Article on New Confidentiality Court Rule

An article that I wrote for the State Bar ADR Section’s newsletter on the new court rule on confidentiality in mediation has now been published in its January 2012 edition. The court rule went into effect last September, and we are still trying to figure out how to integrate it into our mediation practice–specifically, how do mediators discuss confidentiality in our retention agreements, and what do we say about it in our mediator opening statements? In trainings I’ve done on this topic, there is a lot of interest–and uncertainty. I’m part of a panel discussion on this topic with Ed & Brian PappasĀ at this year’s ANDRI in March ; maybe they’ll figure it out for all of us!