The Rules of Court in Alberta provide for mandatory ADR. Still, ADR is used extensively. The options for ADR in Alberta include Arbitration (binding or non-binding), Mediation (binding or non-binding), or Judicial Dispute Resolution (JDR) (binding or non-binding). The JDR is a more formal mediation before a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench. The parties are required to submit written briefs of their respective positions for the Justice in advance followed by oral submissions during the course of the JDR. The process is "informal", typically in a boardroom at the Courthouse. No documents are filed with the Court during this process and the written submissions are not kept on the Court file. If the matter does not settle during the JDR process, the Justice makes a note on the file that a JDR happened but failed and the JDR Justice is precluded from hearing the Trial.