Mediator role evolving against ‘revolutionary’ background 
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Published: April 5, 2010
Tags: ADR
Fairfax mediator Lawrence D. Gaughan traces how “revolutionary” changes have affected mediation practice in family law, and says lawyers can take advantage of their law training for their mediation clients, without overstepping their bounds as neutral facilitators.
Family law in Virginia has undergone at least four major revolutions since 1980.
Virginia’s adoption in 1982 of an ...
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