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This Week in Mediation #1013

November 29, 2023 – OUR 28TH YEAR!
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In This Issue:
A Successful Mediation • The Promise of Mediation in Ukraine: Cease-Fire and a Road Map to a Peace Treaty • Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Chuck Crumpton • ICODR Podcast 26: Janet Martinez, Senior Lecturer – Emeritus and retired Director • ODR in Family Law: Developments in Texas – and the Rest of the World • Divorcing with Children: Have you thought about Nesting? • Mediator Ethics and Ethical Dilemmas • Enhancing Divorce Mediation Outcomes: The Role of a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst • Mediation in the News • Job Postings • Events Calendar • Blogs

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A Successful Mediation
By William Gilbride
Because facilitative mediation has been demonstrably successful in resolving disputes, many courts presiding over civil claims are referring cases to mediators, even as early as at the first scheduling conference, after the pleadings are filed but before discovery. This phenomenon is different from the historical model.

The Promise of Mediation in Ukraine: Cease-Fire and a Road Map to a Peace Treaty
By John Cabral
America, for all its foreign wars, is the home of the peace movement. It also gave the world the mediation movement, and the mediation profession. Mediators would do well to offer their insights – and their services – to the extremely dangerous conflict in Ukraine.

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Chuck Crumpton
Michael Lang interviews Chuck Crumpton who founded Crumpton Collaborative Solutions in 2014 and concentrates on mediation and arbitration of civil cases and public interest cases. Chuck’s style of mediation and arbitration is based on respect for and understanding of the interests, priorities, and values of parties and attorneys.

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ICODR Podcast 26: Janet Martinez, Senior Lecturer – Emeritus and retired Director
In this episode, Ian chats with Janet Martinez, Senior Lecturer – Emeritus and retired Director of the Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution at Stanford Law School.

ODR in Family Law: Developments in Texas – and the Rest of the World (Video)
This program took place November 9, 2023 and was co-sponsored by Texas A&M University School of Law’s Dispute Resolution Program, Mediate.com, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. 

Divorcing with Children: Have you thought about Nesting?
By Lynne Halem
Like momma and papa birds, whose babies stay in the nest while they, as parents, fly in and out bringing sustenance, came the creation of the concept of children “nesting” by staying in one house.  The marital home becomes the “nest” where the children live.

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Mediator Ethics and Ethical Dilemmas
By Antoinette Raheem
While professional ethics for attorneys are required subjects in law schools, ethics for mediators receive much less attention. In most Michigan law schools, the Michigan Mediator Standards of Conduct1 (hereinafter referred to as “the Standards”) are addressed in a cursory fashion or not addressed at all–and certainly are not required reading.

Enhancing Divorce Mediation Outcomes: The Role of a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst
By Leah Hadley
As professional mediators, you understand that the complexities of divorce extend beyond emotional and legal realms into financial intricacies. Integrating a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA) into your mediation process can significantly enhance the outcomes for your clients.

MEDIATION IN THE NEWS

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  • AFCC Executive Director
  • Assistant Ombuds UC Davis – CA
  • Assistant Deputy Counsel – NY

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TRAINING CALENDAR

  • December 1-2 – Mediation and Conflict Management Master Class 
  • December 2 – Advanced Mediation Training
  • December 2-10 – An Introduction to Restorative Justice Conferencing
  • December 4-8 – General Civil Mediation Training and Practicum
  • December 4-7 – 40-hour Basic Mediation Training
  • December 8-16 – Basic Mediation 40-hr Course
  • December 8 – 10-hr Basic Arbitration Training
  • December 8-January 10 – 24-hr Civil, Commercial and Workplace Mediation Training
  • December 9-16 – The Miracle of Reframing
  • December 11-13 – 30-hr Advanced Civil/Advanced Family Mediation
  • December 13 – 2023 Ombuds Seminar: Reflective Practice (IOA)
  • December 14 – Meditation Before Mediation
  • December 14 – 10-hr Advanced Arbitration Training
  • December 16 – Introduction to Online Mediation
  • December 18 – Basic Arbitration 8 hrs.

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Editors: Jim Melamed and Clare Fowler. We welcome comments and feedback. Send your comments to [email protected].  We encourage you to write an article for This Week in Mediation.

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