Originally from Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation

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The Covid-19 pandemic had a profound impact on numerous aspects of professional life, including the operation of courts and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.

Online dispute resolution, best known as ODR, although not a novel concept during the pandemic was adopted by courts during that time as a way to continue to operate as stay-at-home orders were enacted. Although those stay-at-home orders have since been retracted, ODR court programs continue across the country… and continue to have positive and widespread effects. 

In hand with this shift, many courts decided to track and report ODR use and the outcomes this integration had. Courts found that by initiating pilot ODR programs, they saw benefits that would outlast the Covid-19 pandemic.