Category: Community

Mediation and Business Consulting by Kathleen Kauth.If we listen to the main stream media, it can often seem as if...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris Poole In my 25 years of running marathons, I have learned a few critical lessons:...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleAs the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, every aspect of our pre-pandemic ways of work is under...

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

Legal systems round the globe are grounded in the rule of law and in theory, justice is available readily and...

Working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for organizations to demonstrate their emotional qualities, says Arran Heal...

Background It was during late March 2020, soon after the pandemic first made global headlines, that a group of leading mediators and...

Pollack Peacebuilding by Jeremy PollackSummary of: McLamore, Q., Adelman, L., & Leidner, B. (2019). Challenges to traditional narratives of intractable conflict...

Civility, respect, understanding, and the willingness to listen. These are core conversational virtues that are universally appreciated. What’s interesting is...

Announcing a new project: Build the Toolbox. The purpose of this series will be to create a Toolbox of interactive...

Imagine my surprise years ago when I went through North Carolina family financial mediation training and I learned that the...

In this video series, Michael Lang interviews mediation practitioners about how to have a reflective instead of a reactionary practice. ...

Nearly everyone both within and outside of the legal profession has heard of bail reform.  Couched typically as “America’s cash bail...

FLASHBACK July, 2019: I sit in my car, waiting another ten minutes before going in to mediate. I sip my...

How dispute resolution can help when the courts can’t There appears to be a gradual change from so-called “vanilla” relationships...

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”    Martin Luther King, Jr....

This video is presented as part of Mediate.com's 25th Anniversary Conference. Frank Sander reflects on his concerns within the field,...

To increase access to justice, the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Dispute Resolution Section celebrated Mediation Week the third week of October under...

The National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) discusses the importance of having a vulnerable vision, and standing up for it. This...

Editor's Note:  In this article series, seven leading mediators and conflict resolution practitioners share their unique voices on three pressing...

The Importance of the Relationship; What are the expectations; and what should be discussed? The relationship between the Air Traffic...

My son Jacob, an artist, is a member of Idea Fab Labs-Santa Cruz, a “member-driven creation zone.” With a laser cutter...

The voice on the helpline message for the Bar Association of San Francisco’s (BASF) Conflict Intervention Service quaked with fear:...

Editor's Note:  In this article series, seven leading mediators and conflict resolution practitioners share their unique voices on three pressing...

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

Conflict is inherent and pulsating in every situation or aspect of life. The potential in the conflict triggers action. Action...

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

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

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

I am calling upon all Professional Mediators to deploy as a powerful peacemaking force in our current national crisis.  We...