The Practice of Mediation A Video-Integrated Text [Connected eBook]

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• A new chapter on mediating by video conference presenting the best available research comparing remote and in-person processes
• A new chapter on the growth of pre-mediation conferencing with nearly one hour of new video content depicting Zoom conferences in an employment discrimination matter
• New text on the potential impact of virtual mediation on mediator ethics, mediation representation, and the mediation process as a whole

• Practice-based and research-based analysis of negotiations and why they fail
• Contextualized model of the role and effective skills of the mediator, applicable across the entire range of disputes but focusing on those prevalent in clinical and simulation settings
• Exploration of fundamental norms of the process and, through real case problems, the ethics of mediating
• Video and case-based introduction to the role and skills of representing a client in mediation
• End-of-chapter problems to aid assessment of student learning
• Transcripts of video clips for close post-viewing analysis
• The richness of classroom discussion made possible by the shared experience of having viewed video clips that illustrate important skills and which can trigger constructive exchanges and criticism