Every year I submit a program to the ABA Dispute Resolution Section, and every year when I get there I am flabbergasted by the breadth, depth, focus, energy and sheer numbers at the Annual Conference. My first was 1998, in Boston, and by now the thing has plumb gone wild. ...
The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Institute) has very seldom taken a position in amicus briefs or on pending legislation. But its Board of Directors recently posted a "to voice out concern over the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009." When the Sphinx speaks I guess we'd better...
My periodic attendance at the UIA's World Mediation Forum, as well as the opportunity to attend the Chamonix Conference last April and the contacts and friendships I made while serving the CPR Institute for ten years, have all prompted the creation of a "Directory" of ADR organizations around the world. This...
I'm a 60-year old white guy, two years into the terrifying challenge of building a solo practice as a mediator/arbitrator. And the gist of this post is that more women and people of color need to be hired as neutrals. I worked hard for this goal when I was Senior Vice President...
NOTE: The following text will appear as a chapter in a mediator skills volume to be published soon by the International Bar Association, edited by mediator Patricia Barclay of Bonaccord Ecosse Limited, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Reality testing is the technique of inviting a party to adjust his perceptions of the claim. ...