Alternative Dispute Resolution
Feb. 15, 2001
The Trials of Mediation
Because mediation is faster, cheaper and more informal than traditional civil litigation, it often is painted with a bright smile. But some say the sunny surface conceals a darker portrait of a practice grappling with conflicting legal duties and thorny ethical dilemmas.




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