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Apr. 3, 2026

Relationship-based mediation

Nonlawyer Devin Tucker brings human approach to dispute resolution

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Relationship-based mediation

Career Highlights: Devin Tucker currently serves as Director of Outreach & Engagement at the Mediation Center of Los Angeles, where she also instructs the Advanced Mediation Training Program in collaboration with the University of Southern California. Additionally, she teaches communication and cross-cultural mediation in the Beverly Hills Bar Association's 40-Hour Mediation Training. Devin began her mediation career working alongside renowned mediator Jeff Krivis, co-mediating high-stakes cases, including California's largest employment verdict to date. A frequent writer and speaker, she focuses on civil rights and how alternative dispute resolution can be a powerful tool for advancing justice.
Employment, family law, education

Mediator Devin Tucker is not a lawyer, and she doesn't fit into the traditional private neutral mold, but the 32-year-old is confident her approach to dispute resolution can get the job done.

"The work I do in mediation is relationship-based, and that's not a skill people learn a lot about in law school," Tucker said. "I do not have an adversarial background. My thinking is not adversarial, so the way I look at a situation is going to be very diff... (continued)

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