Category: Videos

Bill Lincoln describes his style: the enthusiasm and excitement he brings to mediating while relinquishing responsibility and giving it to...

Clarence Cramer discusses when a court should get involved in a case that involves domestic violence. He analyzes the different...

Arthur Pearlstein points out courts' tolerance of frivolity and suggests that litigants should have to pay for those delayed court...

Chris Moore explains how CDR started its international work: being trained in Canada, working in Sri Lanka and then in...

Family Mediation Edition: Views From the Eye of the Storm is a remarkable collection of observations and experiences of 27...

Nina Meierding describes different expert mediators that have influenced her in different fields within mediation including custody disputes, domestic violence,...

Diane Neumann discusses the importance of being an entrepreneur and the necessary skills for the field of mediation.

Michael Lang discusses what troubles him about the field. This includes institutionalization, causing increased rigidity, as well as certification processes...

Michelle LeBaron expresses her thoughts on why the mediation field may be more ethno-culturally diverse in Canada than in the...

Marvin Johnson speaks of his earlier years before he practiced mediation professionally. He recognizes that he had a tendency to...

Joseph Folger discusses how the purpose of mediation is to come to new understanding, not necessarily agreement. The focus should...

Larry Susskind speaks of the resistance to mediation as coming from two sources - people of authority and power who...

Michelle LeBaron describes how conflicts are often unexpectedly resolved from surprising connections among parties.

Albie Davis tells of an account where a judge coerced parties to mediate and settle after which the result was...

Howard Gadlin talks about how United States culture and society often represses ideological change and how the ombudsmen field has...

Tom Stipanowich tells of a client's experience with arbitration, which left the client feeling unsatisfied and somewhat unresolved, even though...

Bill Lincoln describes his work in Afghanistan trying to implement mediation courses within the university and Foreign Ministry; he underscores...

Stephen Erickson discusses how the concept of mediation is counter to pop culture's way of thinking about solving disputes, which...

Lisa Parkinson describes a difficulty in the field that she observes happening in many countries. The more power and recognition...

Carrie Menkel-Meadow discusses her theory about the development of a cultural mindset about negotiation and how the larger culture takes...

John Paul Lederach describes his background and experience teaching and peace-building within the international arena.

Michelle LeBaron shares her views on the differences between how the mediation fields in America and Canada have been shaped...

Michelle LeBaron explains her work as interrupting people's dance within a conflict.

Maxine Baker-Jackson talks about the conflict she felt in the relationship between nurses and doctors in the nursing profession.

Lisa Parkinson discusses how the legal systems treat family law and family mediation in different states in the US whereas...

John Paul Lederach explains how mediators need to shift their focus from mediating a person to mediating a space in...

Michelle LeBaron talks about Americans' attitude of risk-taking and Canadians' vast cultural awareness, which make for different dispute resolution processes.

Michelle LeBaron discusses one of the challenges she sees in the field as not having the willingness to implement values...

Chip Rose talks about his first introduction to collaborative law and how it seemed to fill the gap between traditional...

Kimberly Kovach describes society's culture of right and wrong and how we don't have to think in those terms. We...