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Rock Hill- Almost invisible the afternoon of Sept. 2 in downtown Rock Hill, a team worked to bring a woman...

Born in Zimbabwe and educated in England, and after forty years practicing law in the U.K and California, I transitioned...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleMost lawyers are familiar with the ordinary sequence of a mediation. Typically, the mediator conducts...

We've spent far too much time thinking about the global causes of climate change, and not nearly enough worrying about...

“What’s been going on in recent mediations”, asked a colleague. “Any highlights?”  (The trouble with doing anything on a regular...

From Gary Direnfeld's blogNot all parental separations are alike and not all parental separations spell disaster for their children. The...

The Sunday New York Times of December 28, 2014 reports that the average Facebook user spends 40 minutes a day...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates,Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.As the RSI foreclosure mediation team continues...

CMP Resolution Blog by Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.A sacred cow of mediation is that it must be voluntary –...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackPerhaps I am an idealist, or even though a baby boomer with many years...

Originally published in DISPUTE RESOLUTION MAGAZINE SPRING 2009 15Over the past 20 years, we have been on the boards and...

I raised the question in a past blog, what is Faith-Based mediation and why is it important? The answer, if...

Conflict Remedy Blog by Lorraine SegalLooking back, my needs around money have always been met. But it didn’t feel that...

There is an old engineering joke about the proverbial glass. Optimists see the glass as half full; pessimists see the...

In a society where media coverage and public concern shift rapidly from one headline to another, tension surrounding the deaths...

ADR Prof BlogAs the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend comes to an end, and as a new semester is beginning,...

Mother knows best Listen to your mother It's a scary world out there Mother knows best 1 - Mother Gothel,...

The new movie Selma depicts the events that led to passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. There has...

Let’s face it — there’s lots work to be done all over the country to build understanding and heal relationships...

It would have been easy for Louis Head to blame his raging words the other night fully on the grand...

Meredith Mediates by Meredith RichardsonMy least favorite part of conflict is not the conflict itself, nor is it any argument...

Ugh…relationships… who needs them? They are so needy! Your coworker always wants to go out for a beer after work,...

The U Center of North Carolina is one of many state centers that will be promoting Conflict Resolution Day. They...

This article was originally published by the Tennessee Journal of Law & Policy.Many commentators and courts suggest that cooperative approaches...

CMP Resolution Blog by Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.Mediation is commonly measured in terms of settlement rate (i.e. did the...

Texas Conflict Coach Audio Blog by Pattie PorterWith the start of 2014-2015 school year in full swing, children across the...

Hace 17 años en Costa Rica se promulgó la Ley Sobre Resolución Alterna de Conflictos y Promoción de la Paz...

“Talk To Me”: What It Takes To Be An NYPD Hostage Negotiator This article is based on open-source material previously...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackWith the upmost respect and acknowledgment to Hamlet's famous soliloquy in Shakespeare's Hamlet, (Act...

En las últimas horas las redes sociales se vieron inundadas de referencias a Javier Mascherano, capitán “sin cinta” de la...