What Happens When Mediation is Institutionalized?: To the Parties, Practitioners and Host Institutions

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Sharon Press

Mitchell Hamline School of Law Dispute Resolution Institute

James J. Alfini

South Texas College of Law

John Barkai

University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law

Robert A. Baruch Bush

Hofstra University - Maurice A. Deane School of Law

Michele Hermann

University of New Mexico - School of Law

Jonathan M. Hyman

Rutgers Law School

Kimberllee Kovach

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Leonard L. Riskin

University of Florida Levin College of Law; Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

Carol Bensinger Liebman

Columbia Law Review

Date Written: January 1, 1994

Abstract

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Association of American Law Schools presented a program, at the 1994 AALS Conference, on the institutionalization of mediation – through court-connected programs and otherwise. The topic is an important one, because this phenomenon has become increasingly common. Moreover, the topic seemed especially appropriate for the 1994 program, since Florida – the host state for the conference – was one of the first states to adopt a comprehensive statute providing for court-ordered mediation (at the trial judge’s option) in civil disputes of all kinds. The move toward institutionalizing mediation has raised many questions, and the program mentioned was designed to highlight those questions, and provoke discussion. This article includes an edited transcript of the panelists’ comments.

Keywords: Mediation, institutionalized, Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR, civil disputes

Suggested Citation

Press, Sharon and Alfini, James J. and Barkai, John and Bush, Robert A. Baruch and Hermann, Michele and Hyman, Jonathan M. and Kovach, Kimberllee and Riskin, Leonard L. and Bensinger Liebman, Carol, What Happens When Mediation is Institutionalized?: To the Parties, Practitioners and Host Institutions (January 1, 1994). Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Vol. 9, p. 307, 1994, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1943791

Sharon Press (Contact Author)

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James J. Alfini

South Texas College of Law ( email )

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John Barkai

University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law ( email )

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Robert A. Baruch Bush

Hofstra University - Maurice A. Deane School of Law ( email )

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Michele Hermann

University of New Mexico - School of Law ( email )

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Jonathan M. Hyman

Rutgers Law School ( email )

Center for Law and Justice
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Kimberllee Kovach

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

Leonard L. Riskin

University of Florida Levin College of Law ( email )

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Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law ( email )

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Carol Bensinger Liebman

Columbia Law Review ( email )

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