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Creating Information for Self-Representing Litigants (SRLs) re: ODR
Nancy Welsh, Jennifer Shack, and Stephen Sullivan
This exercise/simulation would work particularly well for students in a mediation course, mediation clinic, or a course that includes significant discussion of ODR. It involves assigning the students (individually or in groups) to develop an information packet for their local court to help prepare litigants to participate in a mediation or other dispute resolution procedure. Either before the students begin this project or after they have produced their first cut test the students understanding of what is required to communicate effectively with self-represented litigants (SRLs) by asking the students to respond to a four-question quiz.
Exercise Notes (PDF)
Quiz: Creating Effective Communications for Self-Represented Litigants (PDF)