CT Mediation Association

07/24/2026

https://creditorcoalition.org/special-feature-should-bankruptcy-judges-mediate-cases-pending-before-them/

A growing debate has emerged within the restructuring community over whether bankruptcy judges should personally mediate cases pending on their own dockets.

10/16/2025

Sometimes lawyers who work as mediators must explain to unrepresented parties the differences between mediating a case and representing clients and discuss what that means, according to a new ethics opinion by the ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

08/13/2025

A Caucus? (photo by Marilyn Swanson) By: Donald L Swanson A study [fn. 1] of mediations in small claims cases reaches this conclusion: The over-use of a caucus format is bad for mediation. Fin…

07/23/2025

By: Donald L Swanson Every now and then we get a picture of actions in mediation that result in sanctions. Studying such a picture can be helpful to us all—by illustrating the types of actions to b…

07/02/2025

From afar? (photo by Marilyn Swanson) By: Donald L Swanson Hypothetical: Your client in a complex Chapter 11 case has a dispute on a core issue with another party. The disputing parties decide tha…

06/11/2025

In-Person (Photo by Marilyn Swanson) By: Donald L. Swanson Mediators prefer Online Dispute Resolution to In-Person Mediation, in mediations conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity …

06/04/2025

In-Person (Photo by Marilyn Swanson) By: Donald L. Swanson “Nearly 70% of the participants prefer Online Dispute Resolution [e.g., via Zoom] to In-Person Mediation . . . Only 13% preferred In…

03/28/2025

This is the recording of a webinar on Mediation that was presented by Glenn Reisman Mediation in March 2025.

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, confer...

01/05/2025

https://understandinginconflict.org/15535-2/

In the last fifty years, mediation methodology has evolved into a widespread and reliable approach to resolving disputes amicably, effectively, and

12/26/2024

Transforming (photo by Marilyn Swanson) By Donald L. Swanson A study report on mediators is, “Becoming the change we wish to see: The unexpected benefits of conflict resolution work,” by Susan…