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70 N.D. L. Rev. 381 (1994)
ADR: To Be Or...

handle is hein.journals/nordak70 and id is 391 raw text is: ADR: TO BE OR ...?
LYNN A. KERBESHIAN*
I.  INTRODUCTION       .......................................   382
II.  M ED IATIO N  ............................................   385
A.  Is Mediation  Successful? ..............................  385
1.  Client  Satisfaction  .................................  385
2.  Settlement  Rate ....................................  390
3.  Efficiency  .........................................  391
4.  C ost  ..............................................  392
5.  C ontent  ...........................................  393
6. Impact on Psychological Functioning ............... 394
7.  Com pliance  .......................................  395
B. ATrITUDES OF THE BENCH AND BAR .................. 397
1.  Attorneys  .........................................  397
2.  Judicial Input  .....................................  398
C. FUTURE DIRECTIONS ................................... 399
1. Evaluation Limitations ............................. 399
2.  D iscussion  .........................................  401
III.  ARBITRATION     ..........................................  402
A. Is ARBITRATION SUCCESSFUL? ......................... 402
1.  D isposition  ........................................  403
2.  Saving  Resources  ..................................  405
3. Fairness and/or Satisfaction ........................ 406
B. ATTITUDES OF THE BENCH AND BAR .................. 408
1.  A ttorneys  .........................................  408
2.  Judicial Input  .....................................  409
C. FUTURE DIRECTIONS ................................... 411
1. Measurement Problems ............................ 411
2. Discussion and Suggestions ........................ 412
IV. SUMMARY JURY TRIALS ............................... 413
A. ARE SUMMARY JURY TRIALS SUCCESSFUL? ............. 413
B. OPINIONS OF THE BENCH AND BAR .................... 415
1.  Judicial Input  .....................................  415
2.  Attorn eys  .........................................  416
J.D., 1991, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota; Ed.D., 1979,
Development, Learning, and Instruction, University of Rochester; M.Ed., 1973, Educational
Psychology, University of Rochester; A.B., 1968, Wellesley College. The author has taught graduate
and undergraduate courses in special education at the University of North Dakota and was on the
faculty of the University of North Dakota Medical School for eight years as an educational consultant.
Currently, the author is practicing law in private practice in GrandForks, North Dakota, and is staff
attorney for the Pattern Jury Instruction Commission. The author also offers mediation services.

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