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We are pleased to share from alternative dispute resolution professional Diane Levin the following "Top 5 Tuesdays" post.

5 New ADR Blogs to Add to Your Reading List

Over four years ago, I launched my mediation blog, Mediation Channel. At that time just a handful of ADR practitioners published blogs. Since that time, there's been an exponential increase in the number of ADR practitioners and scholars who have turned their talents for writing to the medium of blogging, where many now share their best thinking. The rest of us benefit: no longer dependent upon subscription-only scholarly journals or member-only web sites for news about the ADR field, any ADR practitioner with an internet connection and a computer today can access the latest news and ideas from the cutting edge of practice and scholarship, thanks to these bloggers.

The unofficial taxonomist of the ADR blogosphere at my other site, ADRblogs.com, I've been tracking and cataloging bloggers world-wide who write about ADR, negotiation, and conflict resolution. It gives me the ability to introduce new and worthy ADR blogs to readers – like the following five blogs. I hope you enjoy them:

• Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Forum provides discussion and insights on reinsurance litigation and arbitration and is published by New York-based boutique commercial and industry arbitration firm Loree & Loree. This blog demonstrates quality writing on newsworthy topics that distinguish the top ADR blog; a recent example is "The AAA Commercial Rules and the Pig in a Poke: Gilbert Street Developers, LLC v. La Quinta Homes, LLC".
• Business Conflict Blog provides perspectives on managing the business disputes that companies around the globe face, a focus reflected in posts such as "Contract Drafting for Dispute Management", aimed for the transactional lawyer seeking to protect the value of the deal. This blog is written by F. Peter Phillips, a commercial arbitrator and mediator based in New Jersey.
• Mediation Matters is published by California lawyer and mediator Steve Mehta, who has translated his experience litigating and mediating complex cases into engaging posts that share his reflections on ADR practice, including this one on his experiences going green to conserve energy at his office.
• Cross Collaborate serves as a learning resource for all those involved in shaping or influencing governmental decisions, offering commentary on leading issues and innovative practices. It is published by John Folk-Williams, a practitioner and writer in the field of public policy collaboration and interest-based negotiation. His thoughtfulness as a practitioner is evident in posts like "Power Differences, Consensus Building & Collaborative Networks".
• Disputing: Conversations about Dispute Resolution is a dependable source for news, updates and commentary on the law pertaining to arbitration, with a special focus on Texas demonstrated by posts such as "Texas HB 2256 Makes Possible a New Mediation Procedure for 'Balance Billing'".

I'd like to extend my thanks to the National Arbitration Forum Blog for the opportunity to contribute today to this great new weekly feature, "Top 5 Tuesdays". I count you folks among my oldest friends here in the blogosphere – I have always appreciated your collegiality and your support. NAF Bloggers really get the "social" in social media – you’re the best of neighbors here on the web. Cheers!

Thank you Diane for the kind words and for taking the time to recommend five new blogs to our readers for "Top 5 Tuesdays"! Without a doubt, you have significantly guided us in our ADR blogosphere practices. And, a big thank you for the nudge to join Twitter!

Stay tuned for Top 5 Tuesday posts from Victoria Pynchon and Disputing's Victoria Van Buren in the upcoming weeks. To participate, contact us for more details.