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Using this site or communicating with Walters Gilbreath, PLLC through this site does not form an attorney-client relationship. For example, a possession schedule may be a non-negotiable for a client. Not paying spousal maintenance may be another non-negotiable. If there are issues that are merely non-negotiable for the client, they should be brought up before the mediation, so the lawyer knows how to approach those issues strategically. The mediator can help you overcome obstacles to communication with the other person or party in your dispute.

Amazingly, lawyers often fail to explain the mediation process to their clients, which causes them to walk into the process uneasy and unprepared. If you are represented by a lawyer, you and your lawyer will decide how the two of you will interact during the mediation. Some lawyers instruct their clients not to talk during mediation.

In med-arb, a mediation-arbitration hybrid, parties first reach agreement on the terms of the process itself. Unlike in most mediations, they typically agree in writing that the outcome of the process will be binding. Next, they attempt to negotiate a resolution to their dispute with the help of a mediator. In transformative mediation, mediators focus on empowering disputants to resolve their conflict and encouraging them to recognize each other’s needs and interests. First described by Robert A. Baruch Bush and Joseph P. Folger in their 1994 book The Promise of Mediation, transformative mediation is rooted in the tradition of facilitative mediation.

Transformative mediators do not encourage participants to do anything. We support them in making their own choices about how they wish to respond to their conflict. Participants choose what is important to discuss and how they would like to have their conversation. The mediator does not educate on skills but rather follows the participants’ conversation to help them clarify their thoughts, feelings, and choices. Transformative mediators do not aim to transform the relationship; this can happen when the participants feel empowered and then can recognize the needs and feelings of the other person.

If this is your decision with your lawyer it is fine; however, it is important for you to know that you are allowed to speak to the mediator at any time. The mediator may decide to hold private sessions with both parties in order to move the negotiations along. The caucus provides a safe environment in which to brainstorm and surface underlying fears. The goal of the session is to find some common ground by exploring lots of options, and to bring about possible solutions for the parties to think about.

The issues in your dispute are not decided by someone else (self-determination). The mediator will ask the parties open-ended questions to get to the emotional undercurrents. The mediator may repeat back key ideas to the parties, and will summarize often. This helps the mediator build rapport between the parties, especially when a facilitative style is used. Parties would be otherwise unwilling to meet face-to-face to discuss the dispute.

The mediation process frequently repairs or builds new working relationships that are critical to the success of ongoing work. Mediated agreements often help resolve procedural and interpersonal issues that are not necessarily susceptible to legal determination. The parties can tailor their settlement to their particular situation and attend to the fine details of implementation. mediator The process removes the concern in med-arb about the misuse of confidential information, but keeps the pressure on parties to reach an agreement, notes Fullerton. Notably, however, the arbitrator/mediator cannot change her previous award based on new insights gained during the mediation. If the mediation ends in an impasse, or if issues remain unresolved, the process isn’t over.