THE VANISHING
THIRD PARTY

Access to Justice, Procedural Justice and Substantive Justice in the Age of Dispute Resolution Automation

The DRA Lab serves as the hub for a European Research Council (ERC)-funded research project that explores “Dispute Resolution Automation” (DRA). DRA refers to the phenomenon in which we are moving towards a justice system that employs algorithms for many of the roles traditionally associated with a human “third party” (judge, arbitrator, mediator, or facilitator). The project uncovers the phenomenon and its implications through empirical and conceptual prisms, seeking to generate both theoretical insights and practical guidance as we move towards this new frontier.

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Research

The principal aim of this project is to establish a novel theoretical foundation for coping with this transformation. Without such an endeavor, the forces that will shape the evolution of DRA will be the motivations of private platforms offering ODR on the one hand, and those of the administration of justice seeking to reduce their caseload and enhance their operational and procedural efficiency, on the other hand. In developing its theoretical framework, the project will draw on empirical findings collected from dispute resolution platforms employing various degrees of automation, as well as simulated lab experiments, and interviews with users and designers of dispute resolution platforms.

EVENTS

CONFERENCE

NCTDR’s 25th Annual international Forum on ODR- London, 28-30/4/2025

Panel: Dispute Resolution Automation: Empirical Insights

April 28, 2025

LECTURE

There’s Hype Where There’s No Hype: Studying AI – Dr. Dan Kotliar

March 11, 2024 12:30-14:00

WHAT'S NEW

Participation in a Workshop on Intellectual Property and Generative AI

02.12.25

Prof. Orna Rabinovich-Einy participates in the 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Workshop on Intellectual Property and Generative AI, co-organized by LMU Munich and the Chief Justice Shamgar  Center for Digital  Law and Innovation, on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, and takes part in the discussion: Can GenAI  Inform Legal Standards – Challenges and Opportunities.   

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