ADR programs lower cost, scheduling, and language barriers that deter court users.

Evidence

Such programs do not charge for services or require lawyers. They may hold hearings at times that are convenient to all disputants, such as evenings or weekends, and may provide multilingual staffs to serve non-English-speaking disputants. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2366

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The ADR movement arose in the 1970s to ease court caseloads and costs — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1163; ADR’s twin promises of greater access and reduced court caseloads may be mutually contradictory. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2362; Courts shunt interpersonal disputes to ADR because they consider them junk cases — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1187 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Adversarial proceedings exclude many parties whom a court ruling will affect. #corroborates (0.95) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1475
• Court scheduling shifts the cost of administrative convenience onto defendants’ time. #complicates (0.90) — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 708
• Courts shunt interpersonal disputes to ADR because they consider them junk cases #complicates (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1187
• Legal clinics lower fees through scale, paralegals, and standardized forms. #expands (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1132
• Drug courts are promoted as cheaper and more rehabilitative than traditional prosecution #qualifies (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1972
• Courts have fewer remedial tools and options than other institutions. #responds-to (0.70) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2871