Convene a gathering of private, for-pay mediators to discuss the prognosis for their future and their conclusion is likely to be “guarded.” Informal mediator surveys and anecdotal evidence suggest that perhaps 20% of private mediators garner 80% of the business. Some senior lawyers who took 40 hour civil mediation training over the past decade thinking ADR would be the next cottage industry providing a soft retirement landing have dropped out...
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