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ICODR Podcast Episode 18: ODR in Courts in Canada and Cyberjustice with Dr. Nicolas Vermeys
Similar to the phrase “fit the forum to the fuss,” the type of dispute should determine the the type of ODR tool that is used. In this episode, host, Ian Macduff, talks with guest, Dr. Nicolas Vermeys about a variety of topics related to incorporating ODR into Courts in Canada.
An Interview With a Family Court Judge
Part II Adam Berner’s interview with Honorable Ronny Jo Siegal (Ret.), family court judge, on divorce mediation and family court. The following excerpt is from an interview that I had with the Honorable Ronny Jo Siegal (Ret.), who presided as a family court judge in Passaic County and then in Bergen County for over eight years prior to her retirement (as required by New Jersey law, at age 70).
Conflict Resolution Strategy #2: Focus on Interest and Needs, Not Positions
As noted in last week’s column, the field of mediation and conflict resolution provides a sort of modern mussar for best practices in dealing with interpersonal relationships and conflict management. It also provides the framework and tools that I use every day to help families, usually divorcing couples, reach amicable settlements together, in a problem solving approach, instead of enduring the high cost and trauma of an adversarial and court based litigation.
Prenups: Poison or Passion?
By Adam J. Berner, Esq., MA | May 27, 2020 Part I As we begin to consider a life out of quarantine and start (re)planning special life events including weddings, it seems like a good time to raise the issue of prenups. I am not referring to the Beth Din of America’s Halachic Prenup, which should be signed by every Jewish couple before they wed.
New Questions and Court Closing Leave Divorcing Couples Struggling for Solutions
You are here: Home Features Hike in High Point State Park During Chol Hamoed By Adam J. Berner | April 07, 2020 Unique times create unique questions. Many of us have seen the recent t’shuvos of Rav Herschel Schachter ruling on the unique circumstances that this year’s Pesach has brought to our families and our homes. We are blessed to be able to rely on the shoulders of Rav Schachter and other halachic authorities to guide our community.
Understanding ‘Collaborative Divorce’
You are here: Home Features The Day My Father Took Me to the Movies By Adam J. Berner, Esq., MA | March 19, 2020 Collaborative divorce, by definition, sounds like a contradiction. Yet, the collaborative divorce process is the answer to many divorcing couple’s attempt to work out their divorce in the best way possible for their family. How does it work?
Beginning [the End] With the End in Mind
You are here: Home Monthly Sections Health Link Beginning [the End] With the End in Mind By Adam J. Berner, Esq., MA | September 26, 2019 At the eve of a new year, we are mindful of new beginnings. Hopefully, with these beginnings will come new resolutions or re-commitments. But making resolutions alone will not be sufficient to help us accomplish all that we hope for in the new year.
How Is This Divorce Different From All Other Divorces?
You are here: Home Features How Is This Divorce Different From All Other Divorces? By Adam J. Berner, Esq., MA | May 02, 2019 Exploring four paradigms of collaborative (and mediated) divorces. Collaborative practice and mediation are unique alternatives to help divorcing couples reach an optimal divorce settlement. For the uninitiated, however, what that uniqueness is may not be clear enough.
Understanding Mediation
By Adam J. Berner, Esq., MA | March 28, 2019 You would be hard pressed to find a family lawyer in the State of New Jersey who is opposed to mediation. Over the past decade, with the pressure of the over-docketed court system as well as divorcing couples (or other parties in conflict) who would rather keep their money instead of giving it to attorneys, mediation has become a household term.
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