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Mar. 4, 2022

Moving Toward Convergence

Mediator Sean Judge asks parties to imagine what happens next

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Judge Mediation

Sean E. Judge's fifth grade class had been divided in half to debate a land dispute from California history. The students began yelling at each other across the room.

"I just stood up in the middle of the class and said, 'Everybody stop! We have to compromise,'" the adult Judge recalled. "I just remember that moment from all those years ago as ... being part of my personality. Even then I wanted to try to help people agree on th... (continued)

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