NEW YORK, (September 30, 2026) — The American Arbitration Association (AAA®), the global leader in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), today announced a strategic alliance with Newcode, the configurable agentic AI harness built for complex legal work. Through this collaboration, AAA ADR clauses will be made available directly within Newcode, enabling users to incorporate clear and effective clause language from the moment they begin drafting agreements.
By integrating AAA’s library of arbitration and mediation clauses directly into Newcode, legal and business teams will have access to established AAA clause language that can be incorporated into contracts, workflows, and agentic AI drafting tools. The collaboration is designed to support the adoption of thoughtful, well-structured ADR clauses, helping organizations reduce ambiguity, strengthen procedural alignment, and support a clearer path for resolving disputes should they arise.
“AI is reshaping how legal teams draft and negotiate, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the importance of getting agreements right from the start, particularly when it comes to dispute resolution clauses,” said Janet Miranda, vice president of Go-to-Market & Alliances at the AAA. “By making AAA clauses available directly within Newcode, we’re giving lawyers and businesses access to thoughtful, well-structured language that can help reduce drafting risk before a dispute arises.”
Newcode’s platform allows firms to build bespoke AI agents that draft, refine, and analyse arbitration and mediation-related language using the AAA library of clauses as their foundation. Every interaction is logged, auditable, and executed within a controlled environment that never trains on user data – providing confidentiality, consistency, and independence throughout the drafting process.
With AAA clauses embedded in Newcode, users gain:
Clear and effective ADR clause language available at the point of drafting
Configurable control layers designed to support responsible application of clause language.
Transparent agent behaviour with full auditability
A confidential, non training environment for sensitive contract work
Bespoke drafting workflows aligned to arbitration procedures
“Newcode’s architecture was built for the most demanding legal environments arbitration among them,” said Maged Helmy, Founder and CEO of Newcode. “Embedding AAA clauses directly into Newcode gives arbitrators, case teams, and contract drafters a governed foundation for agentic AI drafting. It ensures that the language shaping future disputes is clear, consistent, and effective at the start. Arbitration is precisely the kind of work Newcode was designed to serve.”
The collaboration builds on the AAA’s longstanding work to make trusted arbitration resources more widely accessible. Through collaborations with legal technology providers and the development of its own AI-enabled tools, the AAA continues to explore new ways to integrate its rules, clauses, and expertise into evolving legal workflows. To learn more about the AAA, visit adr.org.
To learn more about Newcode, visit newcode.com.
About the American Arbitration Association
The American Arbitration Association is the largest provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services in the world. Marking its centennial in 2026, the American Arbitration Association has transformed how legal issues are resolved for better since 1926, turning disputes worldwide into opportunities for understanding and progress. A not-for-profit organization, the American Arbitration Association’s mission is to deliver ADR services with integrity, transparency, and innovation. For more information, visit www.adr.org/.
About Newcode
Newcode is a configurable AI harness for legal teams that connects an organization’s knowledge, systems and workflows in a single intelligent, governed environment. Rather than another standalone AI tool, Newcode gives firms the infrastructure to build, own and control their own AI capabilities: natural-language workflow design, agentic retrieval across firm knowledge, support for multiple large language models, and more than 700 connections to document management, email, collaboration and other systems. The platform can be deployed on-premises, through private Microsoft Azure environments or through Newcode’s hosted cloud, with granular permissions and full auditability, and is certified to SOC 2, ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 standards. Headquartered in Oslo, Newcode is trusted by leading law firms, in-house legal teams and public institutions across the United States and Europe. For more information, visit newcode.com.
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