DEBORA DENNY is the director of the Office of Dispute Resolution/Special Court Programs in Nebraska’s State Court Administrator’s Office. In this role, she works to enhance the use of quality mediation and ADR resources with courts, mediators, and the public. She is a project director for court initiatives such as the comprehensive Parenting Act custody research, high performance domestic relations courts, and access to justice for self-represented litigants. Collaborative policy and court protocol development, education, and implementation are part of these efforts. Ms. Denny served as adjunct faculty in ADR with Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, and was a member of the Executive Board of the National Association for Community Mediation. She is a current member of the Nebraska Bar Association and its ADR Section Executive Committee; the Nebraska Mediation Association; the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts; and the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section.