Category: Confidentiality

CPR Speaks BlogEarlier this month, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law adopted the UNCITRAL Mediation Rules, the UNCITRAL Notes on...

Guest bloggers, Vicki and Dusty Rhoades are Mediators and Trainers for the Community Mediation Centers of Calvert and St. Mary’s...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackWhy do mediators request briefs from the parties? No- it is not just to...

Because there is so much power in our words, we can use them to do a whole lot of good...

1a(1): having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly. (2): allowing the passage of a...

Over the past year, we have been forced to learn to use virtual technologies. Many have come to appreciate, even...

JUST RESOLUTIONS NEWSLETTER article by the American Bar Association · Dispute Resolution Section This article reflects on a panel discussion...

Individuals sinking in personal or professional problems may turn to a mediator; Businesses troubled with contractual and commercial disputes may...

This interview was previously published in the Dutch ‘Tijdschrift Conflicthantering.' Mediation Ethics - an interview with Ellen Waldman It has...

It is not always automatically bad if the parties at the mediation table are not diverse, because it might for...

Mediation and Business Consulting by Kathleen Kauth.Conflict situations frequently revolve around people who have gotten very set in their beliefs...

I recently came across a 2019 book about poker that has given me new insights into how I can help...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates, Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.In April, the Hawaii legislature passed legislation to...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris Poole In my 25 years of running marathons, I have learned a few critical lessons:...

Conflict Remedy Blog by Lorraine SegalThe universe is made of stories, not of atoms. — Muriel Rukeyser Understanding your story...

Mediation and Business Consulting by Kathleen Kauth.If we listen to the main stream media, it can often seem as if...

The pandemic has turned our world upside down. India lies crushed under the second wave of Covid-19 – with thousands...

Mediation and Business Consulting by Kathleen Kauth.Mediation is often considered the best option to work out a conflict and salvage...

Conflict Management Coaching Blog by Cinnie Noble"Don’t find fault. Find a remedy.” (Henry Ford) While Henry Ford’s quote might well apply...

I remember standing by the wall with my brothers and crying while my father was beating my mother.  I remember...

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic and a series of government shutdown orders have negatively impacted many contracts and commercial leases, either...

By the time Lee visited HR to request a mediation, he was frustrated and mad. Despite many “feedback” meetings with...

Conflict Management Coaching Blog by Cinnie Noble“The bravest thing you can do is be unafraid to feel”- Bridgett Devoue When...

Business Conflict Blog by Peter Phillips As a consequence of the absence of uniform adoption of the Uniform Mediation Act,...

IndisputablyThe good folks at the Association for Conflict Resolution of Greater New York and CUNY Dispute Resolution Center at John...

Republished from Garden Court Mediation.Introduction What happens at a mediation stays in the mediation (except so far as necessary for...

Technology continues to create new conflict, and with that, find new ways to resolve that conflict. There are many more...

This Cyberweek 2020 session describes a recommended Code of Disclosure for Online Mediators to help modernize mediation ethics as we...

In light of recent news that AT&T has decided to discontinue offering it’s DSL services, coinciding with the being in...

FLASHBACK July, 2019: I sit in my car, waiting another ten minutes before going in to mediate. I sip my...