Ever since Roscoe Pound presented “The Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice” at the annual convention of the American Bar Association in 1906, voices within the profession have lamented the low opinion of the legal system held by many litigants and laypeople. Although the reasons behind this sense of irritation with the legal system are myriad and complex, alienation from other parties and from decision-makers is a common theme.
Litigants also complain about the time and money consumed by the process, often in what seem to be feints over matters that are far from central to what they see as their actual dispute. They often crave the speed and honesty that come with a more direct approach, but for many reasons, formal litigation either forbids or disincentivizes direct communication over central issues. This is not true of mediation, and for that reason the mediation process offers a powerful advantage to impatient clients, an advantage that a good lawyer should always keep in his or her portfolio.
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