Category: Civil

What is the difference between counseling, conflict coaching, conflict consulting, and mediation?  How do you figure out the most appropriate...

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...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates, Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.The Pew Charitable Trusts has published...

It is no exaggeration to say that the success of the Working Group in coming up with three sets of...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackI learned a new term recently: noise. Not “noise” as in a room full...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleMediators may encounter a reluctance to settle by one or both parties during the course...

Legal systems round the globe are grounded in the rule of law and in theory, justice is available readily and...

Introducing the New Arbitrate.com! After many months of work, we are very proud to announce the launch of the new Arbitrate.com, sporting...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleIn a recent podcast produced by the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ), Richard Birke, executive...

F. Peter Phillips, director of New York Law School’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Skills Program, welcomed an online audience earlier this month...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleAs a JAMS mediator, I believe that one of the best ways to assist parties...

Thirty years ago this past week, I walked away from my partnership in a San Francisco litigation firm to develop...

Code of Civil Procedure Section 664.6 Is Now Lawyer-Friendly Most settlement agreements provide that the entire action shall be dismissed...

This article focuses on a specialized class of employment law and human rights issues where there an overlap exists between...

Many of you may know Josh Weiss as the Co-Founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University and Senior...

The Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM), National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM), Mediators Beyond Borders (MBB) and  Association for...

This article first appeared on Urbas Arbitral, here. In separate cases, the Court of Appeal in Iyad Al-Qishawi Professional Corporation v....

I recently conducted a Webinar interview with Sriram Panchu, one of India's leading mediators, on his experience using "virtual" mediation...

Imagine my surprise years ago when I went through North Carolina family financial mediation training and I learned that the...

How dispute resolution can help when the courts can’t There appears to be a gradual change from so-called “vanilla” relationships...

The journey taken by the Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse (LMDC) from when it first started till now is a clear indication...

This article from Harvard's "The Practice," shines a light on ODR and its evolution using Colin Rule’s career as a...

Most civil and commercial private mediators and ADR providers offer their clients a binary choice between a half day mediation...

This is the complete interview by Robert Benjamin with David Hoffman, founder of The Boston Collaborative and former President of...

This paper was part of a directed reading assignment for California State University Dominguez Hills, with Dr. Jarrett.  INTRODUCTION It...

Editorial Note: Mediate.com has published a series of peer reviewed articles and videos under the collective title Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s...

Editorial Note: Mediate.com has published a series of peer reviewed articles and videos under the collective title Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s...

Editor's Note:  In this article series, seven leading mediators and conflict resolution practitioners share their unique voices on three pressing...