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Mediation - Basic Process

• My approach to mediation

• My approach as pdf

• The key goals of mediation

• Mediation Agreement

• Better negotiations and improved settlements

• Party-centered mediations-"two table" approach

• Why is this better than shuttle mediation?

• Conflict assessment

• Looking at possible trial outcomes

• Pre-mediation conference call

• Conflict Transformation

Mediation - Process Variations and Considerations

• "Parties only" mediation sessions

• Using "Technical Teams"

• Analytical approach to negotiation

• Analytical approach to negotiation

• How to get the other party to the table

Mediation - Communications

• Communications in mediation

• Communications in mediation

• Discussing the parties' interests

• Searching for resolution options

• Mediation 'Code of Conduct' for high conflict cases

• Attorney's duty to the mediator

Mediation - Preparatory Steps

• Preparing for settlement negotiations

• Selecting a company representative

• Mediation Agreement - Sample- view

• Mediation Agreement - Sample - download

• Selecting a Company representative for mediation

• Interviewing a mediator

• ADR with Government Agencies or Institutions

Environmental Dispute Resolution

• Environmental Dispute Resolution - introduction

• Conflict Assessment

• Using "Technical Teams"

• Special challenges and opportunities

• Searching for resolution options

• Facilitation-approach

• Facilitation-qualifications

• ADR with Government Agencies or Institutions

• Mediation Code of Conduct for high conflict cases

• Better negotiations and smarter settlements

Serving as Settlement Counsel

• How I work as settlement counsel

• Using a Phased Approach to settlement

• Better negotiations and smarter settlements

• Phased approach to settlement

• Representative Cases

• Settlement Counsel pdf file

Arbitration

• Arbitration- improving the process

• Making arbitration easier for your arbitrator

• Advisory Opinions

• Arbitration Agreement - Sample - download

• Arbitration Guidelines for Counsel - high conflict case

Facilitation

• Facilitation - my approach

• Facilitation - qualifications

• ADR with Government Agencies or Institutions

• Conflict assessment

My Training and Experience

• Bio-JPMcMahon as pdf

• CV - download in Word

• CV - download as pdf    

• Mediation

• Settlement Counsel

• Arbitration

• Facilitation

• Publications

Common issues & FAQs

• Issues and FAQ list

• How to get the other party to the table

• How to get the other party to the table

• Why is earlier ADR better?

Managing and resolving conflict - 
Summary index pages
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'Conflict competence'

Settlement Decision-making

• Settlement negotiator's worst enemy

• Difficulty in settlement negotiations

• Settlement errors and barriers

• Settlement errors and barriers in pdf 

• Settlement reading list

• Analytical approach

• Recommended reading

• Settlement decision errors

• Group decision errors

• Difficult settlement negotiations

Facilitation

• Facilitation - general

• Facilitation - using conflict assessments

• Facilitation - using a "convening"

• Consensus building

• Using "Technical Teams"

Areas of Interest to General Counsel

• ADR in corporations

• Finding the best dispute resolution option

• Spectrum of dispute resolution

• Using Settlement Counsel

• Three phase approach to settlement -article

• Three phase approach to settlement - outline

• Preparing for settlement negotiations

• Better negotiating and smarter settlements

• Drafting ADR clauses into agreements

• Early intervention programs

• Dispute resolution training

• What to do when a dispute threatens

Advisory Opinions

• Advisory opinion - introduction

• Setting up the process

• Considerations in whether to use

• Schematic - Trial predictability

• Submission agreement for advisory opinion - download

• Submission agreement for advisory opinion - view

Neutral Convening

• Neutral Convening - general
• Neutral Convening - article
• Contract clause - neutral convening - view
• Contract clause - neutral convening - download

Areas of Interest for Attorneys

• Choosing an ADR Option

• Spectrum of dispute resolution

• Preparing for settlement negotiations

• Drafting ADR clauses

• Three phase approach to settlement

• Better negotiations and smarter settlements

Forms

• ADR Forms page     
• Mediation Agreement - Sample - MS Word
• Contract clause - neutral convening - view
• Contract clause - neutral convening - download
• Arbitration Agreement - Sample - view

• Arbitration Agreement - Sample - download

• Submission agreement for advisory opinion - download

• Submission agreement for advisory opinion - view

• Listener Agreement - view

ADR Training that I conduct

On-line dispute resolution

• ODR-introduction

• Beyond win win (article)

PDF files on this site

• Bio-JPMcMahon

• My approach to mediation 

• Mediation Agreement

• Communications in mediation

• Analytical approach to negotiation

• CV-Joseph McMahon  

• Settlement Counsel 

• Settlement errors and barriers  

• How to get the other party to the table

• Why is earlier ADR better? 

Misc.

• Disclaimer

International

• International facilitation

• Peacebuilding - Uganda

• Inter-mediation.org