Category: Blogs – Legal

Australia in the 1980s raised awareness of the importance of sun protection through a campaign of Slip, Slop, Slap -...

If there’s a disagreement at work, what difference does it make whether it’s organizational or interpersonal? And what’s the difference...

The woman was distraught. Her son had set out to that place called America, where the streets were “paved with...

India passed its ground breaking Mediation Act, 2021 on December 15, 2021. It’s based on a national decision for mediation...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates, Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.This article is part of a series...

breaking, news, encounter, government, emotion, communication, credentials It was front-page news in the New York Times that NYC Mayor-elect Eric Adams said...

Click here for the JAMS ADR Blog In a recent episode of Arbitrate.com’s “Arbitration Conversation,” JAMS CEO Chris Poole speaks...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleAs the oil and gas industry continues to evolve, oil and gas companies will no...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleHon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin (Ret.) and Hon. Sherry Klein Heitler (Ret.) served on the bench...

CPR Speaks BlogDuring the 2021 CPR International Conference, held online Oct. 6-7, CPR’s Young Leaders in Alternative Dispute Resolution Steering...

CPR Speaks BlogAccording to the Singapore Convention on Mediation’s website, the Convention is a “multilateral treaty which offers a uniform and...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackStandard I of the Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators is entitled “Self-Determination” and...

By turning their faces from the legal system, many companies have saved fortunes in the money and time that legal...

Indisputably An article last week in the Wall Street Journal offered the headline, “Political Divisions in Cortez, Colorado, Got So Bitter...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleCristina Pereyra-Alvarez started her professional journey in Mexico City, where she earned her first law...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackOne of the most important aspects of mediation is self-determination. Standard 1 of the...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleJudge Irma Gonzalez has spent the last eight years at JAMS as a mediator, arbitrator,...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleLarge-scale global construction disputes often present a complicated mix of factors, such as publicity-associated risks,...

Conflict in the workplace is inevitable when people with different values and opinions come together. That is not always a...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackIn May 2019, I posted a blog discussing the creativity of lawyers and “out of the...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackIn a recent post, I discussed a book I just finished reading, The Power of...

IndisputablyLaw school teaches students that law is a seamless web of rules emanating from authorities like statutes and cases which...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleIn this podcast, JAMS neutrals Judge Joan Feeney and Judge Phillip Shefferly share their thoughts...

RiverHouse Press Blog by Ron KraybillWith COVID19 cases rocketing once again, old questions return.    We are all inescapably affected...

IndisputablyThe UK Civil Justice Council recently issued a report determining that parties to a civil dispute can legally be compelled...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleWe are finally starting to see signs of economic recovery, with businesses reopening and emerging...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates, Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.In a randomized controlled trial of...

Indisputably The majority opinion in the Breslin case led me to write my piece, Courts Should Make Mediation Good Samaritans Not Frankensteins, which led the...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackIn the past, I have discussed studies on the unreliability of witness identification of...

Divorce Done Differently by Denise French After years of working with those going through divorce, we have found individuals with...