The cost of conflict: what happens when we frame divorce as combat is the title of a nice post by Diane Levin at Online Guide To Mediation. She was successfully able to put into words (and much more politely than I could have) some of my thoughts when I read about the book to which...Read More

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Thanks to Kentucky Cases for giving the “heads up” on Navigating Emotional Roadblocks for Effective Mediation set for April 17, 2007 in Lexington, KY. It is bound to be a fabulous program, featuring Dr. Dan Shapiro, associate director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, and author of Beyond Reason: Listening To Emotions As You Negotiate.Read More

After discussing Five Reasons Why Your Clients Have Unwarranted Faith in the Righteousness of their Cause Victoria Pynchon at Settle It Now Negotiation Blog give us Five Ways Your Mediator Can Help You “Depress” Your Clients’ Unreasonable Expectations: 1. let the mediator know you need some help with your client. Call him ahead of time...Read More

Geoff Sharp at mediator blah…blah…. discusses decision trees in mediation and links to TreePlan®. This software builds a decision tree diagram within Excel. Now that’s what I would like to see a mediator show up with at a second or third mediation!Read More

Bridging the divide between lawyers and mediators is the title of a series of articles Diane Levin is publishing at Online Guide to mediation. Part 1: valuing the rule of law was interesting. Part 2: what mediators can do for lawyers is indispensable reading for mediators to know what we should expect of them.Read More

single issue monetized shuttle no intake lawyer controlled mediation is the title of a post by Victoria Pynchon at Settle It Now Negotiation Blog. It links to Representing Clients Effectively in Negotiation, Conciliation and Mediation in Family Property Disputes by Prof. John Wade. This article isn’t news.Read More

Diane Levin updates us on requirements for becoming a mediator at Online Guide To Mediation . The guidelines for Kentucky are here.Read More

Small Talk and Separate Caucuses highlights the importance of joint initial mediation sessions and the perils of shuttle mediation. Check it out. It takes a very skilled mediator to hold it together, but isn’t that what we want, very skilled mediators?Read More

New Zealand has had a family court for 25 years. Here’s a video interview from Geoff Sharp at the V-Blog Mediation Project. You will find interesting that family court judges there participate in mediation and occasionally include children. Her Honour Judge Jill Moss, a leading judge of NZ’s specialist Family Court and advocate of mediation...Read More