Category: Blogs – Mediation

Please enjoy these haikus from Dan Dana's recent book A Life Mostly Lived, available on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BKRT3ZXJ Discovering Workplace...

Most of my family mediation clients need a separation agreement and they understand this. They do not always understand all...

The call came in at 2:05 a.m. The 911 operator who took the call was a veteran of many years....

Browsing the internet for inspiration, I came upon an article in Live Science concerning quantum physics entitled “Does reality exist...

ChatGPT is a new language generation program available to anyone for free, developed by Open AI.  According to ChatGPT, it...

Choosing mediation to resolve long and complicated legal wrangles is encouraged across the legal sector and yet, in some cases,...

The 2022 World Cup pageant is being staged in Doha of Qatar, and all interests and attentions are riveted to...

Reflections on Effectively Achieving Client Goals at the Mediation Table Introduction Litigators too often approach the mediation process with the...

Quality mediation courses include communication skills that enable the mediator to more effectively draw out information, which is necessary, if...

For the past several years Roselle Wissler (Arizona State) and I have been working on several articles about the early stages of...

Starting over can seem impossible after divorce. We may have lost who we are, had our future erased, or felt hopeless....

Walking into custody mediation can feel intimidating. You'll have to speak openly about what you believe is best for your...

Conflict Management Coaching Blog by Cinnie Noble Hello: Here are my conflict resolutions for 2023. Again, I have had to...

An age-old inquiry in ADR is under what circumstances must a party’s legal claims be dismissed from court and heard...

On three occasions in the past, I have written about a case in Saginaw, Michigan in which the issue was...

Following the introduction of federal polity as provided in the Constitution of Nepal, 2015, alternative dispute resolution process and mechanism...

It seems that everywhere one looks, there is an implicit bias lurking behind the scenes.   While recently, it was the...

This short article presents accounts of ten mediators about the factors affecting how we handle continuing streams of mediations – our...

By Deborah S Ballati, Esq. and Patricia H. Thompson Esq. FCIARB While most mediation participants act professionally, with courtesy and...

In this podcast, JAMS neutrals Judge Sherry Klein Heitler and Judge Richard McDermott give listeners a deeper look into the...

Abstract Conflict of interest is a part of human affairs. Industrial conflict is also human conflict and is one of...

Doni, a friend of mine since high school, sidled up to me in the supermarket one day and said he...

Howard Herman gets parties out of battle mode in cases with complex power dynamics After 37 years, including 23 years...

It’s time for mediation to claim its place as a stand-alone profession freed from being just an alternative to the...

I have no problem with the legal profession experimenting with mediation. I would encourage it.  It’s just that the broad...

This article is part of a series of perspectives on eviction mediation program development that is being supported by the American Arbitration...

Since the early 1970s, two dimensions of the TKI have been used to plot the five conflict modes: Assertiveness and Cooperativeness (my...

Parents can try both litigation and mediation to determine parenting arrangements after they split. But should you go to mediation...

As part of my preparation to teach a class on mediation confidentiality, I reviewed the Uniform Mediation Act with all of its...

Mediation before the mediation; The important role of a pre-mediation session. Marco Imperiale and Myer J. Sankary, Esq. Introduction Looking...