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Jury Duty With a Mediator Mindset, Part 3: Liability Issues and Causation
Jury Duty With a Mediator Mindset, Part 3: Liability Issues and Causation The plaintiff asserted the construction company had been negligent by failing to exercise due care in re-routing traffic away from the pothole. There was no question the construction company knew about the pothole; the issue was what duty it had to p... Read More

Jury Duty With a Mediator Mindset, Part 2: The Jury
Jury Duty With a Mediator Mindset, Part 2: The Jury Seven of us were selected to serve – six jurors and one alternate. I initially tried to guess who the alternate was but recognized it was futile. I had no real information from which to make that judgment. Our jury was composed of five men and two wo... Read More

Jury Duty with a Mediator Mindset, Part 1
Jury Duty with a Mediator Mindset, Part 1 This story begins with the receipt of a jury summons from the Orange County Courthouse in the first quarter of 2014. ... I had appeared for state court jury duty in the past but was never chosen to serve on the jury. I assumed this journey would enta... Read More

It’s a Wrap, Seattle
It’s a Wrap, Seattle Interested in teaching, learning, or networking with diverse alternative dispute resolution practitioners, educators, and consumers of ADR? Join the ABA Dispute Resolution Section at it’s 18th Annual Spring Conference in New York next April. Last ... Read More

Pre-Arbitration Preparation -- Being a Better Advocate
Pre-Arbitration Preparation -- Being a Better Advocate Efficient arbitration serves the interests of the parties in arbitration. Attorneys and arbitrators should understand what facilitates that goal of efficiency in order to reach it. Counsel should, right out of the box, provide all foundational docume... Read More

ADR Education on Display in Seattle
ADR Education on Display in Seattle Wednesday night (April 16, 2015), four teams of law students were given fact patterns in preparation for the semifinal rounds of the 2015 National Representation in Mediation Competition. Each team, consisting of two students, developed a presentatio... Read More

Advocates, Educators, Students and Neutrals Convene in Seattle
Advocates, Educators, Students and Neutrals Convene in Seattle Hundreds of professionals from around the world started arriving in Seattle Wednesday (April 15, 2015) for the 17th Annual Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference. Today, they are networking and presenting or attending concurrent sessions ran... Read More

Mediating Professor: Lawrence Kolin Guest Lectures
Mediating Professor: Lawrence Kolin Guest Lectures Last week, I had the privilege of teaching the Mediation Theory & Practice class of my UWWM colleague Brandon Peters at Florida A&M University College of Law. I was glad to find the students bright and eager to learn the practical side of our profess... Read More

ADR Section Presents 'Solutions in Seattle'
ADR Section Presents 'Solutions in Seattle' This week, Seattle hosts the 17th Annual Spring Conference of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. This year's theme, "Solutions in Seattle" will bring together hundreds of both new and well seasoned ADR practitioners, educators, service providers,... Read More

Teachers Worldwide Provide Advice to Prevent Lecture 'Letdown'
Teachers Worldwide Provide Advice to Prevent Lecture 'Letdown' This week, I learned about the professional bond shared by the international community of educators. After writing about my delivery of a lecture that felt “flat,” I invited my blog readers to provide advice about avoiding letdown after an exciting g... Read More

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