Professor Stephanie Blondell and Adjunct Professor Tamara Lopez Present "Mediation Advocacy in High Conflict Cases" -- San Fernando Valley Bar Association

Professor Stephanie Blondell presented "Mediation Advocacy: Best Practices for Working with a Mediator in High Conflict Cases" with adjunct professor Tamara Lopez for the San Fernando Valley Bar Association Probate Section. Lopez is a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS. The presentation took place on August 28.

From the San Fernando Valley Bar Association:

Mediation Advocacy: Best Practices for Working with a Mediator in High Conflict Cases

Most attorneys are familiar with breaking an impasse based on power, leverage, competing legal theories, and relative risk assessments. However, when an impasse is based on emotion, all bets are off. This short training provides tips for working in high conflict, high stakes cases, moving parties from no to yes when the impasse is based on emotion.