I've done mediation as part of my law practice for 26 years. I think lawyers and judges should do alternative dispute resolution as much as possible. The Chief Justice of the Mauritius Supreme Court, Justice Sik Yuen, agrees with me, and asked that I work with the Institute of Judicial and Legal Studies of Mauritius to train the country's magistrate judges techniques of mediation. On Friday, I had the honor to conduct such a training session for these judges---they did a role play, and then we developed some principles that will be helpful to reduce their overwhelming case loads. And we had some fun in the process!
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