Alternative Dispute Resolution

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Substantive debates about law and policy are increasingly happening on social media platforms like Twitter. If the purpose of legal scholarship is to share our ideas beyond the academy, how might we do that more effectively? How might we turn the challenges of Twitter—including character limits and speed of transmission — into advantages for engaging with a broader audience? In addition, how might we apply the tools of ADR to overcome the lack of trust and adherence to positions as well as negative identities so prevalent on social media while contributing in a way that is concise, content-rich, candid, and compelling?