Availability of Mediators, Clients, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Efficiency, Ethics, General, Mediation Practice, Mediation Users/Clients, Success in mediation

(ADR Center Romania)/ /3 Comments

The mediators are complex personalities. The mediators are part of the world-wide intellectual elite by promoting the purpose, the importance and the usefulness of the collaborative thinking in the pursuit of a vision founded on the quality of life. The mediators are helping people with cleaning the “dust of ignorance” off the human diamante, rediscovering…

Cross-cultural, Developing the Field, Europe, General, International Mediation, Mediation Practice, Training, Uncategorized

(Brick Court Chambers / Clifton Chambers)/ /Leave a comment

It´s about the students and they did themselves proud with South Texas College of Law taking out the magnificent glass trophy – goodness knows how they got it past security at Charles de Gaulle.  Bar Ilan University (Israel) was runner up and there was not much in it. The beautiful people of the mediation world were…

Developing the Field, Language, Mediation Practice, Practical Challenges for Mediators

(First Mediation Corporation)/ /2 Comments

Picture a group of 30 trial lawyers in an almost empty room, loudly chanting, ‘Big Booty, Big Booty, Big Booty!’ Now imagine a pair of them trying to have a conversation without using the letter ‘S’. How about two of them vying for the attention of a third by, at turns, singing, crying, jumping up…

Developing the Field, General, Practical Challenges for Mediators

(National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law)/ /Leave a comment

[Author’s Note: Some of the ideas in this post are taken from Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book “The Black Swan”. I highly recommend it. I have probably misunderstood and misrepresented some of what he has said. All mistakes are mine] I was recently in Seoul presenting at the “Mediation In Asia” conference organized by the Korea…

Commercial Mediation, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Lawyers, Legal Practice, Mediation Practice, Training, Uncategorized

(University of Strathclyde)/ /1 Comment

I was pleased to read that this year’s ICC Competition went so well. Having hosted the UK Law Student Mediation Competition in Glasgow in November I was first-hand witness to the wholehearted, thoughtful way young mediators throw themselves into this work. They appear unaffected by the scepticism of older lawyers. All of this is very…

ADR, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, General, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Online Mediation, Technology

(Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)/ /5 Comments

Imagine an e-mediator who can reframe parties’ feelings and overall mood based on their speech patterns as they talk into an ODR program. Imagine recreating the real-life intensity of emotional and social connections through an avatar in an online mediation setting. Imagine anonymous brainstorming, secret meetings in e-rooms and having access to a web-based intelligent…

ADR, International Mediation, Uncategorized

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After five days of intense competition between 66 teams from 32 countries, the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition finished yesterday in Paris. The South Texas College of Law (USA) came in first, and the Bar Ilan University (Israel) was the runner-up. In the semifinals both teams beat off their competitors: the University of New South…

ADR Agreements, Conciliation, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Enforcement of a Mediation Clause, Enforcement of an ADR Clause, EU Directive on Mediation, EU Mediation Directive, Experts, Lawyers, Legal Practice, Legislation, Mediation Agreement, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Mediation Schemes (In Courts, etc.), Negotiation

(Esprit d’entente)/

This Decree establishes in the French Code of Civil Procedure a Chapter dedicated to the amicable resolution of disputes outside the Courts. Said Decree defines the rules applicable to each of the modes providing for amicable resolution of disputes. The Decree No. 2012-66 (the Decree) mainly enacts rules dealing with certain aspects of mediation in…

ADR, Lawyers, Mediation Practice, Practical Challenges for Mediators

(Brick Court Chambers / Clifton Chambers)/ /1 Comment

I mediated an insurance matter this week and as far as insurance disputes are concerned, never has a truer word been spoken; >Litigants are eager to discuss their cases Reality; the parties tend to withhold information >Mediation will be conducted in joint sessions Reality; the parties prefer private sessions >Mediation will focus on needs and…

Family Mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Mediation Practice, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Online Mediation

(Sabine Walsh Mediation)/ /1 Comment

I have been interested in, and have been training in various methods of Online Dispute Resolution for some time, so when a case of mine recently converted into a type of online mediation I thought I would take some time to reflect on what I learned from the experience. First, a few words about how…