Arbitration & Mediation

Is a Mediator?s Notebook/Handbook useful?

By Christopher Annunziata

I have recently been toying with the idea of creating a Mediator Handbook/Notebook. I think the idea comes somewhat from my days as a litigator and the desire to distill mountains of information into readily available, bite-sized chunks; and somewhat from Geoff Sharp , who mentioned it to me in an email a few months ago.

I have two main concerns with the idea:

1) What to include?
and
b) Will having (and referring to) a three ring binder of materials during a mediation undermine my effectiveness?

The more I think about it, the more the latter becomes the more troublesome question for me.

More after the jump (more…)

Full post as published by CKA Mediation and Arbitration Services Blog on March 15, 2008 (boomark / email).