Workshop Sessions D2: Walking the Tight Rope in Mediation: The Art of Balancing Evaluation Techniques

(CME: Mediator Ethics)

Presenter: Harold Coleman Jr., Alexia Georgakopoulos, Rebecca Storrow

This is a repeat from Workshop Session C1 on Friday, August 14, 3:00 - 4:00 PM.

A series of case simulations will help participants uncover the opportunities and pitfalls in supporting a party’s evaluation of their position. Strategic techniques should yield to the ethical, socio- psychological dimensions, and cultural frames of problem solving.

We will challenge the rational-strategic approach to decision making that insists parties will always choose the “better” option or correctly assess risk and reward.