Mediation Advocacy: Representing Clients in Mediation reveals how to get the best out of mediation. It is a practical, how to guide aimed at those who attend mediations as representatives, clients, experts or mediators.
Things you will learn include: what actually happens in mediations; the essential skills for all representatives; the tricks that mediators play; the things you must and must not do as an advocate; how to prepare effectively for a mediation; and the best ways to negotiate at mediation.
The core of Mediation Advocacy: Representing Clients in Mediation is civil and commercial mediation, but it also considers family, workplace and community highlighting the ways in which the processes differ.
It contains checklists, flow charts, bullet point summaries, precedents and FAQs.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Give copies to each of those attending your next mediation - it will make it so much easier. -- Rebecca Attree * The Law Society Gazette * Written from a practical perspective, the author (an experienced mediator and former litigation solicitor) takes you right inside the process, from deciding if and when to mediate, choosing the right mediator, how to prepare both physically and mentally, through to settlement and beyond...This will appeal to the logically thinking legal professional [as it provides] key factors to help you understand if you are going to help your clients make a good decision, which is what mediation is all about. -- Rebecca Attree * New Law Journal * Mediation Advocacy: Representing Clients in Mediation is filled with simple, clear language and valuable concepts for any advocate, and not just those advocates who have some specialty relating to mediation...a handy go-to guide for any non-mediation specialists who find themselves thrust into a mediation. -- Leslie Cuthbert * Law Society * The value of this book leaps off the page on even the most cursory review of its contents...easy reading and easy off-the-shelf reference. -- Joel Richler * Dispute Resolution International Vol 10, April 2016 *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Zielgruppe
Produkt-Hinweis
Notizbuch/Blanco-Buch (Hardback)
Maße
Höhe: 248 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-78043-792-7 (9781780437927)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Stephen Walker practises as a civil and commercial mediator and has conducted over 300 civil and commercial mediations. He has also undertaken specialised training in family and workplace mediation, advanced training with MATA and training to become dual certified in the USA through INADR. Stephen is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as well as a visiting lecturer in mediation at Kings College London and Oxford Brookes University.
Contents
PART A: INTRODUCTION TO MEDIATION ADVOCACY AND THE MEDIATION PROCESS
Chapter 1 Introduction to ADR
Chapter 2 What is Mediation?
Chapter 3 Mediators - Who Are They?
Chapter 4 Mediation Styles: What Mediators Do and Why
Chapter 5 What Does The Client Want?
Chapter 6 What is Mediation Advocacy?
Chapter 7 Risk/Benefit Assessment
Chapter 8 When and Where to Hold a Mediation: Is It Important?
PART B: THE MEDIATION
Chapter 9 Mediation Process: Mediators' Tricks
Chapter 10 The Stages of the Mediation Days
Chapter 11 Physical Preparation
Chapter 12 Legal Issues
Chapter 13 The Mediation Agreement
Chapter 14 Settlement Agreement
Chapter 15 After the Mediation
PART C: MEDIATION ADVOCACY SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES
Chapter 16 Negotiation Fast Track Tactics
Chapter 17 What Type of Mediator Are You?
Chapter 18 Mind Traps Alert
PART D: SELF-ADVOCACY: REPRESENTING YOURSELF
Chapter 19 Self-Advocacy
PART E: CONCLUSION
Chapter 20 Conclusion
