Should Mediators also be Attorneys?
by Cris Currie Supporting Effective Agreement Among the more hotly debated issues concerning appropriate qualifications for mediators is the question as to whether it is preferable for mediators to also be lawyers. In many states, a law degree is a prerequisite for being listed as a court approved mediator. While most jurisdictions permit disputants to […]
What do nurses and mediators have in common?
So, I had an epiphany…a client called as said, “thank you for staying on the phone with me and listening to me vent, my lawyer wouldn’t have done that!” It was then it hit me…mediators are the nurses of the legal world. OK, so follow my train of thought. IN the medical world, the nurses are […]