The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature was Edith Wharton in 1921, for her novel An Age of Innocence. Addressing what is, and is not, classic, Wharton wrote: A classic...
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Mediator Competency is like Truth, Beauty and Contact Lenses… Why the fifth mechanism to assure users about mediator quality really works Michael LeathesDirector – International Mediation Institute truth–beauty—contact-lenses…–article-by-michael-leathes-
2020 Vision – Where in the world will Mediation be in ten years? Read the article, then check out the comments below. Where will mediation be in 10 years time?Will...
Mediation has come a long way, but still has much further to go. The field now needs to evolve quickly into a true profession. High minimum practice and ethical standards...
Michael Leathes In early 2009, a dozen General Counsel of international companies co-authored an article entitled The Perfect Storm. The factors feeding the storm were cited as economic and financial turmoil,...
This year, 2009, celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, whose theory about how change occurs over time in organisms has had an impact far beyond the...
Certifying International Competency Standards for Mediators (Article by Michael Leathes) Download article here. Little did I know, after retiring from a career as an in-house corporate lawyer, that I would...