Diversity and Private Sector Neutrals: A Call for Action
The point of making ADR more diverse … is that this element of the legal system remains out of touch with the reality of society, the wider workforce, and the legal profession.
Ontario Bar Association Working Group on Neutral Diversity, “Neutral Diversity in Ontario”, March 2022
We have two systems of justice in Canada – the public system of courts and tribunals – and the private system of ADR (mediation and arbitration). The focus of my previous columns has been mostly on the former. In this column I want to turn the focus to the private ADR system.
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