Last week, I mediated a case in person for the first time in 23 months. I loved it. It was incredibly liberating to walk through the halls and knock on doors, to make eye contact with and observe the body language of others...more
When I started conducting mediations and arbitrations on Zoom almost two years ago, I could not have imagined that I would still be doing so today and that my practice and the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) field would...more
This year Women’s History Month coincides with the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. There could not be a better time to discuss how women, and especially mothers, have been affected by the pandemic. In the past...more
After conducting a very successful mediation via Zoom this week, I wanted to share my experience with you. Zoom is one of the videoconferencing platforms JAMS uses to recreate a multi-room mediation setting. It allows the...more