Article Offers Statistical Analysis Of What Works In Mediation

      UCLA School of Law offered a program today presented by Daniel and Lisa Klerman, entitled “Inside the Caucus: An Empirical Analysis of Mediation from Within”, based on an article of the same name.  Poking around on the Internet, I found that the article is available online by clicking here.  It provides interesting statistical analysis of 414 mediations.  Some of the findings:  a very high success rate was achieved with mediator’s offers – used in 90% of the cases here, it was 99% effective in this data set; the gender of the lawyers and the plaintiff mattered little to outcome; and cases settled closer to defendant’s first offer than to plaintiff’s.  Daniel Klerman is a professor of law and history at USC Law School.  Lisa Klerman is a mediator and lecturer at USC Law School.