Mediation Blog
An Ethical Dilemma: What To Do?
Teaching mediation ethics has its good points and bad points. The good is that I have been required to learn the subject matter in depth; the bad is that oftentimes in an actual mediation I [Read More]
Start 2021 with Apology and Forgiveness!
Recently, I attended another wonderful Zoom presentation sponsored by Will Work For Food (https://www.willworkforfood.news/) entitled “Apology, Forgiveness and Reconciliation” by Professor Emeritus Peter Robinson who taught for many years at the Straus Institute of Dispute [Read More]
How The California Legislature Kept Busy in 2020: Not so many new laws!
oHappy New Year! I hope that everyone has remained healthy and safe!!!! As usual, the California Legislature kept busy in 2020 passing many laws although not as many as in past years. It enacted only [Read More]
Reflections on the last 525,600 minutes!
The Broadway musical, "Rent" has a song entitled "Seasons of Love" which starts off by asking: Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes. Five hundred twenty five thousand moments so dear. five hundred twenty [Read More]
The Importance of Flexibility, Creativity and Being Prepared!
Recently, I conducted two mediations that revealed the importance of flexibility, creativity and being prepared. The first one was an alleged wrongful termination case in which the employer was disputing that the alleged employee was [Read More]
Personality Matters!
During my first week of class teaching mediation ethics, I usually give a version of the Kilmann Diagnostic Test because I believe that one’s personality type impacts one’s mediating style. Thus, a blog post dated [Read More]
