Graduating as valedictorian of her West Point class is Kate McKeane's first victory. McKeane then walks a tightrope braided with self-doubt, courage, and persistence, as she confronts both the vicious drug lords and the "guerrilla warfare" of America's right wing conservative politicians.

Queen of Battle

Literature & Fiction

Cooley, John W.

Genre Fiction

Xlibris

Graduating as valedictorian of her West Point class is Kate McKeane's first victory. McKeane then walks a tightrope braided with self-doubt, courage, and persistence, as she confronts both the vicious drug lords and the "guerrilla warfare" of America's right wing conservative politicians.

Xlibris, Corp.

Pracademics

Science & Math

Physics

Format Hardcover Subject Science System Theory Publisher Xlibris Corporation

You will learn how mediation works, what cases are suited for mediation, how to select a mediator, and how to best prepare yourself and your client for mediation. Discover tactics you can use during the mediation hearing and learn what you can do if an agreement isn't reached.

Mediation Advocacy (NITA's Practical Guide Series) (NITA practical guide series)

John W. Cooley

National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA)

Specific advice on how arbitration works, pre-hearing considerations, advocacy at the arbitration hearing, effective openings and closings, tactical considerations, and shaping the process. Detail checklists help you choose the appropriate arbitration forum and panel and give guidance on drafting pleadings.

Arbitration Advocacy (NITA's Practical Guide Series) (NITA practical guide series)

Lubet, Steven

Rules & Procedures

Well-known dispute resolution educator John W. Cooley has revised and updated The Arbitrator’s Handbook for lawyers and continuing legal education arbitration courses.  The Arbitrator’s Handbook, Second Edition, begins with an introduction to arbitration describing its stages, types, benefits, and limitations. Cooley defines the role, authority, and ethics requirements of the arbitrator. Cooley then examines the arbitrator’s pre-hearing duties, focusing on the initiation of the arbitration as well as the preparation stage. Chapter three focuses on the hearing, covering such topics as the arbitrator’s opening statement, handling of preliminary matters, review of basic rules of evidence, and making rulings on motions and objections. Chapter four explores the post-hearing such as ruling on post-hearing motions, deciding the merits of the case, and drafting the award and the opinion supporting the award. Chapter five, a new chapter in the second edition, covers information useful to arbitrators when conducting a cyberarbitration. Checklists are included in appendices A-D to ensure that the lawyer/arbitrator takes key actions at critical stages ! of the arbitration process. The appendix also contains updated sample arbitration forms and rules.  Highlights include:  The International Arbitrator  Understanding Basic Principles of Evidence  Ensuring Completeness and Accuracy of Transcripts   Drafting the Award    Domestic Arbitration Rules    International Arbitration Rules

Arbitrator's Handbook

National Institute for Trial Advocacy

Because of mediation's widespread use, mediator skills have been elevated to the group of core skills needed by all law professionals. In this book, John W. Cooley stresses that mediator skills training involves more than simply teaching techniques for resolving disputes. Skills training should also address essential lawyering attributes that carry over into every aspect of the practice of law, such as competent service, leadership, professionalism, and civility. Cooley presents an invaluable handbook that encompasses a broad range of practical and theoretical issues covering all stages of mediation. The Mediator's Handbook compiles in one volume all the information needed by mediators who serve in a wide variety of litigation or litigation-related disputes. 
From the preliminary stage of mediation to the mediation session or conference, to post-conference duties, The Mediator's Handbook provides a full range of features geared to assist the mediator in systematically performing his or her duties competently and efficiently. 
Chapter One contains basic information regarding the nature of mediation, including a description of the stages and types, as well as the benefits and limitations. It also defines the role, authority, and ethics requirements of the mediator. 
Chapter Two provides a comprehensive description of the types of communication skills that the mediator needs to perform his or her functions effectively. 
Chapter Three describes the mediator's preconference functions and duties, such as how to choose a co-mediator, how to plan and conduct a preliminary caucus or joint meeting, and the specific steps to follow in preparing for the mediation session. This chapter also provides useful suggestions on preparing for several types of complex mediation. 
Chapter Four focuses on the mediator's conference functions and duties. In addition to setting forth comprehensive, step-by-step guidance for delivering a mediator's opening statement, Cooley describes how to conduct the joint session, initial caucuses, restructural caucuses, and decisional caucuses. This chapter also describes the distinctions between the mediator's function in facilitative, evaluative, and transformative mediation processes. 
Chapter Five addresses the mediator's post-conference functions and duties and Chapter Six describes the hybrid, non-mediational processes. The appendices contain checklists to ensure that the mediator does not forget to take key actions at critical stages of the mediation process and also contain sample mediation forms, rules, ethics, and civility guidelines. 
Although written for experienced mediators of litigated disputes, this book is also of interest to the novice mediator who has conducted a few supervised mediations and now wants to attempt a more complex dispute settling. The Mediator's Handbook also contains valuable information for non-lawyer mediators such as counselors, psychotherapists, financial and estate planners, and accountants who are commonly involved in domestic law disputes, particularly in divorce mediation.

The Mediator's Handbook: Advanced Practice Guide for Civil Litigation

Natl Inst of Education Unsolicited

Written by a lawyer for lawyers, Mediation Advocacy was critically acclaimed in 1996 for its in-depth examination of the mediation process. Now, six years later, the mediation field has changed dramatically, and John W. Cooley updates this classic text to include a comprehensive chapter on cybermediation as well as new sections on various mediation design processes and techniques. 
In Mediation Advocacy, Second Edition, Cooley leads you step by step through the stages of mediation. Chapter 1 introduces the two principal ADR processes-mediation and arbitration. Chapters 2 through 6 provide useful information and practice tips for advocates regarding every stage of representation in the mediation process. Each of these chapters includes a checklist highlighting key actions at critical stages of the mediation process. Chapter 7 addresses hybrid ADR processes, such as co-mediation, mini-trials, and summary jury trials. Chapter 8, a new chapter in the second edition, examines effective advocacy in cybermediation. It contains a wealth of new information including: 
Basic definitions of electronic dispute resolution terms Alternative cyber-ADR processes Benefits and limitations of cybermediation Ethics of cyberadvocacy Considerations in selecting a cybermediation service and cybermediator 
Cooley includes a cybermediation vignette concerning a four-party dispute. This real-life scenario takes readers through the various stages of cybermediation including preparing the case and client, in-session and post-session advocacy. The appendix contains sample mediation forms and rules, a list of ADR providers, and a list of nonprofit organizations that study and promote the use of ADR.

Mediation Advocacy (NITA Practical Guide Series)

Reference

Natl Inst for Trial Advocacy

This insightful guide to the arbitration process will help you achieve the best results for clients in all types of arbitration settings from commercial to labor. John W. Cooley, an experienced judge, trial attorney, arbitrator, and mediator, and Steven Lubet, author of NITA's best-selling Modern Trial Advocacy, have revised this book to reflect an up-to-date description of the arbitration process for advocates. 
You will get specific advice on: 
<ul>
<li>How arbitration works </li>
<li>Prehearing considerations </li>
<li>Advocacy at the arbitration hearing </li>
<li>Effective openings and closings </li>
<li>Tactical considerations </li>
<li>Shaping the process</li>
</ul>
Arbitration Advocacy, Second Edition, contains a new chapter on attorney ethics and a new chapter on cyberarbitration, "Effective Advocacy in Cyberarbitration," which explores the variety of online dispute resolution services available, the benefits and limitations with the use of cyberarbitration, and considerations in selecting a cyberarbitration service and cyberarbitrator. 
Detailed checklists help you choose the appropriate arbitration forum and panel, and give guidance on drafting pleadings. The appendices include sample arbitration agreements and forms, commercial arbitration and ethics rules, a list of firms offering arbitration services, a list of ODR service provider websites, and procedures for online arbitration. 
Excerpt on cross-examination from Arbitration Advocacy: 
"If direct examination is your best opportunity to win your case, cross-examination may provide you with a chance to lose it. A poor direct can be aimless and boring, but the witnesses are generally helpful. Your worst fear on direct examination is usually that you have left something out. A poor cross-examination, on the other hand, can be truly disastrous. The witnesses can range from uncooperative to hostile, and you constantly run the risk of actually adding weight or sympathy to the other side's case. Moreover, the arbitrator inevitably perceives most cross-examinations as a contest between the lawyer and witness. You can seldom afford to appear to lose."

Arbitration Advocacy (NITA Practical Guide Series)

Law Practice

Aspen Publishing

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Queen of Battle

Queen of Battle

Pracademics

Pracademics

Mediation Advocacy (NITA's Practical Guide Series) (NITA practical guide series)

Arbitration Advocacy (NITA's Practical Guide Series) (NITA practical guide series)

Arbitrator's Handbook

The Mediator's Handbook: Advanced Practice Guide for Civil Litigation

Mediation Advocacy (NITA Practical Guide Series)

Arbitration Advocacy (NITA Practical Guide Series)