Mediation Advocacy

Emphasis is placed on the skills required to proactively advocate one’s interest in a consensual process by “borrowing” the power of the mediator.

ùMediation, as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) method, is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. The virtues of mediation to prevent and settle legal disputes outside of courts, and to preserve a working relationship in ways that would not be possible in a win-lose procedure, are particularly useful in the international arena.

The course focuses on the role of the “advocates” in mediation (both the party and its lawyer): from the beginning of the dispute to its conclusion. Particular emphasis is placed on the skills required to proactively advocate one’s interest in a consensual process, by “borrowing” the power of the mediator.