For a forthcoming article about law school mediation courses, I developed a list of key values and principles that I think people in our field generally share. They are about the roles of practitioners – including both mediators and attorneys – when working with clients in mediation. Faculty can advocate them in any mediation course and practitioners can apply them in their work. The following list is adapted from the article.
Mediation of cases involving legally-represented parties is an ensemble process including active roles for parties and attorneys who are actors with human agency and understandable concerns. They should not