Legal Research Guides by Course - Art of Mediation: Theory and Practice

Course Description

Mediation is becoming part of the legal process in civil and family cases, with courts and legislatures increasingly mandating alternative dispute resolution prior to trial. The goals of mediation are to save time, expense, and stress of a trial, protect the parties' privacy and autonomy, and, in family cases, protecting children from the adversarial process. This course explores history and theory of conflict management and provides practical training in mediation for students considering this field of practice or for others desiring improved negotiation skills. Students will participate in a variety of role play scenarios that build practice skills and techniques. The course in combination with Family Law is approved by the Association for Conflict Resolution and satisfies the requirement of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Pa R.C.P. 1940.4) as the training standard for court-appointed family mediators. Students successfully completing the course will receive a Certificate in basic mediation training. Course is graded Pass/Fail. (2 credits)

Faculty Who Teach This Course:

• Lynn MacBeth, Esq. (adjunct professor)

Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:

Print Collection

KF531-KF537     Divorce Separation
KF547     Custody
KF9084     Negotiated Settlement - Compromise
KFP100     Pennsylvania Divorce Separation
KFP104.6     Pennsylvania Custody
KFP560.3     Pennsylvania Negotiated Settlement - Compromise

Legal Research Databases

• Bloomberg BNA Online - The Family Law Reporter
• Bloomberg Law
• Hein Online
• Lexis Advance
• WestlawNext

Mediation in General

• Mediation, Arbitration and Collaborative Law (Nolo) - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/mediation
• Mediation (JAMS) - http://www.jamsadr.com/adr-mediation/
• MWI: Mediation and Negotiation Services - http://www.mwi.org/
• American Arbitration Association - http://www.adr.org/aaa/
• National Mediation Board - http://www.nmb.gov/
• National Mediation Training Registry - http://www.mediationtrainings.org/index.php
• Conduct in the Mediation Session - http://dodea.edu/Offices/DMEO/upload/ADRTipsTechiques.pdf
• Mediation Techniques and Why Honesty is Always the Best Policy - http://www.perrydampf.com/docs/Mediation-Techniques-Honesty-Always-Best-Policy.pdf
• Mediate.com - http://mediate.com/
• Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School - http://www.pon.harvard.edu/

Divorce and Family Law Mediation

• Divorce Mediation (Divorce HQ) - http://www.divorcehq.com/divorce-mediation.shtml
• Association of Conflict Resolution - http://www.acrnet.org/Default.aspx
• Mediation as an Alternative to Litigation (divorcesource.com) - http://www.divorcesource.com/ds/pennsylvania/mediation-as-an-alternative-to-litigation-3217.shtml

Mediation in Pennsylvania

• US District Court Western District of Pa Alternate Dispute Resolution - http://www.pawd.uscourts.gov/Applications/pawd_adr/pages/adr.cfm
• Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania - http://www.mediationwp.org/
• Pennsylvania Council of Mediators - http://www.pamediation.org/reports.html
• Pittsburgh Mediation Group - http://www.pittsburghmediationgroup.com/our-services

Blogs

• Association for Conflict Resolution's Blog - http://associationforconflictresolution.wordpress.com/
• ADR Prof Blog - http://www.indisputably.org/
• Kluwer Mediation Blog - http://kluwermediationblog.com/category/family-mediation/
• Mediation Channel.com - http://mediationchannel.com/
• ADR Times - http://www.adrtimes.com

DCLI Webpage Links

• Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, federal and state case law)
• Legal Research Guides: Practice Skills

Course Listed Under the following Law School Concentrations

• Family Law
• Labor and Employment Law
• Religion and Moral Life

Course Satisfies: Professional Skills Course Requirement

9/17/2012; rev. 2/4/2013
Patricia Horvath