Alternative Dispute Resolution
Oct. 2, 2026
Like baseball, mediation is a process, not a one-day event
An initial mediation session that ends without settlement is not necessarily a failure. Staying engaged, flexible and patient can turn early progress into an eventual resolution.
In less than a month, the Fall Classic--Major League Baseball's World Series--will remind us that a game is never decided in the first inning. Nor is a season decided by a single difficult game.
It was Yogi Berra, one of the great characters in MLB history, who immortalized the concept: "It ain't over till it's over." When he was manager of the 1973 New York Mets, his team struggled through much of the season but, against all odds, it went on to win the Nation...
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