Season 3

Episode 8

ADR’s Breakout Moment

Today we share our conversation with Judge Charles Clevert, a retired federal district court and bankruptcy court judge. Appointed at just 30 years of age, Judge Clevert was Wisconsin’s first African American federal judge. He now serves as a neutral with JAMS, an alternative dispute resolution provider. We speak with Judge Clevert about the breakout moment for alternative dispute resolution right now, the rapid technological change he witnessed in his four decades on the bench, and the challenges he experienced as an African American federal judge.