Conflict Resolution|Negotiation|Teaching

Psychological Barriers to Accurate Risk Assessment

Conflict Resolution|Negotiation|Teaching

Psychological Barriers to Accurate Risk Assessment

A recent article has been making the rounds of ADR professionals. The current issue of the American Psychological Association’s publication Psychology, Public Policy and Law (Vol. 16, No. 2, at 133-57) features a report of a study conducted by a group of scholars from Australia, Sweden and the United States....

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Mediation|Teaching

Dwight Golann's Book on "Mediating Legal Disputes"

Mediation|Teaching

Dwight Golann's Book on "Mediating Legal Disputes"

In 1999, CPR Institute published Kathleen Scanlon's volume Mediator's Deskbook.  It was (and still is) a terrific book, subsequently translated into Japanese and Chinese, but alas out of print after 11 years.  James Henry, CPR's founder and president, thought of it as "the well-thumbed paperback that every mediator leafs through...

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