The mindmapping tool is discussed, and a link provided to a demo, in Online Mediation. Denver’s Steve Harhai presented mindmapping at a LBA/AAML seminar a few years ago.The possibilities of mapping case information and issues are endless, and at the time I thought it was something we should explore. Sorry to say, other new, cool...Read More

Online Guide to Mediation reports a new alternative dispute method (can this be a joke?) used by a federal court in Florida. The order directs that “counsel shall engage in one (1) game of “rock, paper, scissors.” The winner of this engagement shall be entitled to select the location for the 30(b)(6) deposition to be...Read More

Here’s a directory of alternative dispute resolution blogs posted on The World of Alternative Dispute Resolution. We will create a category for these blogs soon so they are at ready reference. After reading The Kentucky Law Blog’s mediation piece yesterday, I wonder if we should be on the lookout for anti-mediation sites. Seriously, Mike’s experience...Read More

The Mediator Blah…Blah… blog has a good posting called “When The Going Gets Tough…Do’s and Don’t for Mediators“. The blog itself has a nice flair. The preceding post , Tech News, was good, too. It shows a white board with the nuts and bolts of an agreement scribbled on it.Read More

The Online Guide to Mediation has a good post on the useful tool of reframing issues.”The art of reframing is to maintain the conflict in all its richness but to help people look at it in a more open-minded and hopeful way.”Read More

We don’t make this stuff up! From the Online Guide to Mediation Blog:“The marrying kind: wedding planning mediators help couples steer clear of conflict” Later this year you will be hearing much about the AAML’s newest project, “Focus on Forever”, aimed at helping couples work through difficult life questions before marrying, in an effort to...Read More