Available Now in English and Spanish! the 2nd edition of Structured Negotiation A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits Forewords by Haben Girma (U.S.) and Susana Sucunza (Spain)
Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits shares stories and strategies from 25 years of collaborative advocacy for accessible technology and other issues. The second edition, available in both English and Spanish, includes up-to-date new content and Forewords by Haben Girma, human rights lawyer and author of the best seller, Haben, the Deafblind Woman who Conquered Harvard Law and by Basque Country Spain collaborative lawyer Susana Sucunza.
Structured Negotiation is a pioneering dispute resolution method that has long achieved significant win-win results in complex legal claims withOUT lawsuits. New stories in the second edition demonstrate how it can also create an oasis of cooperation once a case is filed.
The strategies described in the book also serve advocates seeking to advance digital accessibility and other civil rights without a legal claim.
Structured Negotiation was born at the intersection of dispute resolution, disability, and the quest for an inclusive digital world. Bank of America, Walmart, the City and County of San Francisco and dozens of other organizations have participated in the process with the disability community. Lainey’s groundbreaking book offers tools for anyone in any field looking to solve problems, resolve legal claims, and advance issues without conflict and run-away legal costs.
Praise for Structured Negotiation
Building a more inclusive and accessible world takes patience, partnership and persistence, and a copy of this book! Lainey is the expert on how to work collaboratively to create long term societal inclusion.
Lainey Feingold’s thoughtful and experienced-based distillation of her new approach to resolving disputes through Structured Negotiation has the potential to make a major impact on how we resolve disputes. Bearing strong similarities to Collaborative Law, and integrating well with mediation, the Structured Negotiation model provides a detailed roadmap for principled peacemaking in complex cases.
If I was a consumer with a complaint against a corporation, I would also use this book. I would find out if my lawyer had it, if he did not, I would lend it to him.
What's new in the 2nd edition?
First published in 2016 by the American Bar Association, the Second Edition of Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits has new content including:
- Forewords by Haben Girma, human rights and disability justice lawyer and author of the bestseller Haben, the Deafblind Woman who Conquered Harvard Law and by Susana Sucunza, president of the Association of Collaborative Lawyers in Basque Country, Spain.
- Structured Negotiation successes in the past five years
- Stories of how readers have used Structured Negotiation outside of a legal context – and why it matters
- How lawyers in filed cases expanded the possibilities of Structured Negotiation when they used strategies in this book to create an oasis of collaboration in a filed lawsuit.
- Why I started calling elements of the Structured Negotiation mindset “dolphin skills” and why they may be the most important strategy of the process.
- How Structured Negotiation proved its value to a start-up faced with its members’ accessibility claims
- How the LGBTQ community turned to Structured Negotiation to resolve claims with a global ridesharing company
- The interplay of ethics and Structured Negotiation, something Lainey began thinking about when her interview with Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes was left on the cutting room floor about a year after this book was first published.
- What recent U.S. elections, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a global pandemic have taught the author about Structured Negotiation.
Ahora disponible en español
Now Available in Spanish
The second edition of Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits is now available in Spanish thanks to translation support by the Basque Country Collaborative Law Association. Susana Sucunza, President of the organization, wrote a Foreword for the Spanish edition that is translated in the new English edition.
La segunda edición de Negociación Estructurada ya está disponible en español gracias al apoyo de traducción de la Asociación de Derecho Colaborativo del País Vasco. Susana Sucunza, presidenta de la organización, redactó un Prólogo para la edición en español que se traduce en la nueva edición en inglés.
- Buy the Spanish edition on Amazon here (also available on other platforms)
Get Structured Negotiation
The second edition of Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits is available in print and accessible digital formats in English and Spanish through Amazon and other online booksellers. For readers with print disabilities the book is also available on Bookshare and National Library Service Catalogue.
Five years after her book was published by the American Bar Association, Lainey is pleased to offer the second edition in both English and Spanish at list prices of $21.95 for the print edition and $14.95 for the digital edition (half the cost of the first edition).
Invite Lainey to Speak
Lainey is a dynamic speaker and trainer about the pioneering strategy that is Structured Negotiation. Visit the speaking page to learn more about inviting Lainey to share the stories and strategies of Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits.
Since publication of her book in late 2016, Lainey has delivered more than 100 talks and workshops on subjects related to digital accessibility, collaborative problem-solving, and disability rights. Read what people say about Lainey’s talks and trainings.
Of course, during the pandemic Lainey has been delivering talks and trainings virtually!
Summary
This page has information about Lainey Feingold’s first book. The book is called Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits. There is now a second edition. It is available in paperback and as an accessible ebook through Amazon and other online book sellers. It is also available in English and Spanish.
Structured Negotiation is a way to resolve legal claims without lawsuits. People can also use the strategy to advance causes or to reduce costs and conflict even after a lawsuit is filed. Lainey and other people have used the method for more than twenty-five years.
The book has stories about Structured Negotiation’s role in improving access to technology for disabled people. The second edition tells new stories of how people have used Structured Negotiation since the book was published in 2016. It also has a Foreword by Haben Girma, the author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. There is another Foreword by Susana Sucunza, a collaborative lawyer in Basque Country, Spain. This page also includes samples of what people have said about Lainey’s book.