For this week’s episode I had the absolute pleasure of talking with veteran attorney, now full-time mediator, Jean Lawler.
Mediation now makes up around 30% of my practice, and as you’ll be able to tell from today’s conversation, it’s something I’ve truly come to love.
What really broke open this week’s conversation for me was Jean’s observation that in a world where conflict is prevalent, the tools of dispute resolution are about so much more than working out the technicalities.
They are about learning to recognize others.
A set of skills we ALL need to acquire for the betterment of ourselves and those around us.
Jean and I discuss this idea in detail, as well as how the landscape has changed since we both began practicing and what the switch from in-person to virtual meetings has done to mediations and the practice of law at-large.
Oh, and in a first-ever, we made a Top 10 list ~ live with no rehearsal.
And so for this episode, Jean and I come up with the 10 things every attorney can do to get the best out of their next mediation.
It was a great conversation and I can’t thank her enough.
Enjoy the show!
SHOWNOTES:
Lawler Alternative Dispute Resolution