Category: Diversity & Inclusion

CMP Resolution Blog by Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.Everyone’s at it – criticising the whiteness of this year’s Oscar nominees...

A story that has exploded on to the national scene is occurring in Columbia, Mo. where athletes whom are black...

Kluwer Arbitration Blog Guest author Alexis Martinez and Emma Mason.“A course in international arbitration that does not cover the Libya...

White mediators tend to believe that as mediators they are impartial and empathetic, and that they are delivering a process...

If you are a peacebuilder at heart — and face it, most of us mediators see ourselves as making the...

First published by the Association For Conflict Resolution's Commercial Mediation Section. With the increased need for effective conflict resolution throughout...

“The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.” – Democritus...

Indisputably I have gotten emails from dispute resolution colleagues asking what we, in Missouri’s dispute resolution center, might do (or...

This essay is a continuing work in progress, as the dynamic of mediation continues to expand into many areas. It...

Tunisia, where the Arab Spring started, is also the first country to emerge from its revolution with a genuine commitment...

Arbitration BlogIn an age of ever-increasing complexity, where your watch can open your garage and answer your phone (yes, the...

Arbitration BlogBackground Article 399A included in the Criminal Law of People’s Republic of China, provides for criminal liability to arbitrators...

Business Conflict Blog by Peter Phillips A recent trip to Turkey included a delightful visit at the offices of leading...

Born in Zimbabwe and educated in England, and after forty years practicing law in the U.K and California, I transitioned...

Introduction The enforceability of settlement agreements resulting from international commercial conciliation/mediation has been long desired. Earlier, the option was to...

CMP Resolution Blog by Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham. Coca-Cola organised a social experiment in for their no-label campaign. While...

The death of Colin J. Wall on July 16, 2015, is a crushing blow to our profession and a personal...

Born in Zimbabwe and educated in England, I practiced law for almost forty years in the U.K and California, transitioning...

CMP Resolution Blog by Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.I started getting interested in conflict resolution back in the late 90s....

Overview: The US is now facing national crisis and vigorous discussion about the faults of its criminal justice system, particularly...

[Drawn in part from Conflict Revolution: Designing Preventative Systems for Chronic Social, Economic and Political Conflicts, 2nd Edition, goodmedia press,...

Consensus Building Approach by Larry SusskindI worry a lot about how to evaluate the success or failure of consensus building...

Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation by Dan SimonMy social media feed was filled with clever posts yesterday (May...

Kluwer Mediation BlogIn the late 90’s in Brazil, a sudden interest in Mediation started to develop under the influence of...

Dispute Settlement Counsel by Michael Zeytoonian. A few weeks ago, there was a picture in Time magazine’s “LightBox” section (2/16/2015...

Speaking of peace in the Middle East, I've been reading the new book about the Camp David negotiations by Lawrence...

This article is co-authored by Dr. Ralph Steele Esquire, Sheila Younger-Halliman Esquire, and Avia Rice Gauthier EsquireCulture is the sum...

Originally published in DISPUTE RESOLUTION MAGAZINE SPRING 2009 15Over the past 20 years, we have been on the boards and...

Mediation is a process in which a third party neutral intervenes in a dispute to assist the parties in reaching...

(Editors Note: I recently interviewed Kenneth Feinberg for Mediate.com about his career over the last 30 years.  He has managed...