Mediation Blog
The Matthew Effect
It seems that everywhere one looks, there is an implicit bias lurking behind the scenes. While recently, it was the birthday paradox, this week it is the implicit bias we have regarding status. In an [Read More]
Virtual Mediation Is Here To Stay!
Recently, I received an email from Darren Lee, Executive Director of The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) with the results of a survey (NADN-2022-SurveyOfLitigators-ViewsOnODR[64656] ) of litigators on virtual mediation. The survey compared responses [Read More]
Another Example of Not Trusting Our Intuition!
Many of my blogs have focused on cognitive biases or systematic errors of judgment. In perusing the internet, I found another interesting example of why we should not trust our intuition. A LiveScience article (“What [Read More]
Back To Basics: Why Mediate?
As part of my preparation to teach a class on mediation confidentiality, I reviewed the Uniform Mediation Act with all of its comments (UMA). In doing so, it struck me that although mediation is extremely [Read More]
Another Bias with Long Term Consequences!
Whenever I see an article on implicit bias, I must read and write about it. This time, the article is entitled, “Embedded bias: How medical records sow discrimination” by Darius Tahir of Kaiser Health News. [Read More]
86,400 Seconds
Last week, I posted a blog about the shortness of our working life and whether we really want to spend it embroiled in litigation. That post reminded me of a much earlier post (dated October [Read More]
