RSI has a new Kane County Eviction Mediation Program Assistant! Cathy McCoy will assist with participant intake, referral to services, data entry & outreach. Cathy has been a mediator with the program since 2021 & was featured on RSI's blog for her volunteer work.

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RSI has learned a lot about making court communications trustworthy & accessible. So this fall, we'll present 2 FREE webinars, for courts, ADR pros & others, with insights into barriers to ADR program participation and how to fix them.

If you've got a great ADR program, we want people to use it!

In the latest Court ADR Connection newsletter:

A grant from the @iejf.bsky.social enabled RSI to better serve victims of domestic violence in our Kane County Eviction Mediation Program.

Check it out! #ConflictResolution

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In the May edition of RSI's Court ADR Connection newsletter, we share the moving speech by the Hon. Morton Denlow (Ret.) upon receiving RSI's Harris H. Agnew Service to Community Award.
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In RSI's latest blog post, Researcher Stephen Sullivan describes what went into designing our latest communication tools for courts and summarizes key findings from usability testing them. Read it at blog.aboutrsi.org/2025/researc...

Resolution Systems Institute is officially 30 years old! We're marking our “pearl” anniversary with a look back at some of our big moments, and as promised, we have collected your "pearls of wisdom" on alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Thanks for being part of our story!
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We saved the April Court ADR Connection till the last day of the month so we could include all the good stuff!

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RSI presented our Harris H. Agnew Service to Community Award to Hon. Morton Denlow (Ret.) on Friday! The award recognizes people whose cumulative efforts have substantially & meaningfully enhanced court ADR systems in Illinois. Judge Denlow has provided visionary leadership over decades of service.

Don't miss odr.com CEO Colin Rule's recent interview with RSI Director of Research Jennifer Shack on the Mediate.com podcast!

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Thanks to @quigley.house.gov for speaking on the House floor yesterday in opposition to the CR, highlighting the additional cuts to affordable housing & homeless services in the bill & calling on the Trump Administration to follow congressional spending directives: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UMJ...

RSI's Trust Project is studying what factors might improve trust during mediation. Curious what we're doing & why? Check out the webinar that project partner Ken Webb and RSI's Jennifer Shack gave to the Association for Conflict Resolution Illinois Chapter.

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It's the last day of February! Have you seen this month's Court ADR Connection newsletter? Catch up at mailchi.mp/aboutrsi.org...

RSI is turning 30! 2025 marks our "pearl" anniversary, and we plan to celebrate all year! We hope you'll join us as we pay tribute to three decades of strengthening access to justice by enhancing court ADR systems.

Read more on our blog!
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RSI's 2024 Year in Review! Happy New Year! #ADR #AlternativeDisputeResolution #Mediation #ConflictResolution #ODR #OnlineDisputeResolution