by Lawrence Maxwell, Jr. & Sherrie Abney. Texas adopted its collaborative law statute in 2001. Sixteen other jurisdictions have adopted a collaborative law statute as[…]
by Eric Galton. What can lawyers do to improve their mediation outcomes? Successful outcomes, Eric Galton says, start when the lawyers are setting up the mediation[…]
by Gene Roberts & John DeGroote. Assuming mediation skills are equally strong, what makes one mediation practice more successful than another? Gene Roberts and John[…]
by Suzanne Mann Duvall Mediation is in session. The mediator in is a caucus room with one side and has just presented a mediator’s proposal. Through[…]
by Michael Ellison At its most simple, conflict and persuasion are largely handled by two different, and unequal, partners in the human brain. Persuasion is[…]
Settlement in the Movies By Kay Elkins-Elliott Many movies feature successful resolution of conflict. What can we learn from these big-screen examples? Because the mediator[…]
The ADR Section of the State Bar of Texas is pleased to invite you to these courses. Click on the links for more information. Handling[…]
The Texas Mediator Credentialing Association will hold its annual Symposium in Fort Worth this year—at the Texas A&M School of Law. The date is Saturday, October 28th, and you[…]
In Builders First Source-South Texas, LP v. Ortiz, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals held, in an interlocutory appeal, that the trial court had jurisdiction to[…]