Book Review: Short and Happy Guide to Mediation by Will Pryor

 Reviewed By: Don Philbin*

Will Pryor’s “Short and Happy Guide to Mediation” is both. You can read it in a sitting, and probably will. But it covers the waterfront too. Pryor teaches the latest negotiation theory, but the focus is decidedly on applying it in practice. The book not only helps neutrals, it helps parties and their advocates better utilize the process to maximize results. Each practice pointer is backed up with a vignette too funny to have been made up. Will is brilliant, but delightfully folksy and very readable.

Not one to dodge tough questions, Will starts with a market analysis – why is mediation so popular, and has that popularity resulted in overuse?

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