaching, Professor Schmitz practiced law with large law firms in Seattle and Minneapolis and served as a law clerk for the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. Professor Schmitz teaches courses in Contracts, Lawyering, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), AI, Data Analytics and the Law, Arbitration, International Arbitration, and Consumer Law. She has been heavily involved in ODR teaching and research for a long time and is a Fellow of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution, as well as the Co-Chair of the ABA Technology Committee of the Dispute Resolution Section and the ODR Task Force. She served for many years on the Association of American Law Schools Executive Committee on Commercial and Consumer Law, was an External Scientific Fellow of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg, is named a Fulbright Specialist in arbitration and ODR, and is a researcher with the ACT Project exploring AI and dispute resolution. Professor Schmitz also hosts The Arbitration Conversation, a highly regarded podcast that has reached over 100 episodes. She also is a researcher with the ACT Project exploring AI and dispute resolution at the Cyberjustice Lab in Montreal. She has published over 60 articles in law journals and books, is a co-author of the leading casebook, Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice and Law (Aspen/Wolters Kluwer 2021), the new book with Stipanowich, Arbitration: Theory, Practice and Law (Forthcoming Aspen/Wolters Kluwer 2022) and a book with C. Rule, The New Handshake: Online Dispute Resolution and the Future of Consumer Protection. Amy's article "Intelligent Legal Tech to Empower Self-Represented Litigants" (referenced in the episode) is available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4048335

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Dr. Alberto Elisavetsky, the Founder and Director of ODRLatinoAmerica.com.  Alberto is also Founder of the Social Network Online Dispute Resolution Latin-American, the Director of Social Conflict Observatory and Postgraduate Online Dispute Resolution Program in Spanish the National University of Tres de Febrero Buenos Aires Argentina, the Chairman of the e-MARC Alternative Dispute Resolution Worldwide Online Spanish Congress, the scientific committee member of the Master in Conflict Resolution University Degli StudiDi Padova Italy, the Co-Director of the School mediation program at the University of Las Palmas of the Gran Canaria Spain, the Founder and CEO of Simediar–an online mediation simulation project, and the Cyberweek coordinator of the Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese chapters, Spanish Editor Mediate.com & weblog Electronic Dispute Resolution. Links mentioned in the episode: ODR LATINOAMERICA www.odrlatinoamerica.com  ODR EXPO TECH VIRTUAL CONGRESS https://odrexpo.tech/ GLOBAL REGISTRY OF CYBER-MEDIATORS http://registrodecibermediadores.com/ 

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Morenike Obi-Farinde, Founder of ODRAfrica.com and managing partner of the law firm of ADIGUN OGUNSEITAN & CO. in Lagos, Nigeria. She is actively involved in corporate and commercial litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Processes with particular emphasis on Mediation and Arbitration. Morenike is a Fellow of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR) and Board Member, The International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) www.odrafrica.com

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Petros Zourdoumis, an experienced dispute resolution specialist and deal facilitator specializing mainly in the private business and financial sector. He is a practicing negotiator and a mediator accredited by the Greek Ministry of Justice and highly acknowledged international mediation training providers in Europe and the U.S.A. on Civil, Commercial and Workplace Mediation as well as International Mediation and Cross-border disputes. He is the General Director of ADR point-Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, the largest private national entity notified to the European Commission & officially registered to the European ODR platform. He is the founder of ODReurope, the only entity in Greece and one of the few entities in Europe working with practitioners, corporations, state bodies & professionals towards implementing technological solutions in every day practice of resolving disputes and he is leading several projects involving the use of IT in dispute resolution. He participates actively as a delegate, speaker and member in world conferences and national and international working groups for online dispute resolution & e-justice. www.adr4all.com www.adrpoint.com

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Colin Rule, CEO of mediate.com, arbitrate.com, and odr.com. In 2011 Colin co-founded Modria, an ODR provider based in Silicon Valley, which was acquired by Tyler Technologies in 2017. From 2017 to 2020 Colin served as Vice President of ODR at Tyler. From 2003 to 2011 Colin was Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay and PayPal. Colin co-founded Online Resolution, one of the first ODR providers, in 1999 and served as its CEO and President. He is the author of Online Dispute Resolution for Business, published by Jossey-Bass in September 2002, and co-author (with Amy Schmitz) of The New Handshake: Online Dispute Resolution and the Future of Consumer Protection.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Professor Leah Wing, the Director of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR) as well as President of the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR). Leah heads the Ethical Principles for Online Dispute Resolution initiative of NCTDR and serves on the ABA Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Standards Taskforce and the ABA Technology Committee. Leah has taught dispute resolution since 1993 and served as a researcher on early experiments in online dispute resolution. Leah is on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution and of Conflict Resolution Quarterly, served two terms on the Association of Conflict Resolution Board of Directors, and is on the advisory board of ODREurope. Leah is the founding director of the Social Justice Mediation Institute.

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Professor Ethan Katsh, the founder of the field of online dispute resolution. Along with Janet Rifkin, he conducted the eBay Pilot Project in 1999 that led to eBay’s current system that handles over sixty million disputes each year. With Professor Rifkin, he wrote Online Dispute Resolution: Resolving Conflicts in Cyberspace (2001), the first book about ODR. Since then, he has published numerous articles about ODR and co-edited Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice (2nd ed., 2021). The frequently mentioned metaphor of technology as a “Fourth Party” was first proposed in Katsh and Rifkin’s Online Dispute Resolution (2001).

Welcome to the ICODR Podcast!  This short introduction from Ian explains the design and focus of the podcast, along with anticipated guests and topics.