A Stone in Still Water: The Growing Debate over AI in Dispute Resolution

Just recently, an email thread among legal academics landed in my inbox with the force of a well-thrown stone in still water. The subject: artificial intelligence and its role—present and future—in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The exchanges were thoughtful, sometimes pointed, and remarkably revealing. They made one thing clear: our field is changing fast, and there’s no consensus on what that change means.