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# Jan Frankel Schau

Jan Frankel Schau, *ADR Services, Inc.*, has been a mediator for over 15 years in Los Angeles. She learned her diplomacy skills at Pomona College in Claremont, where she majored in International Relations and her skills as a litigator at Loyola Law School. Practicing on both the Defense and Plaintiff sides of the aisle, she devoted herself to becoming a full-time neutral after 20 years of practicing law. Specializing in employment, tort and business disputes, Jan is also Adjunct Faculty at Pepperdine University’s Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution, where she teaches “Mediation Skills and Theory.”

### Articles written by this author:

## [Critical mistakes lawyers make in mediating employment cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-june/critical-mistakes-lawyers-make-in-mediating-employment-cases "Critical mistakes lawyers make in mediating employment cases")

By careful preparation, strategic negotiation and unfailing optimism, most every case can be closed through mediation

[Jan Frankel Schau](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jan-frankel-schau "Jan Frankel Schau")

[2014 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-june)

[![Getting the most out of your “at BATTs”](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Schau-thinkstock-485524813_6db0f1dfc6753c80ce869cb0a54b24fb.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-september/getting-the-most-out-of-your-at-batts "Getting the most out of your “at BATTs”")

## [Getting the most out of your “at BATTs”](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-september/getting-the-most-out-of-your-at-batts "Getting the most out of your “at BATTs”")

Mediation is your “Best Alternative to Trial” whether your need is confidentiality, a quick resolution or meeting a client’s desire to be heard

[Jan Frankel Schau](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jan-frankel-schau "Jan Frankel Schau")

[2014 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-september)

## [The tail that wags the dog](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-june/the-tail-that-wags-the-dog "The tail that wags the dog")

Strategies for overcoming barriers to settlement, especially attorneys’ fees when they become an issue

[Jan Frankel Schau](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jan-frankel-schau "Jan Frankel Schau")

[2016 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-june)

## [Pushing past impasse](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-august/pushing-past-impasse "Pushing past impasse")

Strategies for getting a stalled negotiation back on track

[Jan Frankel Schau](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jan-frankel-schau "Jan Frankel Schau")

[2016 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-august)

## [The science of negotiation](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-august/the-science-of-negotiation "The science of negotiation")

Follow, if you will, the mediation of a sexual harrassment claim to learn the basic principles of negotiation

[Jan Frankel Schau](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jan-frankel-schau "Jan Frankel Schau")

[2018 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-august)

[![Watch your language!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Schau-iStock-937868004_6576523980281a9312012bc36286122d.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august/watch-your-language-2 "Watch your language!")

## [Watch your language!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august/watch-your-language-2 "Watch your language!")

The case for a different way of communication in mediation

[Jan Frankel Schau](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jan-frankel-schau "Jan Frankel Schau")

[2019 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august)

## [Fresh insights](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-april/fresh-insights "Fresh insights")

The mediation of sexual-harassment and abuse cases; which cases should be mediated and how that mediation should proceed

[Jan Frankel Schau](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jan-frankel-schau "Jan Frankel Schau")

[2020 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-april)