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Preparing Clients for Mediation: Explaining the Process, Setting Expectations and Strategies, and Coaching Performance

Preparing your client for mediation can ensure that the mediation process is productive and not a frustrating, anxiety-producing event. While settlement is always preferable, it is not the only measure of productivity in a...more

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What Honeybees Have Taught Me About Dispute Resolution

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From stingers to settlements: Finding parallels between bees and the ADR process - Beekeeping is one of my hobbies when I’m not dedicating myself to dispute resolution. In my more than 10 years as a beekeeper, I’ve learned...more

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Choose the Right Option: How Facilitative and Evaluative Approaches Can Both Have a Role in Mediation

There are various mediation styles or philosophies that parties to litigation encounter when mediating. Generally, they can be categorized as either facilitative or evaluative approaches. Some mediators feel that they should...more

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Trust During the Mediation Process

Trust is an essential element of the mediation process. The whole point, of course, is to take two or more parties who have a dispute and help them reach an agreement. Because the process necessarily involves that dispute,...more

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Personality Types: Recognizing and Handling Six Different Types of Participants at Mediation

No two mediations are the same. Not only are the facts of each case different, but the litigants have different motivations, concerns and ways of presenting their thoughts and ideas. The goals and styles of presentation of...more

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[PODCAST] Utilizing Co-Mediation - Bringing Together Multiple Perspectives to Reach Effective Settlements

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In this podcast, JAMS neutrals Hon. Lynn Duryee (Ret.) and Rebekah Ratliff, CCLS, discuss the concept and application of co-mediation, where two mediators work together to solve disputes. The neutrals, who are known as the...more

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Successful Mediation Often Boils Down to Preparation

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When presiding recently as mediator in a multi-party construction dispute, one of the contractor’s representatives asked me during a pre-mediation caucus to identify the one thing I needed from them for the mediation to...more

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The importance of Alternative Dispute Resolution – Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

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In England & Wales proceedings are subject to a series of "Pre-Action Protocols" which set out the steps a Court would expect parties to take prior to commencing proceedings. The Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols applies to...more

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Mediating Wage-Hour Collective and Class Actions: Special Factors to Keep in Mind

While there are certain elements present in every mediation, some types of cases are unique. A wage-hour collective or class action breaks the typical mediation paradigm. In most employment law-based mediations one expects...more

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The Saddest Mediation: Mediating Wrongful Death Cases

Start with the obvious fundamental difference between a wrongful death mediation session and any other: the subject of the mediation itself is absent and will never return. That difference, in my experience, dictates a...more

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Class Action Settlement Checklist

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As most attorneys are aware, the settlement of a class action can be quite complicated. Unlike “one vs. one” cases, class actions involve terms that go beyond simple dollars and cents issues. This is particularly true since...more

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How to avoid impasse in settlement negotiations

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Mediation is a facilitated negotiation that enables parties to explore settlement in a confidential setting. A successful mediation requires preparation and an understanding of the process so as to avoid impasse, the...more

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