Mediation used to mean a room, a table, and three people who all had to be in the same city on the same Tuesday.
Increasingly, it does not.
Online Dispute Resolution — ODR — is what happens when negotiation, mediation and conciliation move onto platforms instead of into rooms. India's push here is real: the NITI Aayog report, the Mediation Act, and a growing pile of consumer and payments disputes that were never going to be worth anyone's travel budget.
If you compete in mediation or negotiation, this is not a side topic. It is where a large share of the actual practice is heading.
The Session
Juris Publica is running a live webinar titled "Can Justice Be Delivered Online? Exploring the Potential of ODR" on Saturday, 26 September 2026 at 5:00 PM IST.
The speaker is Rachit Sharma, Assistant Professor at IILM University, Greater Noida, whose research areas include ADR mechanisms.
The framing is the right one. Not "here is a new technology," but a question worth arguing about: what happens to justice when the process moves onto a screen? Access improves and costs fall. Whether something is lost in the room that no longer exists is the harder half, and it is the half that makes for a good discussion.
The Details
- Date: Saturday, 26 September 2026
- Time: 5:00 PM IST
- Mode: Online, live
- Fee: ₹19
- Certificate: participation certificate for all attendees
- Seats: limited
- Open to: law students, research scholars, advocates, academicians, and anyone interested in law and technology
Queries go to jurispublica1@gmail.com.
Why We Are Sharing It
An introductory session is not a substitute for reading the Mediation Act or the NITI Aayog ODR report. It is a cheap, low-effort way to find out whether this area interests you before you commit a semester to it.
If it does, the next step is competing. Our Competitions hub lists mediation, negotiation and client counselling events alongside moots — filter by discipline to see what is open.
A Note On This Post
Advocado is sharing this event, not organising it. We are not affiliated with Juris Publica, we receive no part of the registration fee, and we have not attended a previous session by this organiser. Register on your own assessment.
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