Dispute Resolution Section

Immunity Incorporation by Reference

Recently the Commission has been asked to look at certain aspects of waivers and immunity for mediators. In preliminary discussions with Tara, it occurred to…

Deb Dilman Receives Harmony Award

At the Annual Meeting of the Dispute Resolution Section this past March, attorney Deborah (Deb) Lynn Dilman became the inaugural recipient of the Section’s…

Dispute Resolution in a Nutshell

It’s been an excellent year for the Dispute Resolution Section. We awarded our inaugural Harmony Award to Deb Dilman of Southpark Family Law in Charlotte…

Pro Bono and Nominating Committee Updates

We hope everyone’s 2023 is off to a great start! The Dispute Resolution Section asks all mediators, arbitrators, collaboratively trained…

Beyond Court-Ordered Mediation: Creating a Task Force to Evaluate Future Dispute Resolution Needs of North Carolinians

We move forward. The Council of the Dispute Resolution Section met on December 7, 2022, with 37 Council members, committee chairs and past section chairs in…

When Should Mediators Be Able To Write The Settlement Agreement For Parties?

In the early 1990s, I conducted mediations for divorcing couples and had a steady growing business. In most cases, one party or both had attorneys with whom…

Professional Mediator Guide to Certification

Salim Uqdah, a Dispute Resolution Council Member and Co-Chair of the Dispute Resolution Pro Bono Committee, discusses his journey to certification for North…

Pro Bono Committee Update

Greetings and happy autumn from the Pro Bono Committee of the Dispute Resolution Section! Our team has been busy organizing for another successful bar year,…

Thirty Years of Workers’ Comp Mediation

This year marks the 30th anniversary of mediation in North Carolina‘s Workers’ Compensation system, introduced by a pair of North Carolina Bar Association…

Using a Language Interpreter in Mediation

Miscommunication and misunderstanding are two of the biggest obstacles in mediation. In most cases, there is plenty to disagree about even when the parties…