Mediation Practice

It has been said one cannot ask a fish what water is. When something so surrounds us, it is often invisible to us. The same thing can be said of our environment. It exists in the background and often…

Like many of us I am constantly torn between simplicity and complexity. The world is complex: that's a given. But a beautiful morning or a lover's kiss is simplicity itself, and it's a fool who…

As I write these lines, I am working on a commercial mediation project in the Pacific nation of Samoa – yes the one that has just jumped across the international dateline. My blog post today is a…

I participated to mediation training over a weekend last December, as part of continuing education of a local non-profit association I chair and which is involved in community mediation (Association…

 This year brings an overlap of winter holidays from two different traditions and calendars: Hanukkah and Christmas. Each of these holidays is a story of miracles – wondrous events occurring in times…

Due to the fact I work as a Mediation professor I am always aware of the question of Ethics. Teaching Mediation implies sharing its ethical principles with the students and helping them to observe…

As I open each mediation session I remind everyone that the mediation is “confidential”, “without prejudice”, “off the record”.  I acknowledged that these three concepts don’t mean precisely the same…

  Hot off the press: Phillip Hart of LEADR Australia talks with US trainer, facilitator and mediator, Peter Adler about what are the live issues for him currently in the dispute resolution world …

This story is for you if . . . • You have had several mediations where there are huge gaps in your evaluation of the case versus your adversary’s evaluation of the case; • You have not spent any time…