Introduction It is not uncommon for proceedings to be ordered to mediation with the consent of the parties. There are many benefits of a court-ordered mediation including the parties being able to avail themselves of the privilege with respect to…
A recent blog on the Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation website (www.ponharvard.edu) refers to a survey by Northwestern University law professor Stephen Goldberg, in which veteran mediators expressed the view that establishing rapport is more important to effective mediation than…
A complaint that is often leveled at mediators is that they do not adequately engage with the issues or with the parties. Hence there is a perception that they add little to the process. To the extent that there may…