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ADR Needs More Diversity

Posted by F. Peter Phillips on March 5, 2010 under Conflict Resolution

I’m a 60-year old white guy, two years into the terrifying challenge of building a solo practice as a mediator/arbitrator.  And the gist of this post is that more women and people of color need to be hired as neutrals. 

I worked hard for this goal when I was Senior Vice President of CPR Institute, and served as Staff Liaison to the CPR Task Force on Diversity in ADR.  And now, that prima blogger assoluto al mondo, Victoria Pynchon, has started a series of posts with her characteristic flair and logical power, pressing the issue.  You Go, Girl! Read more »

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Theory Becomes Practice: A Project with Built-In Conflict Prevention

Posted by F. Peter Phillips on February 10, 2010 under Conflict Resolution, systems design

From the invaluable BASESwiki comes news of just the development I and others have pounded the table about:  A long-term project that features a formal and permanent ”canary-in-the-mine” that identifies and addresses problems early on, and successfully prevents conflicts. Read more »

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In March, Virginia is for [ADR] Lovers

Posted by F. Peter Phillips on February 1, 2010 under Conflict Resolution, International, Mediation, systems design

Two interesting conferences will take place in Virginia during the month of March — one focusing on investor-state dispute prevention and the other on a variety of challenges and opportunities faced by Virginia mediators. Read more »

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Do Attorneys Obstruct Mediations?

Posted by F. Peter Phillips on January 18, 2010 under Conflict Resolution

Victoria Pynchon’s Settle It Now blog is on my daily list, and a recent post brought to our attention an interesting study on whether, by certain objective standards, attorneys get in the way of mediators’ work.   Read more »

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