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Mind The Gap: Bringing Technology To The Mediation Table, Alyson Carrel, Noam Ebner
Mind The Gap: Bringing Technology To The Mediation Table, Alyson Carrel, Noam Ebner
Journal of Dispute Resolution
As technology impacts every aspect of our lives, all professions are exploring how to benefit from use of technology. Mediation is no exception. Since the mid-1990s, the field has explored applying technology to resolve conflict. At an early point this exploration narrowed in on substituting physical convening with wholly-online processes. Conflating “technology” with “online,” however, left an entire practice area unaddressed, a gap we need to mind: application of technology to support traditional, in-person mediation processes. Indeed, today, most mediation processes are largely bereft of technology. This Article suggests that by not minding the gap, traditional mediation forgoes opportunities to …