About the Journal

The ADR Lab is part of the NOVA Dispute Resolution Forum.

This knowledge center has a unified and integrated focus on dispute resolution, embodying the idea that motivates us: the various ways to resolve disputes should be seen as exit doors, which together form the solution for managing conflict in society.

Arbitration and mediation are often presented as alternative ways to resolve disputes. However, the use of the term 'alternative' suggests a duality, the need to choose between the traditional system or the alternative, which raises the discussion about which of the two is better.

At the NOVA Dispute Resolution Forum, we argue that the question to ask is not which is the best means of dispute resolution, but rather which is the most appropriate means for resolving each conflict.

Civil proceedings, arbitration, mediation, negotiation, and all other forms of dispute resolution are part of a unique set that should be thought of, discussed, and taught as such.