Purposes & Objectives

• 2.1 The purpose of RSI shall be to act as a support for the development and maintenance of, a researcher regarding, and a resource clearinghouse and archive for information and data regarding ADR systems – specifically and particularly those that are court-annexed, -related, or associated.
• 2.2 RSI will carry out its purpose of supporting development and maintenance of quality court ADR by:
1. Providing technical assistance to groups of stakeholders
2. Providing information about the development and maintenance of court ADR through many outlets
• 2.3 RSI will carry out its research purpose by:
1. Conducting research, including monitoring and evaluation
2. Assisting courts in conducting their own monitoring and research programs
• 2.4 RSI will carry out its clearinghouse purpose by:
1. Identifying academic and other resources available and necessary or useful in the evaluative process
2. Facilitating the process whereby users of resources of the type contemplated may efficiently and successfully employ such resources
3. Archivally preserving the results of its projects (including measures needed to attain them such as methodologies, computer programs, survey instruments, instructions, etc.) as well as similar information developed by others for use by academicians, court administrators, and others evaluating other court ADR programs
4. Disseminating project results both rapidly (in a focused, practical manner) and in a more fully-developed, high-quality academic mode of presentation
• 2.5 More generally, RSI will fulfill its purposes by:
1. Aiding in the search for funding projects such as above from governmental, not-for-profit, corporate, legal or other sources
2. Aiding in communication among those involved with court ADR