This is a great video that I highly recommend to everyone interested in ending violence in our public schools -- particularly Los Angeles attorneys.  I "judge" (the DRS folks like to call it "coaching") local peer mediation "competitions" (the DRS folks don't like the word "competition)with students as young as ten and as old at 17.  And they are dynamite mediators.  If you want to get involved in some truly pro bono community service work, there's no better place to start than with LACBA's peer mediation program.

And, as always, the "kids" have a lot to teach us "adults" about collaborative vs. positional bargaining.

I am also a LACBA DRS volunteer for its community mediation programs, doing my work at the West Hollywood Community Mediation Center on Melrose under the tremendous direction of one of the world's greatest mediation conveners, Kathryn Turk.  See Part I of my interview with Kathryn below.

Finally, if you don't mind making last minute plans, come on down to the Fifteenth Annual DRS Awards Dinner this coming Tuesday, April 29, 2008, with the reception beginning at 6:00 p.m. and Dinner 7:00 p.m. at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel

                                        HONOREES

Stanton “Larry” Stein
Hon. Joyce L. Kennard

Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith

Get your tickets here!