Joint Session or Caucus? Factors Related to How the Initial Mediation Session Begins

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Joint Session or Caucus? Factors Related to How the Initial Mediation Session Begins

Arizona State University (ASU)_Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Arizona State University (ASU)_Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

This article by Roselle L. Wissler and Art Hinshaw published in the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution reports the findings of the first study to examine whether a wide range of factors, including dispute and mediator characteristics as well as pre-session communications and other aspects of the mediation, are related to the use of initial joint sessions versus initial separate caucuses.

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