Effective Mediation Advocacy Student Edition

Présentation de l'éditeur : "Using the structure and much of the content of the practitioner edition as outlined below, this invaluable guide uses generic principles and techniques to help guide students in this new field of study, leading on to professional practice. Covering issues of substance, including the legal context of mediation, process, tactics and strategy, the book also includes the current rules and example problems set for more than ten major national and international student mediation and negotiation competitions held around the world."

The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities, plus an outline tool and other helpful resources. Mediation: The Roles of Advocate and Neutral, Fourth Edition, integrates mediation skills and strategies with theory, ethics, and practice applications to teach students about legal mediation and how to represent clients effectively in the process. This book reflects the experience of its authors, who are both professors and practicing legal mediators with decades of experience teaching and resolving cases. It includes all the coverage of mediation found in Resolving Disputes, the survey text, as well as material on negotiation and hybrid processes and additional coverage of mediation. Most important, this book has become a fully video-integrated text. As they read students are referred to 65 unique video excerpts, embedded in the text and instantly accessible, which show leading mediators applying specific techniques and strategies to overcome barriers to settlement. New to the Fourth Edition Video: Unique and diverse video excerpts, created expressly for this book and embedded in the text, featuring mediators from the U.S. and around the world. Virtual mediation: Analysis of the special aspects of mediating via Zoom, based on the experiences of professional mediators. Grief and loss: New material probing deeply into the psychology of loss and how it affects settlement decisions. ODR: New readings on online mediation. International: Perspectives and video of international practitioners, based on the authors’ experience training mediators on five continents. Professors and student will benefit from: Concise content that supports an active experiential class, without sacrificing the deeper knowledge expected in a law school course. An informal writing style that presents actual case examples, practical advice, and thought-provoking questions written for students who will soon become lawyers, representing clients in mediating disputes. A practice-based approach that helps students apply concepts, including realistic roleplays that facilitate classroom discussion. Examples of lawyers taking on roles as informal mediators, giving students models of how to apply mediative skills immediately in their practice.

In today's legal world, being an expert in the process of mediation is essential to effective representation. Mediation Advocacy is the perfect companion for a lawyer at any stage of the game, leading you step-by-step through the stages of mediation. Each chapter includes a checklist highlighting key actions at critical stages of the mediation process, helping you think and act strategically from the beginning of any dispute. This edition includes a detailed chapter on cybermediation, as well as sections on various mediation design processes and techniques.Written by a lawyer for lawyers, this book will change the way you practice law.

Revised edition of Conflict resolution for the helping professions, 2007.

Are you getting the best out of mediation? Written by an active practising mediator, Mediation Advocacy: Representing and Advising Clients in Mediation takes you inside the mediation process, from the initial consideration of mediation to settlement and beyond. Drawing on current practical experience and the latest behaviour research in clear readable language it deals with the legal, financial, psychological and practical dimensions of mediation. A 'how to do it' guide for anyone attending mediations as representatives, clients, experts or mediators, the fully revised, restructured and updated Second Edition includes: - New chapters on: -- Cross cultural issues – what to say and do and what not to say and do. With examples that you can use -- Online Mediation – explains the differences when mediating by phone or via a video link. Tips and tricks to help you get started -- Developing your practice as a mediation advocate: people are making money as specialists. Learn how to do it - Increased emphasis on how to conduct a negotiation in mediations - Expanded chapters on mind traps and the effect of cognitive biases on decision-making - New material on how to speak and present at mediations. Includes exercises to put you in the right mental and physical state on the day - Improved visuals and flow charts - Worked examples of risk analysis - Updated scripts for advocates and clients to use in joint sessions - Dedicated sections on self-advocacy – for those who are going to mediation without their lawyer