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Specialties that pay differently

• Commercial and construction

  The best paid private work, because the amounts in dispute are large.

• Family and divorce

  The largest volume of court referred work, and emotionally the heaviest.

• Workplace and discrimination

  Agencies run their own programs. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission offers free mediation on charges it receives.

• Labor relations

  The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is the federal agency that helps unions and employers settle contract disputes.

• Arbitration

  A different role: you hear evidence and decide, rather than help the parties agree. Often better paid.