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To make their work more effective and efficient, lawyers require some basic understanding of why their clients make the decisions they do and how to better respond and help. There is no need to become a neuroscientist, but some knowledge of this discipline is desirable. Also, we at least can explore some of the factors that drive the decision-making process in broad terms, emphasizing the cognitive aspects but also delving into economic principles and behavioral psychology. This series of blog posts may help in guiding a client before, during and after a mediation.
A leading consortium of academics, business executives, law firms and dispute resolution professionals are collaborating on a new and exciting...
As recently as last year, the idea prevailed that the field of online dispute resolution is in its “scratches on the cave walls” phase.
John...
John Upchurch
A presentation by Hon. Richard Allen Nielsen, Tampa, the incoming chair of the Florida Bar Rules of Civil Procedure...
John Upchurch
The Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS) presented its third annual conference in Ft. Lauderdale earlier...
To be maximally effective, the mediation advocate needs to be both knowledgeable and capable in the eyes of the "other side", and a trusted counselor...
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. ...
North Carolina lost its favorite son earlier this year when Andy Griffith died at the age of 86. Griffith starred on The Andy Griffith Show ...
Understanding of the facts and legal principles of a particular case is only half of the equation of mediation. An understanding of the personal...
It requires no citation of authority to say that the law favors settlements. Yet settlement agreements are contracts and, as such, are subject to...