Parenting While Angry
This article is arranged as an open letter to my clients, who are divorcing during the pandemic.
George Floyd: A Call to White Leadership
The purpose of this brief article is to respond to the article titled “George Floyd: What Leaders Need To Do Now,”published in Mediate.com and to offer some comments by a living black man whose paternal grandfather and grandmother were slaves.
Mumbai Set to Host India’s First Masters Course in Mediation
Mediation in India has taken giant strides over the last few years. The new course offerings are a testament to these advances.
Ministerial Panel on Extrajudicial Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
The Manifesto of Justice Complementary to the Jurisdictional System: A Concrete Answer to the Social and Economic Emergency. An Italian manifesto for resolving social disputes.
The Kindness of Strangers During a Pandemic
Amidst all the pandemic grief and fear, people step up in big ways to help each other.
In Zoom We Trust
My first real-life experience with pandemic-forced online dispute resolution was in early April — a baptism by fire.
Tips for Divorcing Couples - Videos 2 through 5
We decided to bring experts together who can provide some tips on how to deal with the stress of not only COVID-19 but the stress of going through a divorce or separation during these unprecedented times.
Exploring Mediation in Netflix's Tiger King
Netflix's ubiquitous documentary, Tiger King, is a real-life lesson in the value of mediation over litigation. Whether you're Joe Exotic battling with Carole Baskin, an employee frustrated with a co-worker, or a spouse leaving a marriage, mediation can work efficiently while preserving your sanity, saving you time, and reducing your costs.
To Mediate (out of) Corona
What can be learnt from mediation practices, towards handling the Corona challenges?
ODR Tips and Tricks
With the COVID-19 pandemic and everybody home, Internet becomes the highway of contact with the world. And, in mediation, mass transmigration to ODR.
4 Things You Definitely Need to Become an Accomplished Online Mediator
The success of online mediation depends 95% on your mediation experience and skills.
The Death of Traditional Mediation - An Obituary
Traditional mediation was not a "one size fits all."
Lessons from Teaching Facilitation Online
What a dispute resolution teacher has learned about connecting online.
Violence Against Women and Girls Pandemic and Gendered Dimension of COVID-19
Imagine there was a pandemic that globally impacted close to 1.3 billion women and girls at some point in their lives.
Will Your Relationship Survive the Coronavirus Lockdown?
6 Tips to Strengthen your Relationship during Covid-19 Lockdowns
The Space Between Unpeace and Peace
Honor the space between no longer and not yet, Nancy Levin.
The Coronavirus Crisis Provides an Opportunity to Adopt Better Systems for Licensing Lawyers than the Bar Exam
At one point, 34 states had diploma privilege rules but then the “ABA Code of Recommended Standards for Bar Examiners stated individuals should not be admitted to practice without passing a written bar exam.”
Impatience, Conflict, and Covid-19
Impatience can be a big contributor to conflict, and an obstacle to effective conflict resolution.
Verbal Self-Defense Begins with a Mindset of Compassion and Empathy
What does it mean to learn the art of verbal self-defense? First, it means understanding the purpose and establishing a mindset behind this approach.
Helping Not Hoarding
The uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has hit us all like a ton of bricks, particularly over the past week, as each day brings a new development.
Research Shows We Can Work Toward Peace Through Understanding
This article addresses how our brain reacts when we feel understood versus when we don’t feel understood.
The Next New Normal in Law, Dispute Resolution, and Legal Education
A recent post anticipates that as we go through the current crisis, we will develop a “crisis new normal” and, after we recover from the crisis, a “normal new normal” (NNN).
Why?
I just finished reading a book entitled, Start With Why? By Simon Sinek (Penguin Group, New York, 2009) which posits a simple thesis on why some organizations are very successful and others are not.
Be Kind
We need to keep in mind that everyone is having a tough time and treat them with kindness.