Teaching Mediation As a Lawyering Role Developments

Authors

Jacqueline Nolan-Haley, Fordham University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Legal Education

Volume

39

Publication Date

1989

Keywords

teaching mediation, alternative dispute resolution, law professors

Abstract

The growth of the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) movement has generated an increased interest in the study and practice of mediation as a nonadversarial method of conflict resolution. With mediation, individuals settle their disputes using a neutral third party who has no power to impose a settlement. Historically, mediation has been widely neglected in legal education, and-except for those involved in the labor field-lawyers have not practiced it. Recent gains in visibility have not necessarily resulted in widespread acceptance of mediation. In fact, mediation has even been openly resisted by some members of the legal profession.

Recommended Citation

Jacqueline Nolan-Haley, Teaching Mediation As a Lawyering Role Developments, 39 J. Legal Educ. 571 (1989)
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