Severance Case Ruling
Continue to explore ways to successfully direct Stages 2 and 3 of the In Accord Arbitration model. In your discussions with other students, you will learn how to rule on special requests made during witness testimony and how to streamline expert witness testimony. You will prepare a reaction paper that focuses on rulings you would likely make in the Severance Case from last module.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
• Provide techniques for maintaining control of the hearing environment.
• Clarify the use of questioning in Stages 2 and 3.
• Clarify the use of rulings in Stages 2 and 3.
Read:
• Required:
• Goodman, A. H. (2004). Basic skills for the new arbitrator (2nd ed.).
Rockville, MD: Solomon Publications.
• Witness Testimony and Closing Arguments
• Mediators Without Borders. (n.d.). Phase Two Stage 3 Survey.
Optional Discussion:
• M5D: Ruling on a Request for Postponement
Required Paper:
• M5A1: Reaction Paper: Severance Case Rulings