"The big shifting point in my mentality was that I decided it wasn't essential to me, or essential to my sense of identity, to be considered a lawyer or to work in a traditional legal career." ~ Lauryn Kerr Lauryn Kerr (@lauryn_kerr) has a legal innovator’s dream job as in-house counsel for a world-leading online... Continue Reading →
Rationalizing Openness: Privacy & Access to Court and Tribunal Records (#4)
This is episode 4 of my Continuing Professional Development podcast. It considers how the openness principle, as commonly applied in our justice system, can come into conflict with considerations like information privacy and new technology. Topics covered: An introduction to the openness principle as it’s applied in our court processes.Theoretical and jurisprudential underpinnings of the... Continue Reading →
Emotion in Online Dispute Resolution (#3)
This is episode 3 of my Continuing Professional Development podcast. It's all about the capacity of online dispute resolution (ODR) to handle human emotion in the conflict resolution process. Course Topics for this episode: Brief introduction to online dispute resolution (ODR). The impacts of emotions on disputes on conflict situations. The state of current research... Continue Reading →
Introduction to Online Dispute Resolution (#2)
This is episode 2 of my Continuing Professional Development podcast. It's all about online dispute resolution, also called ODR. Topics covered: A definition of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR).Types of communication channels involved in ODR.Comparisons and contrasts between ODR and electronic court document filing.The history of ODR.The use of technology for digitization, as opposed to innovation... Continue Reading →
Podcast Pilot (#1)
This is episode 1 of my Continuing Professional Development podcast. It’s just a pilot episode that explains what this is all about. Listen to "1 Pilot Episode" on Spreaker. I plan to use quizzes to try and qualify you for CPD credits. Take a sample quiz here.