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By Gustavo Milare The well-known phrase "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is often cited as a symbol of resilience, optimism, and adaptability. First coined by American writer Elbert Hubbard in 1915, the saying encourages us to turn life's challenges...

By Professor Sarah Rudolph Cole, IAM Scholar-in-Residence Part 1: Exploring AI's Current Role in Mediation As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape professional fields, so too is the mediation field beginning to explore how these emerging technologies...

By Rebecca Clark "Anxiety: it's more common than you think . . ." so said the speaker during a sensitive and informative seminar I recently attended on Mediation and Mental Health. Slightly troubled, I looked at the statistics. In England, 1 in 6 people report...

By Tim Connard I had the great pleasure of being formally admitted to membership as a distinguished fellow of the Academy at the Gold Coast conference in May, alongside distinguished fellows Nate Alder, Patricia Prince and Christopher Barnes. The conference had a...

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...

By Jan Schau The massacre of October 7, 2023 in Israel and the war in Gaza that followed has had a profound effect on Jews around the world. I am proud to have participated in a series of facilitated dialogues through Ikar, a progressive Jewish congregation in Los...

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 me...

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 to...

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,...

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...