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Court-connected mediation in Massachusetts another casualty of tough economy

Diane Levin
November 11, 2008 19:07

In news that has stunned the alternative dispute resolution community in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Trial Court has terminated its mediation contracts with programs approved to provide services in courts throughout the Commonwealth. Last month Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick ordered deep...

Latest issue of The Complete Lawyer - and the ADR column “Human Factor” - now available

Diane Levin
July 07, 2008 12:36

The latest issue of The Complete Lawyer, an online journal focusing on quality of life and career satisfaction for attorneys, is now available — and along with it, its special ADR column, “The Human Factor“. This issue of The Complete Lawyer asks, “What’s your exit...

Whose opinion counts: should clients, not lawyers, be the ones to evaluate mediators?

Diane Levin
June 10, 2008 14:05

Two respected thinkers in the mediation field, Leonard Riskin and Nancy Welsh, recently made available on the Social Science Research Network an advance copy of the law review article they co-authored, titled, “Is that All There is? The ‘Problem’ in Court-Oriented...

The value of a human life

Diane Levin
May 29, 2008 21:19

One case haunts me still, from the days when I was practicing law. The clients were parents left bereft by a tragedy that no mother or father should ever have to face. A driver in a truck, speeding down a quiet suburban street one warm spring morning, struck and critically injured their...

Part 2 of “The Human Factor” ADR column now available at Complete Lawyer

Diane Levin
April 29, 2008 16:54

“A Sound Mind in a Sound Body” is the theme of the latest issue of The Complete Lawyer, an online magazine covering professional development, quality of life, and career issues for attorneys published by Don Hutcheson. It explores ways to reduce stress; a look at nontraditional careers;...