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Internment, Forgiveness, and Mediation, Not All at Once
Oct 04, 2019
By Robert Rosborough
Learn about the legal and personal history of Japanese American internment, the role of forgiveness in ADR, and what makes for a good mediator and mediation.
President's Message
Been Through the Fire Before
Oct 03, 2019
By Charles Dresow
Our Constitution is an aspirational document, seeking to protect ideals of our human rights and liberties. As the political dialogue of our country devolves into name calling and disorder, our Constitution provides not only guidance but something more important: Hope.
All I Really Need to Know About Mediation I Learned in Kindergarten
Oct 02, 2019
By Gordon D. McAuley, Esq.
Robert Fulghum’s poem, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” reminds us of the guidelines for living a good life in our global schoolhouse filled with other classmates. Arguments sometimes result from forgetting these guidelines.
The Korematsu Case: Supreme Injustice for 40 Years
Oct 02, 2019
By Stan Yogi
In 2017, Stan Yogi, a former staff member of the ACLU of Northern California, wrote the article that follows, which we reprint in a slightly shorter version in anticipation of MCBA’s annual MCLE Fair on November 14th. Dale Minami, one of Fred Korematsu’s lawyers who successfully overturned Korematsu’s WWII conviction decades later, is the keynote speaker at the Fair’s lunch.
What Forgiveness Offers Plaintiffs in ADR
Oct 02, 2019
By Eileen Barker & Barbara Monty
Any discussion of forgiveness must start with at least a brief summary of what we are talking about when using the term “forgiveness.”
