The Practice of Mediation: A Video-Integrated Text [Connected eBook]

by Douglas N. Frenkel, James H. Stark

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook on CasebookConnect, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities, plus an outline tool and other helpful resources . Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. This widely-adopted, all-original book was the first in the field to combine complete analysis of the mediation process with integrated video case studies illustrating the full range of mediation skills. Engaging text is keyed to seven hours of online video, featuring three different cases, all based on actual disputes: a child custody case, a small claims consumer dispute, and a complex negligence suit. These unscripted mediations were conducted by mediators and lawyers with a variety of backgrounds and styles. The video includes an extended comparative example of facilitative and evaluative mediation of the same matter. The integration of text and video in The Practice of Mediation: A Video-Integrated Text, Third Edition enriches students’ understanding and allows classroom and clinical instruction to proceed more rapidly and on a far more sophisticated level. New to the Third Edition: Professors and students will benefit from:

592 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2012

About the author

Douglas Frenkel is the architect of Penn Law’s nationally renowned clinical program having served as Director of the Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies from 1980 to 2008. Under his leadership, the program grew to include real-case courses in litigation, transactional representation, mediation, legislation, child advocacy and transnational lawyering. He specializes in alternative dispute resolution generally and mediation in particular. He is the author of innovative teaching materials and videotapesin this field and frequently serves as a mediator in employment, commercial, educational and family matters. His multi-media book on mediation skills and ethics (with James Stark) is the first work of itskind to integrate text and video (The Practice of Mediation: A Video-Integrated Text, Aspen Law & Business, 2008). Frenkel’s other major area of expertise is legal ethics, having been a founding faculty member of the Law School’s Center on Professionalism. He regularly teaches courses in legal ethics and consults with lawyers on matters of professional responsibility and lawyer liability.