Originally from Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation

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The Real Practice System Menu of Mediation Checklists received many rave reviews. People said that they are “interesting,” “informative,” “so very useful,” “really helpful,” “great,” “excellent,” “wonderful,” “fantastic,” “invaluable,” “impressive,” “very thorough,” “brilliant,” and “utterly awesome” resources. “Just wow!”

I identified numerous ways that the checklists could be used by practitioners, program administrators, and faculty, and I asked people to describe how they might use them. John Lande, “How Do You Want To Use the Real Practice Checklists?” Indisputably (Dec. 12, 2023) (available at https://bit.ly/3VjqEXU). I am very grateful to current and former practitioners Graham Boyack, Gary Doernhoefer, Brian Farkas, Clare Fowler, Laura Kaster, Randy Kiser, Jim McGuire, John Sturrock, Jeff Trueman, Tom Valenti, and two court mediators for providing their extremely thoughtful responses. (The full identifications are below.)

This article summarizes their ideas using excerpts from their responses.