Mediation Guidelines and Essays.
- Preparing for Mediation
- This essay discusses how to prepare yourself and your client for mediation. It is in outline form and is intended as a reference for pre-mediation review.
- Mediation Results in the Federal Sector
- These are "11/4/98 MEETING MINUTES OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT SECTION, CONFERENCE ROOM B, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE" regarding the success they have had with ADR.
- Mediation Checklist
- This is a simple checklist to help you remember everything as you prepare for mediations.
- Using the Mediation Checklist
- This essay discusses details in using the checklist provided in the essay Preparing for Mediation.
- Specific Applications for Mediation
- This essay discusses how to alter your approach for cases involving specific types of conflicts.
- Mediation Pitfalls and Obstacles
- This essay discusses some times when Mediation is not the appropriate action.
- Construction Mediation
- This is a case study discussion by Gary Morgerman of a construction mediation session.
- Negotiation in Mediation
- This essay discusses the impact of various negotiation styles in mediation and how mediation moderates the conflicts that exist between various styles.
- Used by the University of Minnesota in Business vs. the Environment [the course page]
- Ethical and Practical Considerations
- Is there a duty to yourself or to your client to mediate? Why not as well as why.
- A Broader Scope
- This article discusses looking at the broader scope in which conflicts occur.
- What is Mediation?
- This essay discusses many of the processes that are known as mediation (in addition to the common court annexed procedure that most attorneys are familiar with).
- Mediation Credentials
- This essay discusses an approach to certifying mediators and the factors that should be considered in designing any credential program.
- Comments on the Texas Task Force
- The Texas Supreme Court Task Force on Mediation Credentials issued a report on "Court-Annexed" mediation only (with strong dissents). My thoughts.
- Institutional Health Care
Mediation (IHCM)
- This essay explains the purpose and function of Institutional Health Care Mediation.
- Related Essay Expanded Use of Institutional Mediation
- See also my notes from a case study.
- In Family Law, How is
Mediation Different from a Settlement Meeting?
- An essay from a Canadian Mediator and Arbitrator.
