MEDIATION COMES OF AGE IN LOS ANGELES
Within days, Los Angeles Superior Court will close its ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Department, a victim of drastic budget cuts. For the mediation community, this should be a welcome development. The court’s mediation program came about around 1994, a time when cases often didn’t get to trial for five years. It was a win-win-win-win proposition: Cases would be resolved early, so the court would reduce a crushing docket. Attorneys would have the certainty of a settlement, rather than risking trial. Clients, who must agree to any mediated settlement, would be satisfied. And...
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According to the people who study these sorts of things, the type of chair family members are seated on affects how they handle conflicts. This article is full of other simple ideas that can help all of us resolve our daily conflicts (e.g., who’ll pick up the kids) with less strife.
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