Below the line, Clients, Conflict, Cross-cultural, Dialogue, Experience, Fear, General, Language, Lawyers and Psychologists, Mediation Lawyering, Mediation Practice, Mediators’ Conduct, Mindset, Mistakes, Neutrality, omnipartiality in mediation, Perception, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Reflective Practice, Transformation, user perspectives

(Bill Marsh Mediator)/ /1 Comment

I am not really one for elevator pitches. But I did hear one the other day about creating impact in a very short space of time, and I was struck by its relevance to mediation. Essentially, the message was that the people we meet make up their minds about us based on two key criteria,…

Mediation Jokes, Mediation Training, United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation

(Kwok, Ng & Chan, Solicitors & Notaries)/ /3 Comments

In November 2009, John Kenyon published a blog entry titled “Mediation Jokes” with the first sentence saying, “There is much discussion on whether or not mediation is a profession yet one of the defining marks of a profession is when you can tell jokes about its practitioners.” With the passage of time, the practice of…

Dispute Resolution, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Non-violent communication, Reflective Practice, Scotland, The role of the mediator, Uncategorized, Zoom

(Core Solutions Group)/ /6 Comments

“It’s hard to beat Dark Side of the Moon” he said. “What a piece of music.” I agreed: “Did you ever see Pink Floyd play Dark Side live? I recall being at Earls Court in 1994.” “I was there too!” he exclaimed. For a moment or two, we reflected on the album’s seemingly relevant song…

Communication, COVID-19, Cross-cultural, Europe, Germany, Leadership

(Bond & Bond Mediation / University of Wildau )/ /Leave a comment

Corona is managed under different circumstances around the world. These depend on resources and infrastructure, and also on political interpretations of the science and of the effects of spreading infection in society. There are also cultural factors that play a role here – concerning the political culture of a country and also the values that…

ADR, Australia, Commercial Mediation, Conflict, Creativity, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Interests, International commercial mediation, lawyers in mediation, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Reflective practise, Skills, Training, Uncategorized

(University of New South Wales)/ /12 Comments

  The International Commercial Mediation Competition made a brave online appearance this year – the 16th year in which the ICC has delivered the most important competition of its kind in the world. For 15 of these 16 years it has been my privilege to be part of this experience as the coach for my…

Commercial Mediation, ICSID, International commercial mediation, Investor-state mediation, SIDRA Survey, Singapore, Singapore Convention on Mediation

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The Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (“SIDRA”) issued the global International Dispute Resolution Survey: 2020 Final Report (the “SIDRA Survey”) on 3 July 2020, which studied the preferences, experiences, and perspectives of legal users (lawyers and legal advisers) and client users (corporate executives and in-house counsel) with regard to, among other mechanisms, international commercial mediation….

Communication, Framing, General, Language, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, NLP, Skills

(National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law)/ /1 Comment

For readers who are new, the “Neuro-Linguist’s Toolbox” series is an ongoing series focused on using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) in our practice of amicable dispute resolution. The first section focused on rapport (the first of which can be found here). The second section focuses on matters of self-care and personal improvement for mediators (the first…

Developing the Field, Future of mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), mediation as a career, Mediation Practice, Mediation Schemes (In Courts, etc.), Mentoring, Reflective Practice, Reflective practise, Scotland, Training, Uncategorized

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University of Strathclyde, host to Learning by Doing, mediation clinic conference

By the everyday miracle of Zoom, Carrie Menkel-Meadow spoke from her LA office to a Glasgow conference with a worldwide audience. Wrapping up ‘Learning by Doing,’ the UK’s first conference devoted to mediation clinics, her keynote described the inspiration for a whole career: a colleague in her legal aid office in the 1970s. While Carrie…

ADR, Mediation and Society, mediation models, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Online Mediation

(Instituto de Certificação e Formação de Mediadores Lusófonos) and (Holistic Solutions)/ /Leave a comment

ICC’s biggest educational event of the year, its International Mediation Competition, took place from 5 to 11 February 2021 and, for the first time of its history, it was conducted online. It was its 16th edition and 48 universities from 39 countries competed online, via a dedicated platform. It has been an opportunity for us,…

Communication, Dialogue, Environmental disputes, Practical Challenges for Mediators

(NZ Centre for ICT Law & School of Law, Auckland University)/ /Leave a comment

” . . . how are we to deal with this grief? People might react with despair, sadness, frustration, lack of control, hopelessness, and even apathy. It’s understandable, given the enormity of the destruction taking place. It’s understandable to feel powerless when faced with the news of another whale dying, another forest being decimated, or…