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, and advocates. Attendees will benefit from CLE programs and networking on every imaginable topic in the field.
Mediator: My Story and I’m Sticking to It
This year’s ABA Mediation Week will be here soon, Oct. 12 through 18. Lawyers, dispute resolution professionals, companies, academic institutions, communities, families and organizations of all shapes and sizes will celebrate mediation during that week. The goal each year is to promote understanding and use of mediation to manage and resolve disputes wherever they arise. Our theme this year is “Stories Mediators Tell – From Rookie to Veteran, Exploring the Spectrum of Mediation.” I consider myself both blessed and lucky to be a mediator, and this is my story, providing a general glimpse of how I view my profession.
Florida Mediator Advises Health-Care Companies: Heal Thyself
Disputes within the healthcare system are a reality, and may become more frequent. You have seen it in your hometown no doubt, the signs of consolidation among healthcare providers. You may have been a part of one yourself. We have been in a period of such marriages, partly driven by the competitive advantages of such unions, the economic/reimbursement environment in which healthcare is delivered, and the impact on the practical day-to-day division of labor between and among those in the healthcare fields.
We Leave a Trail, Florida Mediator Reminds
When you participate in a mediation as a party, advocate or neutral, you leave a trail. The trail an attorney or party creates within a particular mediation can be used to determine your goal or preferred path to reach that goal. Of course, signs can be interpreted correctly or incorrectly, and goals can change as progress is made or remains elusive. The trail I have in mind, though, is the one you extend each time you mediate, that incorporates your steps and methods within each mediation of which you are a part.
Florida Mediator Discusses What’s Going on in the Other Room
Mediation is more than just what goes on between the interests, groups, sides or rooms. It is more than the sharing, real negotiation, posturing and debate. It includes what goes on within each room. And perhaps that is the most valuable part of the entire mediation.
What’s going on over there?
I am often asked questions akin to, “What’s going on in the other room?” The “other room” is your counterpart in the process of mediating. …
Winter Park’s 12 year-old All-Star softball team is headed to the Babe Ruth World Series!
UWWM is a proud sponsor of the Winter Park 12 year-old All-Star softball team and is excited to announce their advancement to the Babe Ruth World…