Press on Court-Connected Mediation and Minorities
September 27, 2013

Sharon Press (Hamline) has published Court-Connected Mediation and Minorities: Has Any Progress Been Made? in the Summer 2013 issue of the Dispute Resolution Magazine, available here. Press’s article provides a wonderful summary of concerns in mediation related to minority mediators and to minorities as parties in mediation. Regarding minority mediators, Press observes: [C]ommunity mediation began with a strong commitment to employing racially diverse personnel and volunteer mediators. The model...

From the Spring 2013 DR Magazine: Welsh and Lipsky
July 23, 2013

This Spring’s Dispute Resolution Magazine is filled with great articles exploring whether and how we should regulate ADR. Among these articles is a piece by Nancy Welsh (Penn St.) and David Lipsky (Cornell) called, “‘Moving the Ball Forward’ in Consumer and Employment Dispute Resolution: What Can Planning, Talking, Listening and Breaking Bread Together Accomplish?” I found this piece particularly striking as an example of the value of learning conversations. The article starts off with...

Using Fear and Guilt to Persuade
May 2, 2013

James Stark and Douglas Frenkel have published Using Fear and Guilt to Persuade: What Might Empirical Research Tell Mediators? in...