Texas Conflict Coach

 The USA show "Fairly Legal" is stirring up the mediation field. Whether you think it is a travesty of the professional mediation field, or the best thing that's happened to mediation since Getting to Yes, the fact is this show is pushing our buttons. Let's take a closer look at how this show is portraying mediators, what's true, what isn't, and what we wish were true. This series is NOT a documentary but an entertainment show. We want to take the opportunity to educate the public by pointing out the fiction and highlighting the facts about what mediator's really do in their practices and how mediation can be a very viable resource to resolving conflict between parties. My special co-host, Zena Zumeta and I will dialogue with Clare Fowler, author of the Fairly Legal Blog and the Editor at Mediate.com , Rita Callahan, a Conflict Resolution and Collaboration Consultant along with Jeff Thompson, a mediator and law enforcement detective from NYC as we talk about the truths of mediation, and dispel the my