Alternative Dispute Resolution
Oct. 2, 2009
Mediation Advocacy
Marco Turk of California State University Dominguez Hills says creative lawyering skills are needed to resolve disputes in mediation.
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
With the increasing reliance on alternative dispute resolution processes, the tendency is to search for just the right independent neutral resolver to assist the parties to achieve a solution to their problem. This is especially true with mediation. What is easily either forgotten or ignored is that the primary responsibility of the neutral is to assist parties in coming to resolution and not designing one for them. The parties must undertake this responsibility or rely on co...
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