User:Catapose/The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution

Founded in 1979, the The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (also known as CPR Institute) is a membership-based nonprofit organization dedicated to efficient, effective and innovative commercial conflict prevention and resolution around the world.

Serving as an international resource for the avoidance, management and resolution of multiparty business disputes, the CPR Institute connects practitioners to best practices through an integrated agenda of research and development, education and advocacy. Its proprietary panels of arbitrators and mediators represent the industry elite and have provided resolutions in thousands of cases, with billions of dollars at issue, worldwide.

The CPR Institute is also a global organization for lawyers seeking ADR protocols and procedures, the latest case decisions and practice guidelines, CLE courses, business publications, and conferences.

The CPR ADR Pledge
CPR is the only organization which has created a means by which corporations and law firms can commit to trying ADR procedures before moving to full-scale litigation.

The ADR Pledge is a statement of policy aimed at encouraging greater use of flexible, creative and constructive approaches in resolving business-related disputes. It promotes systematic, early resolution and establishes a flexible framework for helping to resolve complex multi-party disputes. ADR Pledge

More than 4,000 operating companies have committed to the Corporate Policy Statement on Alternatives to Litigation©. Moreover, better than 1,500 law firms have signed the CPR Law Firm Policy Statement on Alternatives to Litigation©.