Court-Ordered Mediation & Voluntariness
Feb 21, 2014 by
Mediation generally works the best when all parties are willing. The voluntary nature of mediation is one of the process's hallmarks. However, sometimes parties end up in mediation, because a judge told them to go. When volunteer mediating in the Cook County Courts I have seen participants still put real effort into the process and walk away with a self-determined agreement. Those cases are...