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Uniform Mediation Act Overview

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Duration: 6:18 minutes

NextGen: No 

Teaching Notes: No

Skills: ADR | Mediation 

Skill Levels: Basic 

Type of Resources: Video 

Subjects: ADR | Mediation 

Modality: Both Online and In-Person

Participants: unlimited

Uniform Mediation Act Overview 

Jim Coben 

 

Uniform Mediation Act Opening Statement prepared for the 2001 Minnesota State Bar Association Annual ADR Institute. This “tongue-in-cheek” sample of a mediator’s opening statement shows the difficulty of conveying the Act’s complexity to mediation consumers. NOTE: The video begins with the fictional assertion that Minnesota has adopted the Uniform Mediation Act; this was for video purposes only; the Act has not yet been adopted in Minnesota.

Video available on Mitchell Hamline Open Access.

 

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