Trashing, Bashing, And Hashing It Out: Is This The End Of Good Mediation?
By James J. Alfini, February 8, 2012
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This article, based on studies at the Florida Dispute Resolution Center in 1990, compares new privatized and legalized mediation to traditional methods of and attitudes toward mediation. Part I traces the history and current status of court sponsored mediation programs in Florida. Through interviews with mediators and lawyers participating in a circuit court mediations, circuit mediation practices, styles, and strategies are assessed in Part II. Part III concludes that although circuit mediation practices reflect a fairly wide range of traditional mediator styles, certain institutional concerns and related practices threaten to transform mediation from a consensual to a coercive process.
