Bickel viewed "private ordering" and the voluntary working-out of problems as generally preferable to legalistic solutions.
Since retiring at the end of 2006, she has maintained a private law practice in Alternative Dispute Resolution.
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A lawyer, she studied at the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School and also studied Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.
The distinctive feature of many BITs is that they allow for an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, whereby an investor whose rights under the BIT have been violated could have recourse to international arbitration, often under the auspices of the ICSID (International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes), rather than suing the host State in its own courts.
He also has an active alternative dispute resolution practice, and often serves as a mediator, arbitrator, and settlement counselor.