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What Happens When Mediation Is Institutionalized?: To The Parties, Practitioners And Host Institutions, Sharon Press
What Happens When Mediation Is Institutionalized?: To The Parties, Practitioners And Host Institutions, Sharon Press
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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 …