Message from the Committee Chairs
The ADR Practice Management & Building Skills Committee is sponsoring the April newsletter, which explores how significant life experiences can enhance conflict resolution skills and aid in resolving…
April 2025 – ADR Practice Management & Building Skills Committee
Articles
Perspective Matters: Lessons That Can Shape Outcomes
A very simple painting can take on a larger size, figuratively and literally, depending on how you frame it. So, too, can a legal issue.
Managing Risk in a Risky World in Mediation
In this article, we conceptualize litigation risk and how it can help reach a settlement in mediation. At mediation, the neutral can assist the well-prepared participants in understanding the consequ…
My Passage to ADR
My involvement in mediation and the field of dispute resolution is closely connected to my family background and culture. I was born in India and moved to the United States at the age of two.
Making Nice
Small acts of kindness have an enormous impact in ways we do not typically associate with commercial dispute resolution.
The Extent (Or Limit) of Mediator Influence to Effect Settlement
Where arbitrators have authority, mediators have influence. This article discusses the dynamics and sources of that influence and some factors that may impede it.