David B. River On Ethics, Mediators and Lawyers

David is on the Board of the New Mexico Mediation Association, and is a full-time mediator in Santa Fe, New Mexico while finishing up a Masters Degree in Dispute Resolution with the University of Massachusetts. You can find out more about him and his practice at his firm’s website, River & Cadiz Mediation Services, www.rivercadiz.com.

He’ll guest blog about ethical issues mediators face with bi-weekly posts over a two-month (or so) period, beginning the week of July 10th, 2006. Earlier, I posted a link to David’s article, In Pursuit of Justice: Lawyers and Mediators Negotiating Identity (see the March 31, 2006 post titled “Those ‘Other’ Conflict Specialists ….” or use the SEARCH function in this blog). The article is published in the Vol. 5 No. 1, Winter 2006 issue, Family Mediation Quarterly — here’s an updated link to the full article: http://www.rivercadiz.com/Articles/FamilyMediationQuarterly-InPursuitofJustice.pdf