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Should you mediate by Skype?  Perhaps.  There are benefits and warnings.

When a recent case was scheduled and one client would not be present in person, an attorney called me to discuss the client's participation by telephone.  After a short discussion, we decided to…

There are days when we are in conflict with another person we respond strongly to his or her action or words that may not have the same impact on other days. Fatigue, personal or professional worries and other stressors all contribute to how reactive we are, to whom and for what reason. Some strong emotions leave us in a state of heart and mind that may confuse us and add to the strain we already experience as a consequence of the conflict. These emotions can sometimes take over and we find…

• Human Rights Watch released a report accusing Myanmar/Burma and its army of continuing a “systematic repression” of citizens, including the use of anti-personnel landmines, child soldiers, forced labour, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and the use of human shields, despite the government’s promise of reform and ceasefire agreements with some ethnic armed…

Basia Solarz has created and implemented an impressive transformative mediation program at the Health Authority in Nova Scotia. Here's her description of how she did it.

I work as a Conflict Transformation Specialist for Capital District Health Authority in Nova Scotia, Canada. In this role, I provide mediation, individual and group conflict coaching, and education & training services to the 12,000 people working in our organization. My colleagues in the Healthy Workplace…

U.S. District Chief Judge Hon. Garrett E. Brown, Jr. (Ret.) Joins JAMS

February 1, 2012

New York – JAMS, the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide, today announced the addition of Hon. Garrett E. Brown, Jr. (Ret.) to its panel. Judge Brown will be based in the JAMS New York Resolution Center. He will serve as an arbitrator, mediator and special master for disputes in a variety of areas including…

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Join in as Lou Gieszl and Cheryl Jamisonexamine conflict dynamics when race is an issue. Racism is less overt and yet more complex than at any other time in our history. Because racism tends to be…