fuss about the forum: Noam Ebner goes to Cyberweek (again!)

...One way or another, I had quite a few of those moments last week, as I participated in Cyberweek, the annual online conference on Online Dispute Resolution. There’s nothing like a good show combined with the feeling of a vibrant, lively community. For a few days, it really did feel as if the web was alive with people, thoughts, ideas and connections.

I’ve participated in Cyberweek for the past six or seven years, always excited to participate in this conference which really mirrors the nature of its content – an area of dispute resolution that anyone can take part in, regardless of geographical or financial limitations, and participate in pushing a constantly expanding envelope.

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Plan to Require Mediation Stirs up State Bar‏
A proposal to require lawyers to notify their clients that disputes can be settled through mediation as well as litigation has stirred considerable opposition within the New York StateBar Association.
A resolution of the group's Dispute Resolution Section supporting the requirement was abruptly taken off of the House of Delegates' agenda Saturday after several objections were raised.
...Simeon H. Baum, a mediation proponent who was to have presented the notification proposal to the House of Delegates, said in an interview Wednesday that it is "an open question" whether the resolution can be salvaged.
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Idea of the Day: Foreclosure Mediation Programs Are Necessary

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Episode #9- ABC's of Conflict Resolution by Vickie Pynchon