Originally from Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation

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Last fall, the Florida Bar, the state’s association of practicing attorneys, published an article addressing the lack of diversity in the Florida alternative dispute resolution field that emphasized the importance of diversity in mitigating concerns ADR service consumers may have about impartiality, bias, and fairness when seeking ADR services.

The inquiry came at a time when the changes sought by diversity efforts are themselves being changed by strong pushbacks that have come from grass-roots advocacy efforts and have reached Supreme Court decisions— all the while Florida ADR-profession diversity efforts have continued.

The article discussed diversity—or the lack thereof—in the ADR profession in Florida. See Christopher M. Shulman, Jeanne Charles, and Dorsey C. Miller III, “Changing the Face of ADR: A Call for Greater Diversity Among the ADR Profession,” 97/5 Florida Bar Journal 34 (September/October 2023) (available at https://bit.ly/4bCjLa7).