Colin Rule

In this episode, Colin Rule (CEO of Mediate.com) speaks with Bridget McCormick, the CEO of the American Arbitration Association/International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR), about the path that led her from being a public defender in NYC, to a law professor in Michigan, to the Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and now CEO … Continue reading "Mediate Podcast: Bridget McCormick (CEO, AAA & ICDR) Interviewed by Colin Rule (CEO, Mediate.com & ODR.com)"

Colin Rule is CEO of Resourceful Internet Solutions, Inc. (“RIS”), home of Mediate.com, MediateUniversity.com, Arbitrate.com, CaseloadManager.com and a number of additional leading online dispute resolution initiatives. From 2017 to 2020, Colin was Vice President for Online Dispute Resolution at Tyler Technologies. Tyler acquired Modria.com, an ODR provider that Colin co-founded, in 2017. Previously, from 2003 to 2011, Colin was Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay and PayPal. Furth…

Colin Rule is CEO of Resourceful Internet Solutions, Inc. (“RIS”), home of Mediate.com, MediateUniversity.com, Arbitrate.com, CaseloadManager.com and a number of additional leading online dispute resolution initiatives. From 2017 to 2020, Colin was Vice President for Online Dispute Resolution at Tyler Technologies. Tyler acquired Modria.com, an ODR provider that Colin co-founded, in 2017. Previously, from 2003 to 2011, Colin was Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay and PayPal. Furth…

Jim and Colin review changes that have taken place both over the years and as a result of the pandemic to bring mediation fully online. The pandemic provided a “mass training event” for both professionals and consumers to take advantage of online mediation. Now that both mediation and mediation training are able to be fully online, we need to rethink the future, including standards for mediation training. Mediators also need to be aware of the development of “artificial intelligence” (AI) which…

What could be bigger than the rise of generative artificial intelligence in 2023? How about the next iteration of AI in the legal field in 2024? Experts in law firms and vendors told Law360 Pulse about their boldest legal technology predictions for 2024, all of them involving AI. Some predictions see the use of AI … Continue reading “8 Bold Legal Technology Predictions For 2024”

In this edition of the Mediate.com Great Reads Book Club, Colin interviews Colm Brannigan and Marc Bhalla, co-authors of the new book “Online Dispute Resolution: Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.“ Colm Brannigan holds an M.A. in history and technology, an LL.B. from Queen’s University, and a LL.M.(ADR) from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. Colm is … Continue reading "Great Reads Book Club – Colm Brannigan and Marc Bhalla (interviewed by Colin Rule)"

Featured Speakers: Jacob Ward, Richard Susskind, Ethan Katsh, Zev Eigen, Susan Guthrie, Colin Rule, Clare Fowler and more. Mediate.com is excited to announce our “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mediation Conference” April 18-19, 2023. April 18 – Evening Master Class – 4 pm – 7 pm PST April 19 – Main Conference – 9 am – 5 … Continue reading “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mediation Conference – April 18-19”

Each day brings fresh news of government, university, and business servers being compromised by unauthorized access. The risks are higher than ever. Your visitors are relying on you to protect their sensitive data. Are you doing all you can? If you want your ombuds office to be fully secure, you should consider Ombuds.org Caseload Manager, … Continue reading “Ombuds.org Caseload Manager March 9 Free Webinar and IOA Conference Sale!”

With the United States mid-term election coming up, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about political polarization and what we in the mediation field can do about it. You might have seen the excellent Beyond Intractability project being run by Mediate.com friends Guy and Heidi Burgess (you can check out their excellent introductory article and … Continue reading “Bob Bordone on Reducing Political Polarization”

Volunteers at Holland’s Mediation Services spend most of their time working through conflict. But most recently, the organization is taking aim at restorative justice. First-time juvenile offenders in Ottawa County will have an opportunity to avoid a juvenile court record with the creation of the RH…

Mediate.com launched its spinoff online community Arbitrate.com on March 1, 2021, and the site has made an enormous amount of progress since then. We thought we’d take a look back on the past 18 months and share some milestones. Our goal for Arbitrate.com was to create the primary destination on the…

Greetings, Mediate.com community! I’m Colin, the CEO of Mediate.com, and I’m very pleased today to announce the launch of the new version of Mediate.com. When you logged in today, you may have noticed some big changes to the site — as I record this we just flipped the switch today, Sunday, May 29th, which brought … Continue reading "Introducing the New Mediate.com!"

Another episode from Mediate.com's Great Reads Book Club: Grade Lum talking about his book "America's Peacemakers: The Community Relations Service and Civil Rights," hosted by Colin Rule.

From the Mediate.com interview series -- a conversation with Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán about her chapter in the book "Evolution of a Field: Personal Histories in Conflict Resolution."

From the Mediate.com interview series -- a conversation with Peter Adler about his chapter in the book Evolution of a Field: Personal Histories in Conflict Resolution.

We’re excited to finally share the news: we’ve launched a new Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by our good friend, mediator Veronica Cravener! 

Those who favor international forums for settling disputes — where arbitrations are presided over by one arbitrator or a panel of three — say that such tribunals avoid local courts, which can tilt in favor of parochial interests.