You’re confident going into the room.
Then something shifts.
You start to question if you’re capable of it.
Someone says, “That’...
You won the legal point and lost the deal
Early afternoon.
There’s an offer on the table.
Your client looks at you.
You give your...
With 3+ PQE barristers and lawyers, you already have legal experience.
That isn’t the only constraint anymore.
What gets tested...
I was with two lawyer friends on the weekend who are on vacation: one from LA, one from San Francisco.
He said you get good at...
The law doesn’t change in mediation.
The room does.
That’s what the Mediation Mastery Workshop (working session) is about.
...There’s a point in most mediations where the day changes.
You see it when offers slow, and people say:
 “Let’s see what they co...
I get asked this a lot:
“Aren’t your mediation strategies soft… or manipulative?”
Soft? No.
They’re habits you internalise, so t...