by Shawn Skillin | Nov 3, 2022 | Mediation Skills
Clients generally choose mediation for several reasons -mostly good ones- occasionally not so good. It’s sometime hard to know when a client is acting in good faith or when they are trying to manipulate a situation. That’s why you have to be observant...
by Shawn Skillin | Apr 6, 2019 | Mediation Career
By Shawn Skillin, Esq. Family Resolution Institute Co-founder A Mediation Career can be rewarding whether you’re a lawyer, a mental health professional or a financial professional. No matter what types of disputes you may mediate, mediation as an alternative...
by Shawn Skillin | Dec 16, 2017 | Mediation Skills
By: Shawn Weber, Esq. FRI Founder, Attorney, Mediator, Collaborative Divorce Practitioner ©2017 By Shawn Weber Perhaps the most important divorce mediation skill I have learned over the years as a family law mediator is keeping one’s eye on the emotional...
by Shawn Skillin | Mar 2, 2017 | Mediation Career
By Shawn Skillin, Esq., Family Resolution Institute Trainer and Co-Founder My Previous Life In my first professional life, I was a nurse. Then I got this crazy idea to go to law school. As a nurse I worked in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, I was...
by Shawn Skillin | Dec 29, 2015 | Mediation Skills
By: Shawn D. Skillin, Esq., FRI Founder, Attorney, Mediator, Collaborative Divorce Practitioner ©2015 By Shawn D. Skillin In divorce mediation, there is almost always a numbers person and a feelings person. The numbers person was probably...