Mediation Blog
Settlement Ethics 101
As of last fall 2017, I am a Lecturer in Law at the University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law teaching ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Ethics. I teach mediation ethics while my co-teacher [Read More]
The Medium Makes the Difference !
Recently I came upon an older article written by Tammy Lenski entitled, “Face to Face negotiation better than e-mail.” (“Lenski”) While the article was originally published in December 2003, its points are probably truer today [Read More]
DOA: Exception to Mediation Confidentiality
In the spring of 2013, the California Law Revision Commission began its study K-402- on creating an exception to mediation confidentiality for attorney malpractice and other attorney misconduct. In June 2017, it issued its Tentative [Read More]
Why Do We Get So Hung Up on The Facts?
Within the last week, I have read two different articles about the “truth”. The first, a blog posted on Kluwer Mediation Blog on February 8, 2018 entitled, “The Map is not the territory” by Charlie [Read More]
You Look Like Someone I Can Trust!
When our mother was alive, she used to tell the story that about six weeks after my eldest sister was born, my mother boarded a crowded war time train with my sister in her arms [Read More]
Who Is in Authority?
I have had a series of mediations in which I have wondered who was actually in authority? The attorney or the client? As we have all learned somewhere along the line, when it comes to [Read More]
