In this clip from The Defense Never Rests podcast episode 9, Philadelphia mediator Barbara Lyons and Judge Michael Snyder discuss opening statements at mediation. Do you think they are less useful than attorneys think? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Attorney Phil Creel teams up with Kabrina Bass, Executive Director of Midlands Mediation Center, to outline how mediation works and why it works. Many of your questions about mediation are answered in this episode of Level Up Law.

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Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution or ADR. You may also see arbitration stated as a form of alternative dispute resolution. Disputes are traditionally fought in court, but litigation is a rough process.

Arbitration is time-consuming, expensive and can end up looking a lot like arbitration.

Mediation is different from arbitration and litigation in that there is no deciding party like a judge or arbitrator. The benefit of mediation
is that it provides a chance for the disputing parties to settle their dispute in a much more cost-effective and efficient manner before jumping to more expensive means of dispute resolution mechanisms.

So, you should almost universally include mediation as a dispute resolution mechanism in your contracts. However, there are instances in which I would advise against including mediation provisions in your contracts and certain considerations to make if you decide to do so.

As always, ask me any questions that pop up after watching the video!
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Demo of a court-referred mediation by Charlie Irvine, Course Leader on Strathclyde’s LLM/MSc in Mediation and Conflict Resolution. The parties are played by Maggie MacRitchie and Paul Darroch. This clip demonstrates Charlie’s ‘activist’ style of mediation and the use of private sessions to assist financial negotiation.

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Given the Coronavirus / CoVid-19 pandemic, face-to-face mediation is problematic. Here are some tips for online video conference mediating! And see this example of an online mediation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3569P07ngGg&