Conflict Resolution|Human Rights|International|Mediation|systems design

Mediation Films Win CEDR Award

Conflict Resolution|Human Rights|International|Mediation|systems design

Mediation Films Win CEDR Award

The four films produced by Harvard's Kennedy School on mediating corporate-community disputes have been recognized with the Award for Best Publication or Communication by the prestigious Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), in London. I am honored to have written and co-directed these films, and also served as interviewer on two....

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Negotiation|United States

Lincoln's Lessons for Lawyers

Negotiation|United States

Lincoln's Lessons for Lawyers

The interest in Abraham Lincoln sparked by the recent release of Spielberg's film prompts a reminder of Tom Stipanowich's recent article, in the ABA's Dispute Resolution magazine, on Lincoln as a counsellor and negotiator.  Lincoln's oft-quoted advice, "discourage litigation," becomes far more than an adage when one considers real-life instances of his actually...

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Conflict Resolution|Mediation|Religion

New and Useful Edition of The Mediator's Handbook

Conflict Resolution|Mediation|Religion

New and Useful Edition of The Mediator's Handbook

In 1984, the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends published a volume called The Mediator's Handbook.  The fourth edition of this wonderful book has recently been released through the Canadian publisher New Society Publishers.  By now entirely independent of its initial Quaker roots, The Mediator's Handbook has...

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