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The State Bar has created a one-stop website to help keep members informed and engaged on the campaign to increase state funding for civil legal needs. Visit JusticeBreakingPoint.org to learn more.

State funding for civil legal aid could support thousands of families, streamline court operations, and create economic returns for communities. Let your lawmakers know your thoughts on civil legal aid funding as they build the next state budget.

A recent appellate decision out New Jersey – McGinty v. Zheng – illustrates the court’s increasing willingness to enforce arbitration agreements. Theresa Kobelt discusses the decision, which raises questions about the voluntariness of such consent givenfor one service but applied to an entirely different service and bearing different risks.

Early neutral evaluation, an often-overlooked aspect of alternative dispute resolution, can help litigants by providing them with an informed basis upon which to either resolve or more efficiently litigate disputes.

With the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s termination of the commercial court pilot program, businesses must identify other ways to have their disputes resolved in an efficient and reliable manner. Nadelle Grossman identifies alternate paths for businesses to have their disputes resolved without Wisconsin commercial courts.