Hello all, Thought our group might like to read this article from the NY Times published August 7th. The article, titled "Study Finds Settling Is Better Than...
This month's issue of California Lawyer has an article under the heading "Expert Advice" entitled "Managing Expectations in Mediation," written by Dan L....
This approach, in my experience, normally results in a much shorter, albeit unsuccessful, mediation. Steve Siemers ________________________________ From:...
Hi Tom, Â The paragraphs you shared didn't surprise me. My first thought was that the attorney who wrote this article is confused about what mediation is...
While this is certainly overt, and makes us all laugh, it also serves as a good reminder that we are constantly being "spun". A simple call to discuss how we...
Two words: Legalized Mediation. Given how the legal system has redefined mediation in its own image, this set-the-bar-high-set-the-bar-low approach should not...
I am wondering what you all thought of Geoff Sharp's post "The legal community has learned to accept low-functioning mediation" and the article from the...
I understand that the article was referring to arbitration and I agree with Lee Jay that initial calls from the mediator's perspective are about rapport...
I agree with Lee Jay's comment. I always welcome contact with the parties or their counsel before the mediation begins. I use this to introduce myself and ...
I generally do initiate such discussions, and these efforts have given me the impression that most mediations of litigated cases in my legal community do not ...
At CDRS we do not allow any personal communication or contact between a mediator (or arbitrator) and the parties. We send out a "Notice of Mediation" which...
Hello All, Just a quick announcement: The New York State Dispute Resolution Association (NYSDRA) is hosting a teleseminar on Dec. 4 from 1:00- 2:00 pm EST on...
Lee Jay -- I spent 30 plus years as a lawyer solving problems and negotiating solutions as training to mediate. I should have become a mediator after the...
I have no more reason to believe that mediation training makes you a competent mediator than law school makes you a competent lawyer. I've been lawyering for...
Kevin, I really can appreciate your feelings. I have been mediating twenty years now and am always learning something new. Two weeks ago I attended Woody...
Agree with former commenters there needs to be a base then the area-specific training, and that much of it takes on much more meaning after there's a ...
Identifying my own biases and learning to deal with them would have helped early in the practice. Learning to live with tension and being comfortable with...
WHAT do you wish you had been trained in that would have better prepared you as a mediator? Two words: Conflict Literacy. More specifically, the Five Core...
Love the long & thoughtful response to this quick question with its many layers of social and economic inquiry. I agree that conflict literacy is critical to...
And so once again, my specific question for the group is: WHAT do you wish you had been trained in that would have better prepared you as a mediator? Lee Jay...
After having the question teed up for me so perfectly, I can't resist. I wish I had been trained in biases, heuristics and cognitive illusions. What mediators...
I've been intrigued by the range of answers, and have, in fact, learned something from them. So, thanks to all who have voiced up. For me, the most important...
Being new to mediation and therefore having just completed the basic training in the spring of this year, I offer this perspective. I do not feel that I missed...
I have spoken with Peter Merrill who has informed me that some online group calling themselves "Grouply" has been sending messages to members of this group,...
Hi LeeJay, Quick answer: I would have liked more exercises and instructions into tapping into intuition, more role plays that encouraged risk taking on the...
CPR's 2008 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity in ADR In 2006, the CPR Institute assembled the first National Task Force on Diversity in ADR. The...
I hate to depart from the lofty heights of theory and process skills, but I wish that my initial training had also looked at the business of mediation! ...
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