Most of the literature concerning mixed mode and hybrid processes describe situations in which different neutrals – one serving as an arbitrator and another as a mediator – participate in the resolution of the case. These procedures can be employed concurrently or sequentially.
This article is devoted to a different type of mixed mode or hybrid process, one in which a single neutral performs dual roles – as both an arbitrator and a mediator – in the same proceeding.
(Reprinted by permission from Mediation Magazine (mediationmagazine.org), © 2025. Originally published as “Single-Neutral Dual-Role Processes: Workable or Worrisome Redux” by Richard H. Silberberg. All rights reserved.)
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