HUMAN LAW MEDIATION

Podcast on mediation, ADR & marketing

I have just conducted an interview with Cole Silver. His profile is here but as he writes "As a lawyer and certified career and marketing consultant, I head up The Silver Group, a company specializing in career and business development for lawyers and professional service organizations. The high performance training, products and consulting activities that I offer have turned personal, professional and organizational visions into reality. As a motivator and innovator, with more than 27+ years of successful Legal and Executive Management expertise, I thrive on sharing empowering business development strategies that help people succeed in their careers."

My interview which focused on mediation and marketing is available to download here. There were excellent questions from Cole.

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Recommended resource on mediation - The Mediator Magazine

An excellent resource on mediation is "The Mediator Magazine" which is edited by Matthew Rushton.

This month in Craving Collapse the magazine asks what the anticipated downturn might mean for mediation generally, and whether mediators, like litigators, can look forward to an upsurge in work.

Elsewhere conisderation is given of  IMI's global standards commission; details of David Shapiro's departure from SJ Berwin; and news of the launch of an organisation for mediation advocates.

They meet mediator Amanda Bucklow as she returns to the UK following a World Bank appointment to mediate a US$5bn dispute in Fiji. And following last month's poll, they sound out three leading non-lawyer mediators on whether lawyers really do have an advantage as mediators. (See Is Law-Law better than War-War?.)

In My Toughest Mediation this month, Jane Andrewartha writes about handling multi-party disputes where interests and principles are in conflict.

Great resource. Worthy of support.

Recommended resource for UK lawyers looking for CPD

A good resource for looking for CPD courses is Source the Course - Legal CPD courses for solicitors, barristers, legal executives and legal cashiers - thousands of courses listed from over 90 legal training providers.  Legal Secretary Courses - click on Paralegals & Support Staff below to search for training courses for legal secretaries. You can save time in the experience by registering for CPD Watch. Essentially they will send you details each month of legal CPD courses coming up in your practice area and preferred location.

Are we going to have credit-crunch mediation?

An interesting piece in the FT saying that "big banks and their clients are gearing up for possible post-credit crunch lawsuits that may start hitting the courts within six months, leading lawyers said yesterday.

Lawyers report high demand for advice about contract flexibility and banks' vulnerability to legal action alleging mis-selling and mis-valuation of investment products.

The comments suggest all sides are trying to work out details of losses and potential culpability before launching lawsuits that will be costly and could shred reputations."

It is not all great news for litigation departments as the article observes: "While post-credit crunch cases have started to emerge in the US, it seems investors in Britain are still wary of the huge lawyers' fees and the bad publicity that inevitably accompany a commercial lawsuit in London."

On this basis, lawyers should be educating their clients on the advantages of mediation in that it can lead to claims settling sooner(thus saving legal fees and time) as you can circumvent the disclosure process and as mediation is without prejudice, confidentiality can be retained. 

New resources on mediation on Human Law Mediation website

Just a brief post to let you know that we have some additional resources on our main website on mediation which are:

10 Negotiation Tips

Mediation Questions Answered

Recommended podcast on Human Rights

An interesting podcats on the Charon QC dealing with the president of the Law Society, no less. This what attracted me and many other lawyers to the profession, the idea of doing good and helping those in need. The issue at hand is the fate of lawyers in Pakistan and as

Mr Andrew Holroyd, President of the Law Society, has said in the Press: “Solicitors have a duty to uphold the rule of law. The rule of law requires the judiciary and the legal profession to be independent and free from political interference. The Law Society continues to urge the government of Pakistan to return to an internationally recognised standard of the rule of law and to release and reinstate those lawyers and judges who remain in detention.”

Listen to Podcast 41: Andrew Holroyd, President of The Law Society