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Windows on diversity: Lawyers, culture, and mediation practice
Author(s) -
LeBaron Michelle,
Zumeta Zena D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
conflict resolution quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1541-1508
pISSN - 1536-5581
DOI - 10.1002/crq.39
Subject(s) - mediation , competence (human resources) , legal culture , transformative mediation , diversity (politics) , organizational culture , psychology , sociology , alternative dispute resolution , social psychology , political science , public relations , law , social science
Abstract This article explores connections among culture, lawyering, and mediation. Starting from a broad definitionof culture, the authors illustrate ways that cultural competence is important to mediation practice and processdesign. They suggest that awareness of legal culture is an important facet of mediator competence because of thepervasive influence of legal ways of thinking in mediation process design and implementation.