Monday, October 29, 2018
What Should You Ask Your Mediator at the First Session?
At my initial free consultations, I usually start by giving potential
clients an overview of the mediation process, a little bit of background about
me and my philosophy about family law and mediation. At some point I will turn
to the clients and ask if they have any questions. I am often surprised that prospective clients
have no questions. It could be that I
have done such a comprehensive and fantastic job explaining the process that
they truly feel they have all the information they need. I don’t really think that is it though. Maybe
they have already done all the research they need. Sometimes I think that the
process is so overwhelming that clients may simply be distracted and not know
what to ask. For most people it is their
first time divorcing and they do not know where to start. Finally, sometimes clients have been referred
by people, they are not shopping around and have come in to the initial session
knowing that they plan to hire me. Sometimes, in those situation, clients save
their questions for after we officially get started.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Even More Conflict Resolution Tips
It’s hard to believe that I wrote the first in this series
called Conflict Resolution Tips for Divorcing Couples in 2005. https://mediate.com/articles/kaufmano1.cfm. More Conflict Resolution Tips was written in 2013. https://www.mediate.com//articles/KaufmanO6.cfm#
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