For this issue of Just Resolutions, the ADR Practice Management & Skills Building Committee decided to focus on a skills development topic of great commonality and need for neutrals—pre-mediation.
Mediation is a collaborative process that allows parties to resolve a pending dispute in a manner that is far more flexible than that which can be achieved under a court decision.
Judge Demacopoulos spent over fifteen years on the bench in Cook County, Illinois before transitioning to mediation.
Pre-session meetings can provide the mediator with extremely useful information about the nature of the dispute, the parties involved and their ultimate goals. A mediator’s post-session involvement c…
Before mediation begins, mediators should invest time in thoroughly understanding the nature of the dispute and the parties involved.
Anything worthwhile takes time – especially building a dispute resolution practice. Whether you take the volunteer-to-paid or entrepreneur innovative solutions to market needs, it all takes time.