The Birth of a Beautiful Tradition

By Claude Amar Picture this: four IAM members gathered around a table at Le Relais du Bois, a charming bistro nestled near the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. The year was marked by ICC Mediation Week, and Thierry Garby, Michel Kallipetis, Jonathan Lloyd-Jones, and Claude...

Smelling the Roses on the Way to Retirement

By David Hoffman My kids keep asking me when I am going to retire, but I still have two day-jobs, and I love them both: (a) teaching at Harvard Law School and (b) continuing to mediate, arbitrate, and handle Collaborative Law cases. What’s new and different for...

It’s Not a Joint Session

By Eric Galton Scene opens with lawyers and parties arriving at a virtual mediation. Mediator: Looks like everyone is here. Welcome ! Lawyer 1: You can move us into our private room now. Lawyer 2: Our group is ready to move as well Mediator: I’m not quite ready...

Regional Retreat in Canada

By Allan Stitt IAM Canada would like to invite all IAM members and mentees to our second annual weekend retreat in beautiful Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. The format of the retreat will be like the breakout sessions at conferences, where we raise challenging topics,...