Feb. 11, 2026
Training for the table or the trial - 7 mediation skills every attorney can use
Mediators and attorneys serve different roles -- neutral and advocate -- but share a common aim: guiding people through high-stakes conflict. Integrating mediation skills can make lawyers more effective, empathetic and impactful advocates.
Mae Villanueva
Founder
Mae Villanueva Mediation
Email: mae@maevillanuevamediation.com
Mae Villanueva is the founder of Mae Villanueva Mediation and has worked with hundreds of litigants in civil disputes since 2012. She has successfully mediated cases involving employment, wage and hour disputes, landlord-tenant matters, and other issues, utilizing both facilitative and evaluative methods to guide parties toward resolution. Mae holds a master's degree in dispute resolution and negotiation, has mediated more than 100 court cases, and further refined her expertise at Pepperdine's renowned Straus Institute.
Mediators and attorneys play different roles within our
legal system for dispute resolution. One is a neutral, the other an advocate.
They have distinct functions, approaches, processes and training. (Although
many mediators are attorneys, a law degree is not required.)
Mediators are tr...
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