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Building a Mediation Practice: 20 Strategies for Success author.

Building a Mediation Practice: 20 Strategies for Success

“If you're going the independent route - setting up a practice as an independent mediator - you have to be...

By Cheryl Cutrona
“My Story” Featuring Patricia H. Thompson, Esq. author.

“My Story” Featuring Patricia H. Thompson, Esq.

Patricia H. Thompson, Esq., joined JAMS after 46 years of trial, arbitration and appellate practice. She uses her experience and...

By Patricia Thompson
What Podcasts Can Teach Us about Difficult Conversations author.

What Podcasts Can Teach Us about Difficult Conversations

Can podcasts teach us how to have better difficult conversations? Recently, I was a guest on Dr. Darian Parker’s podcast,...

By Lorraine Segal
Mediation and Insolvency, with a focus on developing countries author.

Mediation and Insolvency, with a focus on developing countries

Debt has been a problem for millennia. The roots of the modern insolvency law are in the “jus mercatorum –...

By Giovanni Matteucci
The Importance of Workplace Appreciation (And How to Express It) author.

The Importance of Workplace Appreciation (And How to Express It)

Most of us like to feel appreciated in the workplace, though we’re not always willing to admit that praise is...

By Jeremy Pollack
No Shortcuts when it Comes to Conflict author.

No Shortcuts when it Comes to Conflict

I like this quote by Beverly Sills – it applies to just about everything! When it comes to interpersonal conflict...

By Cinnie Noble
SHOVEL 8 – Traditional Mediation and the Mirror…. author.

SHOVEL 8 – Traditional Mediation and the Mirror….

Well, this looks like about as far as the digging goes. Traditional mediation is raised up.  Now what?  Was it...

By Paul Rajkowski
[Podcast] CEO Leadership: A Conversation with Chris Poole on His Career and the Pathway Forward for JAMS author.

[Podcast] CEO Leadership: A Conversation with Chris Poole on His Career and the Pathway Forward for JAMS

Click here for the JAMS ADR Blog In a recent episode of Arbitrate.com’s “Arbitration Conversation,” JAMS CEO Chris Poole speaks...

By Chris Poole
Mental Health First Aid Training May Make Our Community Happier and Healthier! author.

Mental Health First Aid Training May Make Our Community Happier and Healthier!

Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service (Alpert JFS) wants to make mental health education as common as CPR training!...

By Bruce Blitman, Cindy Wides
Beyond Mediation: Conflict Coaching author.

Beyond Mediation: Conflict Coaching

Beyond Mediation: Conflict Coaching What is conflict coaching? Conflict coaching, also known as conflict management coaching, is a one on one...

By Cinnie Noble, Patricia Porter
Beyond Mediation: The Collaborative Practice Experience author.

Beyond Mediation: The Collaborative Practice Experience

Beyond Mediation: The Collaborative Practice Experience Collaborative Practice is a process to resolve family law conflict without the use of...

By Brian Galbraith
Seeing the Future by Knowing the Past author.

Seeing the Future by Knowing the Past

This paper is based on a keynote speech delivered to the Nebraska Mediation Association on August 6, 2020. Nearly 18...

By Michael Lang
UNCITRAL Completes a New Mediation Framework, Based on the Singapore Convention author.

UNCITRAL Completes a New Mediation Framework, Based on the Singapore Convention

CPR Speaks BlogEarlier this month, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law adopted the UNCITRAL Mediation Rules, the UNCITRAL Notes on...

By Mylene Chan
UN Insolvency Work Finds Help with Mediation author.

UN Insolvency Work Finds Help with Mediation

CPR Speaks BlogThe United Nations Commission on International Trade Law adopted a simplified insolvency regime that recommends mediation to resolve disputes between...

By Mylene Chan
Who Should You Call When in Conflict? author.

Who Should You Call When in Conflict?

What is the difference between counseling, conflict coaching, conflict consulting, and mediation?  How do you figure out the most appropriate...

By Janet Chance
Co-Parenting Online Course – How to Not Put Your Kids in the Middle of Your Divorce author.

Co-Parenting Online Course – How to Not Put Your Kids in the Middle of Your Divorce

How to get parents on the same page - Even in the middle of divorce Divorce can be tough on...

By Brandyn Roark Caires, Jen Schimbeno
Race and Caste, Gender and Patriarchy, Wealth and Class: Mediating the Systems, Structures, and Sources of Prejudice author.

Race and Caste, Gender and Patriarchy, Wealth and Class: Mediating the Systems, Structures, and Sources of Prejudice

“The function, the very serious function of racism, . . . is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you...

By Kenneth Cloke
Diversity at the Mediation Table – How Do We Get There? author.

Diversity at the Mediation Table – How Do We Get There?

It is not always automatically bad if the parties at the mediation table are not diverse, because it might for...

By Maria Apostolidou, Melanie Koch
Dispute Resolution with Collaborative Law author.

Dispute Resolution with Collaborative Law

I was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2005. I started handling family law matters in 2007. At the time,...

By Christen Ritchey
Full Video Now Posted of Forum on Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice, Coaching and Limited Scope Representation author.

Full Video Now Posted of Forum on Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice, Coaching and Limited Scope Representation

May 21 - Beyond Mediation Forum: Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice, Coaching and Limited Scope Representation Hosts: Brian Galbraith and Forrest (Woody) Mosten What can...

By Brian Galbraith, Forrest (Woody) Mosten
New Mediators’ Guidance from Youth Conference author.

New Mediators’ Guidance from Youth Conference

This article summarizes the Young Minds, Global Voices Conference. This conference was sponsored by mediate.com in May 2021 in an effort...

By Amee Dharamshi, Benjamin Lutz, Clare Fowler, Gwendolyn Myers, Ilan David Bass, Jay Patrick Santiago, Jonathan Rodrigues, Lydia Ray, Maria Apostolidou, Melanie Koch, Nisshant Laroia, Olivia Chisom Osuala, Salman Shaheen, Sumhiya  Sallay

ADR Principles and Clergy-Congregation Relations

It is likely that a large majority of clergy who serve congregations are hired, re-hired or terminated by the vote...

By Martin Rosenfeld
ADR’S Place in Navigating a Polarized Era author.

ADR’S Place in Navigating a Polarized Era

IndisputablyIn the middle of the impeachment trial last week, I received a Westlaw email with links to the symposium on...

By John Lande

Radical Collaboration

The impact of technology tools and applications is very apparent in our lives. Siri finds us the closest Starbucks. Alexa...

By Larry Bridgesmith

Collaboration is the Future

Lawyers love conflict. They thrive on it. If anyone can coexist with conflict, it’s a lawyer. At least that’s how...

By Larry Bridgesmith
Healing our Divisions in Troubled Times author.

Healing our Divisions in Troubled Times

Conflict Remedy Blog by Lorraine Segal How can we heal the deep divisions in our country? How do we talk...

By Lorraine Segal
Family Mediation vs Family Litigation author.

Family Mediation vs Family Litigation

Many people assume that the only way to resolve a family law matter is to retain counsel and commence a...

By Marian Grande
The Importance of Accurately Attributing Gains on Separate Property in Divorce author.

The Importance of Accurately Attributing Gains on Separate Property in Divorce

Recently I was hired by a divorcing client, let’s call him Joe, who had been contributing to two retirement plans...

By Mary Salisbury
3rd Key – Education: Teach Mediation as a Core Subject Aligned to Real World Needs author.

3rd Key – Education: Teach Mediation as a Core Subject Aligned to Real World Needs

Editorial Note: Mediate.com has published a series of peer reviewed articles and videos under the collective title Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s...

By Barney Jordaan, Deborah Masucci
Reflective Practice – Observing Mediator Language author.

Reflective Practice – Observing Mediator Language

The art and craft of mediation, like many other skills, mainly matures from the myriad mistakes mediators make on their...

By Jonathan Rodrigues

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