Civil Negotiation and Mediation
"Putting the 'civil' back into civil litigation and reflecting on how civility is a hallmark of mediation and should be an aspiration of litigation. Tips and strategies on negotiation and mediation from social science, psychology and neuroscience."
Author: Nancy E. Hudgins has a mediation practice in San Francisco.
Blawg Related Categories: Alternative Dispute Resolution • States • California • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Civil Negotiation and Mediation
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Why Bullying Doesn't Work in Mediation
Ever been bullied? How did you react?I’ve always reacted to bullying by digging in my heels. I don’t think I’m alone in this. Does this strategy sound like it will settle a case? I wonder,…
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Dear Reader:
I know this blog has been looking like this computer screen: blank. 2009 has been a challenging year. I wore my trial lawyer hat the entire month of January and I’ve been playing catch up…
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Negotiation When Times are Tough
I wrote a previous post on practicing negotiation in everyday life, here. Like any other skill, your negotiation skills will improve the more you use them. Now, with the economic downturn, there are even greater…
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Plan to Attend ADRNC's Annual Conference!
Join us on Saturday, March 7, 2009, for The Association for Dispute Resolution of Northern California's Annual Conference. It's just two weeks from today! We have a wealth of great speakers and fascinating topics.Rene-Marc Mangin,…
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Best Wishes to George Mitchell
I find George Mitchell, the former Senator from Maine, inspiring.President Obama has asked Sen. Mitchell to be his administration's special envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Sen. Mitchell mediated the 1998 Northern Ireland Peace…
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Liz Strauss and David MacGregor
This is a big, shout-out, THANK YOU, to Liz Strauss and David MacGregor of the New York Times.Liz is the guru of all bloggers who is the driving force behind the (now annual) SOBCON (Successful…
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Board Games for Christmas
I've posted about this board game, Diplomacy, before, but it came up again in a BBC article about the virtues of board games, e.g., players have to actually speak with each other! In our family,…
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Practice Negotiating
What to do when the economy is in the tank? Practice negotiating!The latest issue of AARP magazine has an article by Jeff Yeager, a man who makes his living bargaining for discounts and then writing…
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Please Circle Back
Faithful readers may have noticed a slowdown in my productivity over the past month. My apologies. Unfortunately, my “day job” (lawyering and mediating) is taking up vast quantities of my time at the moment. In…
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ABOTA Champions Civility
Kudos to the Northern California chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates for creating a series of seminars on civility in the practice of law. The seminars include a 30-minute video of judges and…