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Why Are Mediation Skills Essential for Modern Lawyers?

Destination Articles Blog

The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) provides the legal basis for enforcing arbitration agreements and awards, indirectly supporting the broader ADR agenda, including mediation. Advancing Your Career Developing Mediation skills can distinguish you from a crowded field of legal professionals.

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Hebephilia flunks Frye test

Forensic Psychologist

Under the Frye evidentiary standard , designed to bar novel scientific methods that are not sufficiently validated, a construct must be “generally accepted” by the relevant scientific community before it can be relied upon in legal proceedings. Under a 2012 New York appellate court ruling in the case of State v.