Negotiation ABCs and the “Fiscal Cliff”
To those of us who work in ADR and who know something about the negotiations process, the current wrangling in Washington about the “fiscal cliff” is not a surprise. Consider these familiar ABCs that...
View ArticleTwelve Hours of Conflict
For the first hour of conflict, my neutral gave to me a round table with a great view For the second hour of conflict, my neutral gave to me two succinct summaries And a round table with a great view...
View ArticleWhat Might We Learn from the Post-Mediation Shooting in Phoenix?
Neutrals across the country must have experienced a mutual shudder as we read about a party leaving a Phoenix mediation, lying in wait for the other party and his lawyer to leave, and then shooting...
View ArticleSweet Deal on National ADR Conference
For the past 15 years, I have attended the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section’s annual conference, and I plan to go this year, too. The ABA bills it as the world’s largest ADR...
View ArticleA Professional Communicator?
One way that we mediators sometimes describe ourselves is as professional communicators. We are skilled at listening deeply, speaking clearly and helping people in conflict form a communication bridge....
View ArticleRSI to Present at 16th Annual ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Conference
Next week, RSI Executive Director Susan Yates will give two presentations during the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Conference. During the Symposium on ADR in the Courts on Wednesday, Susan will...
View ArticleProperty and Financial ADR Options for Families Will Expand Thanks to Cook...
The Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois serves more than 5 million residents of Chicago and surrounding suburbs. The recent revision of the county’s rule on domestic relations mediation, Cook County...
View ArticleSettlement Conferences and the Price of Contempt
In a settlement conference, what is the value of having someone present with full authority to settle? If one party lacks the authority, it can result in aggravation, wasted court fees, and lost time...
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Resolution System Institute’s Evening of Firsts
Susan Yates and Judge Morton Denlow listen to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan Last Wednesday was a great evening for RSI! We held our first-ever “friendraising” event and presented our...
View ArticleValues and Interests Revealed in Detroit “Grand Bargain”
The story of the Detroit bankruptcy mediation’s emerging “Grand Bargain” (as it has been dubbed in the media) is a fascinating case of many different groups working to protect their chosen interests....
View ArticleOne-Day Divorce in San Diego Court
I love Richard Zorza’s Access to Justice Blog, especially when he covers programs like the one offered by San Diego, California courts to accomplish divorce in a single day. Zorza cites a New York...
View ArticleSettlement Smarts for Self-Represented Litigants
Julie Macfarlane has written a useful guide for self-represented litigants participating in court-related settlement efforts, including settlement conferences with judges, mediations and direct...
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How Facebook Designed Its Template-Based Online Dispute Resolution System
Facebook’s conflict resolution process, page 1 After my original post about Facebook’s online conflict resolution system, I received some requests for more information about the company’s research...
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Facebook’s User Conflict Resolution System: An Illustrated Walkthrough
A Facebook user who objects to this photo can try conflict resolution online. This post illustrates my recent discussion of the template-based online conflict resolution system Facebook has implemented...
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Introducing RSI’s Foreclosure Mediation Research Intern
Please join me in welcoming MJ Scheer to the RSI team. MJ is a second-year law student at Loyola University Chicago School of Law who is pursuing a career in appellate civil litigation, mediation, and...
View ArticleWhat’s Labor Day Got to Do with ADR?
For a while in the evolution of the ADR field, when two neutrals met they would sometimes ask what the other’s “profession of origin” was. What they meant was, “what did you do before you were a...
View ArticlePlease Support the Renovation of CourtADR.org!
RSI is in the final months of a total renovation of CourtADR.org – the preeminent national source for advice and information about court-related ADR – and we need your help. A generous donor has...
View ArticleHow to Mediate High-Conflict Cases: Balance and Control
Like a lot of ADR researchers, I’m always interested to know what really happens in the black box that is the mediation session. So, when someone pries the box open to look inside, my eyes light up....
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Hosting an Uplifting Media Event for Foreclosure Mediation
This week Kimberly Ackmann, our Foreclosure Mediation Program Coordinator, 17th Judicial Circuit, contributes her first blog post about her program’s successful event. When my colleague Shawn Davis and...
View Article‘Tis the Season for Mediation
In what has become an annual tradition, here is RSI’s seasonal parody of the Twelve Day of Christmas. Enjoy! For the first hour of conflict, my neutral gave to me a round table with a great view For...
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