Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Throughout the mediation process, there are several critical decisions that plaintiff’s counsel will need to make. These decisions will, in turn, determine the ultimate direction of the case. First, ...

Teaching Negotiation/Conflict Resolution (a required course) at UNT Dallas College of Law illuminates yet again (for me) the challenge new lawyers face when explaining mediation to newly minted ...

A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the involved parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps them agree on a settlement; mediation is generally nonbinding, unless the ...