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Opportunities Abound
Now that you have married your passion with your skills, here are some ideas for further research. This list is by no means exhaustive, and is intended to start your juices flowing and wheels turning. Research thoroughly and go over the list with a few of your closest friends to brainstorm other options. Take any […]
Making ADR your day job
So you’ve finished a 40-hour mediation training, completed two observations, have been observed by a qualified mediator and finally gotten your name on some court rosters. Unless your phone is constantly ringing with people requesting you to mediate, read on. Just as a JD degree doesn’t guarantee legal work, mediators may need to consider other […]
Use care with disclosure during mediation
Alternative dispute resolution could be a way for attorneys to get the inside track on the opposition’s case.
Meeting special ed concerns through mediation
Once simply a requirement under federal law, Wisconsin lawyers have embraced mediation as an alternative to resolving special education disputes. “We would not probably have the system if the law did not require it. Certainly, we would not have it for free,” said Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, managing attorney for the non-profit advocacy group Disability Rights Wisconsin. […]
Using graphics in ADR
As trial lawyers can attest, the use of visuals to complement a case can be a godsend.
Filling the ADR bookshelf
Ahhh, summer! For some, it means a little more time to kick back and enjoy a good read.
What to say when getting underway
“Yada-yada, impartiality, confidentiality, voluntary.”
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- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
