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Contract And Conflict Management, Thomas J. Stipanowich
Contract And Conflict Management, Thomas J. Stipanowich
Thomas J. Stipanowich
Despite the widespread use of mediation and other dispute resolution processes in the United States today, many members of the bench and bar - including those responsible for the drafting, interpretation and implementation of consensual dispute resolution provisions still lack a fundamental grasp of the process choices available to contracting parties. More often than not, their information is fragmentary, their perceptions framed by anecdote and hearsay in lieu of personal experience. Transactional lawyers, those in the best position to offer advice and counsel in the structuring of contractual conflict management options, tend to be less well informed than colleagues in …
The Quiet Revolution Comes To Kentucky: A Case Study In Community Mediation, Thomas J. Stipanowich
The Quiet Revolution Comes To Kentucky: A Case Study In Community Mediation, Thomas J. Stipanowich
Thomas J. Stipanowich
This article is part of a symposium entitled “Emerging Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems” and discusses Professor Stipanowich's experience helping to establish a court-connected community mediation program. The article includes extensive discussion of the practical, legal and ethical issues associated with such programs and includes some early case statistics.