I am a finalist for the Innovating Justice Award sponsored by the International Hague.  My idea shows the dramatic cost and time savings when comparing mediation/ADR to litigation in the…

I studied the power of the BATNA in negotiation as part of the MS program at Creighton University.  It was a tough enough concept to grasp as a graduate student and later as a mediator.  I finally got it or I think so with all due humility.  I still work on the BATNA when I am in my own negotiations. It Is difficult to teach the BATNA concept to disputants who have no experience with the idea let alone negotiation and mediation, equally new approachs in comparison to…