Last week I had the pleasure of being part of a panel at the Clinical Conference discussing mediation skills that crossover into lawyering skills.  [Spoiler alert – Doug Frenkel (Penn) and Jim Stark (Connecticut) have an article coming out in the HNLR this fall on this very topic.]  Not surprisingly we spent a lot of time discussing listening, and Lydia Nussbaum (UNLV) discussed an exercise entitled Listening Without.  It’s a sharing exercise (discuss a personal conflict) where the listener is prohibited from: trying to fix the problem,  advising, agreeing, disagreeing, etc.  It’s a great exercise and she can give you more details if you’re interested.  After the program our intrepid moderator Deborah Thompson Eisenberg (Maryland) pointed out the fabulous clip below that highlights the learning points from Listening Without with good comedy.  Enjoy.