Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2005
Journal Title
Dispute Resolution Magazine
ISSN
1077-3592
Abstract
Article Extract:
A mere fifteen years ago, the term mediation was confused regularly with meditation. Much has changed. The courts, frequently derided as overcrowded and expensive for individual litigants and the public, now rely on mediation to resolve cases and reduce dockets. Attorneys and judges are advocates; many have become mediators themselves.
Disputants generally express satisfaction with the process. It is not surprising that mediation-along with other ADR processes-has achieved institutionalization in the courts, public agencies and the private and nonprofit sectors.
We are now embarking on the next stage: professionalization. There are increasing references to "dispute professionals" or "professional mediators." Presumably these terms signal something more than simply being paid for dispute resolution services or achieving popular recognition of the title “mediator.”
First Page
13
Last Page
16
Num Pages
4
Volume Number
11
Issue Number
3
Publisher
American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution
Recommended Citation
Nancy A. Welsh & Bobbi McAdoo,
Eyes on the Prize: The Struggle for Professionalism,
11
Disp. Resol. Mag.
13
(2005).
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