In this week's episode, host Juliana Rigato-Piekarski sits down with Michael Wildes and Mergime Kajtazi. 

Michael Wildes is an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Englewood, NJ Mayor, and the author of Safe Haven in America: Battles to Open the Golden Door, by ABA Publishing.

Mergime Kajtazi is a licensed attorney in NY, Associate Vice President at Investcorp, and a war refugee from the Republic of Kosovo. She was temporarily a refugee, a domestic violence survivor, and is now an advocate for domestic violence survivors dealing with immigration issues.

Childhood, Vulnerability, And Mediation: A Successful Combination?

Alex Green IV interviews Lisa W. Timmons of the Mediation Tribunal Association, Inc., a nonprofit that is the exclusive provider of an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process known as case evaluation for the Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan. Case evaluation is an ADR process that, for many years, was unique to Michigan and Michigan still may be one of the few states that offers this ADR process. The discussion covers the conceptualization and evolution of mediation and its relation to case evaluation in Michigan as well as a recent change to the Michigan Court Rules on the use of case evaluation in civil cases.

Alternative Dispute Resolution – Case Evaluation with Lisa Timmons

How does a native Spaniard become a college football player, a prosecutor in Los Angeles, and a practitioner of restorative justice and mindfulness? In this episode, we hear about the journey of Jose Egurbide, whose session at the last ABA Dispute Resolution Section conference was among the most popular.

How I Found Myself at the Intersection of Mindfulness, Compassion and Restorative Justice

In this episode of Resolutions, featuring Mediator, Attorney, and Career Coach Gary Miles and American Arbitration Association Commercial Vice President Aaron Gothelf, they discuss the importance of active listening in mediation. Gary and Aaron cover topics including: The Barriers to Effective Listening; The Price of Poor Listening; How to Listen Effectively; and the Gifts of Good Listening

How Active Listening Can Benefit Your Mediation Practice

Resolutions is a podcast about all things Dispute Resolution. Hosted by a rotating cast of Section of Dispute Resolution members, the podcast consists of a series of conversations with professionals in the dispute resolution community about various topics of interest.

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