In early October, I blogged here about USA network’s plans to launch a TV series about a lawyer turned mediator.   Hollywood Reporter has reported in this article that USA has picked up the series, called “Facing Kate,” by ordering the production of 11 episodes in addition to the 90-minute pilot.  Dubbing Kate, who is a litigator-turned-mediator, the “ultimate anti-lawyer,” the producers plan on dramatizing Kate’s effortst to transform her everyday conflicts into “win-wins.”  Whether the mediation sessions depicted on TV will be more realistic than the fictionalized courtroom maneuvers seen on Law and Order remains to be seen, but I look forward to showing clips of  Kate’s mediations to show my students either way!

Hat tip to Prof. Kevin Kelly for alerting me to this update. 

JG