Are Government Agencies and Private Mediators Appropriately Promoting Mediation Services?
Is there a common goal and strategy regarding public policy as it relates to mediation? Is it advisable for government agencies to use volunteer mediators or flat fee payments to promote the use of mediation? Are private mediators helping or hurting the field by volunteering or working for reduced rates? This panel will explore the similar and differing interests that drive their decisions about how to promote mediation. The moderator and audience will engage the panelists in a discussion of the topic. Panelists: Sandy DeBlanc Mediation & Dispute Resolution Certificate Program Graduate Maara Fink President of Ohio Mediation Association; Clinical Professor, The University of Toledo College of Law Jacqueline Hagerott Manager, The Supreme Court of Ohio Dispute Resolution Section Hon. Stephen McIntosh Judge, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Harold Paddock Attorney; Mediator; Founder of Settlement Week Moderator: Terry Wheeler Co-Director, Capital University Law Schoo
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