A Short History of Mediation
- The Use of a Third Person to Help Voluntarily Resolve Conflict and Avoid Attorneys and Courts Has Deep Roots in Many Cultures
- Development of Collective Bargaining and Labor-Managment Mediation in 30's (FMCS, Nat. Med. Bd., State Conciliation Offices)
- Development of Concilation Courts Movement in 60's (AFCC) and Court-Connected Mediation
- Development of Neighborhood Justice Centers in the 70's leading to community mediation movement (NAFCM)
- Frank Sander and Multi-Door Courthouse Model in the 80's (ABA DR) leading to court incorporation
- Public Policy Mediation (SPIDR) in the 80's
- Rapid Growth of Private Family Mediation in the 80's (AFM)
- Rapid Growth of Private ADR Sector in the 90's - pre-litigation (ACR) and litigation (ABA DR) - Mediation
- Rapid Development of Federal and State Court & Administrative Agency Programs in the 90's
- Attorneys, Retired Judges Move into ADR and Mediation(e.g. JAMS, "panelization" of the field)
- New Practice Areas (Marital, Foreclosure, Mass Claims) Challenge Mediation Assumptions
- Mediation Goes Global
- Everything Moving Online
- Mediation History Rewritten – Now Officially Invented by Attorneys & Retired Judges
