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IAM Perspectives – September 2025
It's good to get away from our everyday routines. We all need the opportunity to stop and think about what we're doing, why we're doing it and how we might be able to live better as mediators. Our international conferences provide exactly that opportunity and the...
Distinguished Fellow Vance Cooper Receives OBA Award of Excellence
The OBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Section is pleased to announce Vance Cooper, Principal, Cooper Mediation as the recipient of the 2022 Ontario Bar Association Award of Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution. About the Award The ADR Award of Excellence...
Law Firms Under Pressure to Stop Representing Fossil Fuel Interests
That’s a problem for law students like Amelia Keyes who worry about climate change and don’t want to work for a firm that represents the fossil fuel industry. When recruiters from the nation’s top law firms come to Harvard Law School, they often boast about their...
Preparing Mediation Statements
Mediation statements are brief narratives submitted by counsel on behalf of their clients (or by the parties themselves if they are pro-se) to inform the mediator and their counterparts about their case. Historically, mediation statements have been referred to as...
Honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
JANUARY 15, 1929 ( Atlanta, GA) – APRIL 4, 1968 ( Memphis, TN) “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” ...
In Recognition of Juneteenth – National Independence Day
June 19, Juneteenth, has been proclaimed a national holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Now, officially titled “National Independence Day”, Juneteenth has also been known as Emancipation Day, Jubilee Day, Freedom Day, and Liberation...
A Brief Overview of Mediation Practice in Greece during the Pandemic
From the dawn of recorded history, the concept of the “dispute resolution specialist” has been steeped in tradition, springing forth from the Greek mythology of old. Over two millennia later, mankind is confronted by the same fundamental, conflict-related problems...
IAM Member Appointed to Federal Service Impasses Panel by President Joe Biden
It is with great pride and pleasure that we can announce that IAM’s Past President and Distinguished Fellow Emeritus Marvin Johnson has been appointed to the Federal Service Impasses Panel by President Joe Biden. To read more, click here:...
The Four-Word Solution to Most of Your Conflicts
Rande Sotomayor - IAM Distinguished Fellow rande@sotomayorlaw.com Most of us try to avoid conflict. It portends confrontation, is uncomfortable at best, and is horribly violent at worst. What if SOME of the conflicts you have could be productive and leave you...
Managing Opening Offers: Mediator as Coach (Part 3 of 3)
Sheldon Stark IAM Scholar in Residenceshel@starkmediator.com Part 3: Mediator as Coach This is Part III of a 3-part article on Managing Opening Offers. Part I dealt with establishing trust and gaining confidence in the mediator and the mediator’s coaching from the...
Lockdown Loggerheads? This Mediation Tool May Help
Jennifer Egsgard IAM Menteejegsgard@egsgardmediation.com Many of us are experiencing seemingly endless coronavirus-mandated lockdowns in close, relentless companionship – of partners, children, or housemates. This presents an opportunity for closeness borne from...
Managing Opening Offers: Arriving at the Mediation Table (Part 2 of 3)
Sheldon Stark IAM Distinguished Fellowshel@starkmediator.com Part 2: Arriving at the Mediation Table Who Goes First? This is the second of a 3-part article on managing opening offers. Part I dealt with establishing trust and gaining confidence in the mediator and...
Managing Opening Offers: Are You Really Gonna Make Me Communicate that Number? (Part I of III)
Sheldon Stark IAM Scholar in Residenceshel@starkmediator.com Part 1: Setting the Table Introduction What is 168,000,000? 168,000,000 is the number of search results on the web for the term “mediation”. While there is much to be said about mediation, when...
Virtual Mediation – Has it Changed How We Mediate?
Eileen Carroll, IAM Distinguished Fellowecarroll@cedr.com Until Covid-19 struck, I had assumed that the work of the mediator in creating an environment for clients to listen to each other, to get a real understanding of what is driving the conflict and what kind of...
How We Mediators Evaluate, Through Words, Gestures and Sometimes Silence
Dwight Golann, IAM Scholar in Residencedgolann@suffolk.edu Do you give evaluations when you mediate? I suspect most of us do, although we may not consider what we do to be “evaluation” at all. At the Academy’s May conference I showed excerpts of videos of excellent...
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