WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Due prior to the beginning of the Third Class: Prepare a personalized Mediator Opening Statement discussing, among other things, your qualifications to be a mediator. The Statement should be approximately 2 to 4 pages, which you could use in future mediations. Include your actual current job, if any, your current year in law school, your upcoming employment for the summer, if any, and a current copy of your resume. Both the statement and resume should be emailed to both professors at the following email addresses: RORourke@MeyersRoman.com and EMYoung@RALaw.com REQUIRED READING Never Split the Difference--Negotiate Like Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss; Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell; STRONGLY Recommended but not required Reading: Effective Legal Negotiation and Settlement by Charles B. Craver Amazon Link to Craver
Recommended Reading: "Never Split the Difference Core Message" Productivity Game; Craver, Chapters 13, 14, and 16.
Recommended TED Talks to Improve Your Career: Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection; Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator; How Great Leaders Inspire Action; The Little Risks You Can Take to Increase Your Luck; How to Disagree Productively and Find Common Ground; Why We Need to Teach the Humanities; A Pro Wrestler's Guide to Confidence; How to Find the Person Who Can Help You Get Ahead at Work; What Baby Boomers can Learn from Millennials at Work--and Vice Versa; Why I Have Coffee with People Who Sent Me Hate Mail; Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are; 3 Ways to be a Better Ally in the Workplace; Ways to Have Better Political Conversations; 10 ways to Have a Better Conversation; The Power of Introverts; How to Make Stress Your Friend;
First Class
Negotiating Tips: Craver, Section 2.02, Chapter 3
Video - Negotiate Like a Dog; Video: How to Negotiate-Herb Cohen: Video: Car Negotiations-Do not get conned by a car salesman: Video - Stanford: Conducting Effective Negotiations; Video- Secrets of Negotiation: Roger Dawson I; Video - Secrets of Negotiation: Roger Dawson II; Video - Negotiation: Roger Dawson, Ask for More; Video: Negotiation - Roger Dawson, Conflict Resolution; Video-Negotiating with People from Different Cultures-Japanese; Video-Negotiating with People from Different Cultures-French; Video-Do You Leak Your Negotiating Secrets with Your Body Language?; Video-Negotiating Dos and Don'ts From Master Negotiators; Video-6 Ways, Plus 1 More to Break Negotiation Deadlock; Negotiation Skills: Chris Voss Australia Real Estate Keynote May 2017; Negotiation Skills: How to Negotiate to Buy a Car
Second Class
Craver, Chapter 4
Overview: What is Mediation?; How Mediation Works; Mediate.com Newsletter (Good to Sign Up for Newsletter); Video: What Qualities Make a "Good Mediator?" The Mediation Process: Mediation: 10 Rules for Success; How Does the Mediation Process Work?; Uniform Mediation Act: Uniform Mediation Act; Ohio Supreme Court Cuyahoga Common Please Court-What to Expect From Civil Mediation; Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Mediation Program
Mediator Opening Statements:
Third Class
Mediator Skills/Negotiation: Craver, Chapters 5 and 6.
Mediator Opening Statements:
Mediator Script; Mediator Script II; Video: Meet Your Mediator: Mediator Opening Statement Checklist
Third Class
Mediator Skills/Negotiation: Craver, Chapters 5 and 6.
Video; Mediation Skills that Lawyers Should be Taught; Video: Hardball Negotiating Tactics: Why They Work, How They Fail so Badly; Video: How to Get People to Agree; Video: Negotiating Skills: Dealing with Difficult Issues; Video: Secrets of Negotiation - Roger Dawson; How Good are Your Communication Skills?; Video-Three Factors in Negotiating (Win-Win?) Video: William Ury; Negotiating Sustainable Agreements; Video: Win/Win or I Walk Test for Spotting the Story; William Ury: Walk from "No" to "Yes" (TED Talk);Black Swan - Thew Negotiation Edge Blog.
Fourth Class
Fourth Class
Craver, Chapter 10, 17
AAA Commercial Rules (Arbitration and Mediation): AAA Arbitration and Mediation Rules
ABA Information: Online Mediators Collaborative Resource Guide; American Bar Association: Lawyer's Obligation for Truthfulness in Mediation;
AAA Commercial Rules (Arbitration and Mediation): AAA Arbitration and Mediation Rules
ABA Information: Online Mediators Collaborative Resource Guide; American Bar Association: Lawyer's Obligation for Truthfulness in Mediation;
Cuyahoga County Mediation:
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Mediation Program; Cuyahoga County Foreclosure Mediation Form; Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Mediation Links
Medina County Mediation:
Video: Interview with Bruce Francis, Medina County Common Pleas Court Mediator
Mediator Ethics: Settlement Ethics Donald Trump and Stormy Danials; Mediator Ethics and What Actually Guides Us?
Fifth Class
Craver Chapter 12 in its entirety