Midterm Flashcards
What comprises of family mediation?
Paralegals can mediate in family mediation if they are not holding themselves off as paralegals. There must be specific training to work in the field of family mediation
What is open mediation
The mediator can go to court as well as write reports and have their records call for.
The benefit of open mediation is that it allows the mediator to inform the court of the impression of the parties formed during the mediation process as well as offer any insights or opinions as to a solution
The downside of open mediation is that some parties may be reluctant to discuss the feelings or views on matters knowing that their views and opinions may be used against them in court
What is closed mediation
The mediator is only allowed to report on any agreements the parties may have achieved in the mediation process in the form of a memorandum of understanding.
The mediator is restricted from being involved otherwise in a court process
What does the Canadian bar association say about arbitration in particular to conflict of interest and consent
If a conflict of interest arise meteors have to disclose the parties in dispute any conflict of interest, mediator May withdrawal as a mediator unless the party’s consent to retain the mediator, mediator or there’s associates should not establish a professional relationship with any of the parties in the matter
What is a minute of settlement
A written document containing the final terms the parties have agreed upon in selling their dispute
What is competitive and negotiation approach or positional bargaining
Bargaining aimed at getting as much as possible for the negotiating party with no concern for the other side’s needs. Win lose undertaking
What are the four points you have to prepare before you negotiate
Opening bid
Target bid
Your resistance point batna
Your bargaining range
What is an opening bid
The initial offer in a negotiation.
What is a target point
The most desirable outcome for a negotiating party
What is the resistance point
The lowest point of acceptability in a party’s present bargaining range
What is the bargaining range
The range of solutions acceptable to a negotiating party from the most least acceptable
For monetary is your opening bid minus your resistance point
What is a pendulum swing
The change of mind that occurs when a person abandons one closed in certain system for another
The problem about this type of change is that a completely abandons old experiences and fails to be discriminating about the new
What are the five kinds of conflict
Relationship
Data
Interest
Structural
Value
What is relationship conflicts
Conflicts caused by stereotyping in misperception often involving strong emotion
What is data conflicts
Conflict that occurs over information for example discriments over what information is relevant or how it should be interpreted
Like people disputing over the value of a property
What is interest conflicts
Conflicts arising from competition over substantive procedural or psychological interest
For example a woman who is angry at being denied fair treatment in a male dominated workplace
What is structural conflict
Conflicts that arise from inequities or constraints in a social structure and that often take form of destructive behavior or interaction
For example where employees with greater education are preferred to those with greater experience
What are value conflicts
Conflicts that rise when people have different criteria for valuing ideas or behaviors or have goals based on mutually exclusive value systems
What are the six thinking hats in mediation
White hat information
Red hat emotion
Black hat critiquing
Yellow hat optimism
Green hat creativity
Blue hat process
What is white hat thinking
Information
Traditional logical thinking based on info that is known and discoverable
Not really creative
What is Red hat thinking
Emotion
Looking at problems using intuition and basic gut feelings paying attention to emotional reactions rather than reason and logic
What is Red hat thinking
Emotion
Looking at problems using intuition and basic gutter feelings pay attention to emotional reactions rather than reason and logic