Please Take Our Justice Survey
by clicking on THIS LINK HERE, NOT ON THE TITLE LINK.
MY GREAT GOOD BLOGGING FRIEND DINA LYNCH AT MEDIATION MENSCH AND ADR PRACTICE BUILDER ASKS OF THIS SURVEY:
"SHOULD I TAKE THE SURVEY AS A MEDIATOR OR A CLIENT/LAWYER?"
THANKS FOR HELPING ME SEE THE CONFUSION DINA!
HERE ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS UNDERLYING THE SURVEY:
Are we as mediators in the business of delivering justice or simply final resolution?
Do the attorneys and/or clients who use our services WANT US to be in the business of delivering justice (or enabling it?) when we help them resolve a dispute?
HERE'S THE ANSWER TO DINA'S QUESTION:
You can't really take the survey as a mediator. You need to take it as a lawyer serving clients or as the client itself.
THE QUESTIONS ARE NOT ASPIRATIONAL, i.e., would you REALLY rather WIN at any cost or LOSE fairly?
That's a genuine question.
The answers can be anonymous.
It's not an easy question to answer truthfully.
Try your best to put yourself back into a situation where you really wanted to prevail.
Now answer the survey! Here's the link to the survey again.
We'll post the results here next week.
Since I am neither an attorney nor a client, I assume that I am not being asked to complete this survey. Not all SCMA members are attorneys.
So sorry Carole and others. I do not mean to exclude mediators who aren't attorneys.
What I mean is, the survey should be taken from the point of view of a person involved in a dispute or acting as an advocate for the person involved in the dispute.
The survey should not be taken from the point of view of a mediator, whether that mediator is an attorney or not.
Clear communication is not always as easy as it looks! Thanks for calling this to my attention Carole!