Tag: mediation

  • Thoughts from a former student wanting more mediation knowledge

    Thoughts from a former student wanting more mediation knowledge Thoughts from a former student wanting more mediation knowledge is one of the privileges of teaching is getting feedback from my students’ years after I taught them.  Here is a recent example: Ken Strongman did an excellent job teaching law and mediation at JFK University for…

  • Task #6: Do you agree on anything?

    Task #6: Do you agree on anything? The resolution of a dispute does not just occur on the day of the mediation.   Each participant to mediation needs to prepare their own strategy for negotiation in the settlement.  Based on my experience as a mediator, these are a collection of tasks each participant needs to complete…

  • Energetic and optimistic thoughts from a former student

    Energetic and optimistic thoughts from a former student Energetic and optimistic thoughts from a former student is one of the privileges of teaching is getting feedback from my students’ years after I taught them.  Here is a recent example: I always enjoyed Professor Strongman’s Legal Ethics classes when I was studying in John F. Kennedy’s…

  • Task #5: Do you really want to settle this dispute through mediation?

    Task #5: Do you really want to settle this dispute through mediation? The resolution of a dispute does not just occur on the day of the mediation.   Each participant to mediation needs to prepare their own strategy for negotiation in the settlement.  Based on my experience as a mediator, these are a collection of tasks…

  • Thoughts from a former student on learning ethics.

    Thoughts from a former student on learning ethics. Thoughts from a former student on learning ethics is one of the privileges of teaching is getting feedback from my students’ years after I taught them.  Here is a recent example: Ken taught me the importance of ethical behavior in all dealings, personal and profession. He also…

  • Task #4: How are you going to deal with them after the dispute?

    Task #4: How are you going to deal with them after the dispute? The resolution of a dispute does not just occur on the day of the mediation.   Each participant to mediation needs to prepare their own strategy for negotiation in the settlement.  Based on my experience as a mediator, these are a collection of…

  • Task #3: Visualize the future beyond the dispute.

    Task #3: Visualize the future beyond the dispute. The resolution of a dispute does not just occur on the day of the mediation.   Each participant to mediation needs to prepare their own strategy for negotiation in the settlement.  Based on my experience as a mediator, these are a collection of tasks each participant needs to…

  • Task #2: What do they want out of the mediation?

    Task #2: What do they want out of the mediation? The resolution of a dispute does not just occur on the day of the mediation.   Each participant to mediation needs to prepare their own strategy for negotiation in the settlement.  Based on my experience as a mediator, these are a collection of tasks each participant…

  • Task #1: What do you want out of the mediation?

    Task #1: What do you want out of the mediation? The resolution of a dispute does not just occur on the day of the mediation.   Each participant to mediation needs to prepare their own strategy for negotiation in the settlement.  Based on my experience as a mediator, these are a collection of tasks each participant…

  • When It’s Just the Attorney at the Mediation.

    When It’s Just the Attorney at the Mediation. At a recent seminar hosted by Gary Weiner, Mediation Program Administrator at the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, for the Court’s Mediation Panel, we had lively discussion about Provost v Regents, (2011) 201 Cal.App.4th 1289. I would like to focus on only one aspect raised…