Best Practices When Using Zoom for Mediations: 10 Things All Lawyers Should Know

In this program, experienced mediator, Simeon H Baum, Esq., President, Resolve Mediation Services, Inc. (mediators.com) hosts an open, Town Hall style discussion – for mediators and party representatives alike – on this past COVID-19 year’s rage: Zoom Mediation. Following a brief, nuts and bolts review of Zoom and its features applicable to mediation, Mr. Baum will lead participants through a reflection on essential themes and practices for conducting effective Zoom mediations. Utilizing both PowerPoint format, group discussion, and small group discussions in breakout rooms, this program will cover skills oriented practices, general and ethical reflections on how various mediation philosophies might lead to different assessments and uses of Zoom, a retrospective review of Zoom’s use in mediation over the past year – drawing on presenter’s and participants’ War Stories; and a prospective consideration of uses of online tools for mediation even after a COVID-19 cure.