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INDEX OF ARTICLES
You Can't Go Back to the Future
10/17/19
Nine Fine Dry Mediation Whines
10/3/19
All's Not Well That Doesn't End Well
9/11/19
Three Heads Can Be Better Than One
7/31/19
Take Down the Picasso
7/17/19
Phone First
7/9/19
Mediation: Impassable - Thoughts for Mediators
6/20/19
Skin in the Game, Part 3: More From Top Trial Lawyers
6/5/19
Skin in the Game, Part 2
5/23/19
Skin in the Game, Part 1: The Bed Sore Case
5/8/19
Note to an Old Friend, The Future of Special Interrogatories
4/24/19
Time is of the Essence
4/10/19
Starts and Start-Overs
3/26/19
Getting to No You
3/12/19
The Car Guy
2/26/19
"Probably" and More: IPI Part 8
2/13/19
Having it All
2/6/19
Missi
ng Witness and More: IPI Part 7
1/28/19
Settling the Monster Case: An Interview With Matt Williams
1/17/2019
Settlement Tips and Tales From Our Readers
1/17/2019
A Natural Wonder: IPI 125.04
12/19/2018
Exercising power: Knowing when (and when not) to flex it
11/21/2018
Dick Donohue is moving on. Here are his thoughts.
11/7/2018
For Halloween: Some scary words from the judge
10/31/2018
Avoid surprises in computer insurance
10/17/2018
Turning CMC topics into mediation
10/4/2018
Making the best of a cruddy client
9/19/2018
‘Take out the noise:’ My talk with Ald. Michele Smith
9/5/2018
Lawyers on one planet, clients on the other
8/22/2018
Mediation from an alderman’s view
8/8/2018
Add Facilitation to Your Toolkit
7/25/2018
Say that to their face: See what happens
7/11/2018
Is your mediator the one negotiating?
6/27/2018
Cover the Bases
6/13/2018
Divvying up negligence vs. causation
5/30/2018
Recent Developments in Alternative Dispute Resolution
5/23/2018
Sometimes Say Never
5/16/2018
Is Batson Real?
5/1/2018
Confronting an alleged harasser
4/18/2018
Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment - Part 2
4/4/2018
Preventing and addressing sexual harassment
3/21/2018
A trip into the mediation mailbag
3/7/2018
Unpacking Mediation
2/21/2018
Arbi-traitors
2/7/2018
Wheel of Fortune
1/24/2018
Judicial dignity in the outside world
1/10/2018
With few oral arguments, make your writing shine
12/27/2017
Justice Hyman’s lessons from Lincoln
12/15/2017
Stop, Look and Listen
11/29/2017
Verdict values: While we’re on the subject,
how low is too low?
11/22/2017
Is There Such a Thing as "Too Much"?
11/15/2017
Tips From The Real Estate Broker
11/9/2017
Cause for Concern
10/18/2017
Negotiation Lessons From the Wayback Machine
9/18/2017
“It’s Your Problem: Four Veteran Court Reporters Tell All” Part 2
8/31/2017
“It’s Your Problem: Four Veteran Court Re-porters Tell All”
8/28/2017
Circumstances Beyond Our Control
8/17/2017
Can You Hear Me Now?
8/13/2017
Barney Oldfield: One that stood out from the herd
6/28/2017
Count me in: The quality of quantifying
6/14/2017
How Women Can Take First Chair
5/31/2017
'We just kept going’: Judge Clay-Herron
5/31/2017
'You know it when you feel it': My talk with
Judge Clay-Herron
5/17/2017
Preparing To Mediate
5/15/2017
Having It All
5/11/2017
Jury instructions: Tips for each side
5/3/2017
'Have a nice day, Mr. Bond'
4/19/2017
Dreading jury selection? Voir dire don'ts
4/5/2017
Collins on dissolving a law firm
3/22/2017
Recent Developments in Alternative Dispute Resolution
3/15/2017
Collins on mediating law firm breakups
3/8/2017
One spot where mediation won't work
2/22/2017
The Most Important Question Every Mediator
Should Ask
2/20/2017
Collins on the JIB and judges as clients
2/8/2017
When is it really over?
1/25/2017
Our modern-day code duello
1/11/2017
Making an offer that can be refused
1/9/2017
Inspiring Trust During Mediation and Negotiation
1/4/2017
Not tech-savvy? The court won’t find it cute
1/2/2017
Running your case through the lab
12/28/2016
How to put your case on display
12/20/2016
"We Need Each Other To Do This Job": Two Old
Adversaries Reconsider
12/14/2016
Finding your position of strength
11/18/2016
Trump and Voir Dire
11/11/2016
The good, bad and ugly with mediation
10/28/2016
Best New Tool For Case Disposition
10/25/2016
Yes, it could be worse!
10/25/2016
How Judge Griffin breaks an impasse
10/15/2016
Defense lawyers are people, too: A lesson in civility
9/29/2016
Should We Be Questioning All of Our Rhetorical Rules?
9/21/2016
Pre-diating: Mediating about Mediating
9/20/2016
Visualization: See what I’m saying?
9/19/2016
Trust is key to reaching agreements
9/1/2016
Mediation: Know whom you’re persuading
8/18/2016
Tribune Exposes Supreme Court Nominee
3/24/2016