Mediation Principles in the Talmud

Special thanks to JAMS and Editor Richard Birke for their gracious permission to reprint this article which was originally published in JAMS Dispute Resolution ALERT, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2009.Of...

The basis for my speculation is my 51 years of ADR experience, which I describe briefly below. I began mediating in 1963 as an Assistant Labor Conciliator for the State...

Litigators champion their client’s rights.  If the contract was breached, the litigator is ready to pounce.  And when the litigator gets to mediation, the litigator’s goal  is to turn the...