| SERVICES The Canadian Foundation for Dispute Resolution provides a variety of
services which include:
- a distinguished roster of "neutrals" with
appropriate experience, capability and specialization from which parties may make a
fully-informed choice;
- training and a clearinghouse for resource materials for
those at the frontlines of disputes - business clients, in-house lawyers and
private-practice lawyers - through conferences, in-house seminars, training materials,
model procedures and model clauses;
- dispute-audit consulting to assess the suitability of
various alternative dispute resolution techniques to a particular dispute;
- dispute-resolution "emissary" facilitation to
demonstrate - in the context of a particular dispute - the value of appropriate
alternative dispute resolution options to parties who may be unfamiliar with the potential
benefits;
- independent "early-neutral evaluation" to enable
corporations to assess the merits of a particular dispute and alternative cost scenarios;
- for corporate members a free alternative dispute resolution
systems design consultation with a specialist to assist in the design of conflict
management systems;
- for law firm members a two hour seminar, at a modest fee, to
assist them to maximize the opportunity for alternative dispute resolution, including the
drafting of alternative dispute resolution clauses; and
- administrative services - such as helping to formulate
case-specific agreements on ground rules or procedures, arranging for meeting facilities
and ensuring the overall integrity of the dispute-resolution process.
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