Civil Litigation,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Sep. 1, 2015
Plan will force us to desert mediation
The California Law Revision Commission wants to amend state law to pierce the veil of mediation confidentiality in cases where there is an allegation of legal malpractice or misconduct by a lawyer-mediator.
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
The California Law Revision Commission wants to amend state law to pierce the veil of mediation confidentiality in cases where there is an allegation of legal malpractice or misconduct by a lawyer-mediator. (Nonlawyer mediators escape unscathed.) Apparently, although the commission has been studying this possibility for two years and invited public comment, no one had any idea the direction the commission would take until its August 7 meeting on t...
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