Rights, Ethics, and Voices in Dispute Resolution (REV-DR) develops resources to help dispute resolution parties anonymously report problems in a non-punitive way that leads to the sharing of free addendum resources meant to address the problems.
Click the button at the bottom of this page to learn more about the project by watching a replay of our presentation at the 2026 VMN Conference, and access more resources in the space below:
- Draft Virginia Mediation Bill of Rights – This document is being updated (please share any feedback). It is a draft of a Virginia Mediation Bill of Rights. E-mail VirginiaRights@mhsafe.org with any feedback.
- Draft Complaint Page for Virginia Mediation Parties – This is a placeholder page where we will be creating a similar resource to the one for New York’s CDRC’s (viewable at https://mhsafe.org/cdrccomplaints/)
- Draft Resources for Virginia Mediators – This page is under development and includes resources to help Virginia Mediators learn best practices to prevent and respond to complaints. It includes a link to the Draft Virginia Mediation Bill of Rights as well.
- REV-DR Insights Network – REV-DR is planning to anonymously collect the reports we receive in order to generate insights to help the ADR field notice trends and area for improvement. To learn more about the REV-DR Insights network, and to sign up to be on its mailing list, visit this page.
- REV-DR Original Presentation – REV-DR started as a project idea at the 2025 AALS WIP Conference. The original presentation and call to action is viewable here.
A Complaint Process and Bill of Rights Empowering ADR Parties
Dispute resolution parties may face misconduct from their practitioners, but what can they do about it? Parties have generally been too uninformed about how the process works to know how to recognize misconduct, let alone file a complaint about it. This workshop shares resources from the Rights, Ethics, and Voices in Dispute Resolution (REV-DR) project, which was launched with a goal of bringing together dispute resolution leaders to empower parties to know their rights and make appropriate complaints.
46.4% of New York Dispute Resolution Centers shared their complaint processes for a public listing and REV-DR has posted a Bill of Rights document tailored to NY court standards to help parties have ways to learn about their rights in dispute resolution and complain effectively when those rights are violated. By the time of the VMN conference, REV-DR will have also launched similar documents and initiatives for Virginia centers.
This workshop will share the REV-DR project’s resources for developing these Bill of Rights documents and complaint processes, inviting more collaborators to help as these interventions spread to more states. It builds on the July Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation article “Supporting Party Rights by Coming Together to Address Mediator Misconduct,” which all participants will receive a copy of in addition to other REV-DR resources including those for Virginia.
1.5 hours approved for Non-ethics CME by the Supreme Court of Virginia
Note: Some conference attendees asked for the URL to get a free copy of Dan’s book. It is available at http://mhsafe.org/mhc