2011 Conference

Information from the 2011 Conference

See the list of all the 2011 Workshops, including the featured workshops. Or for a printable version, download the full conference brochure. Thank you to our 2011 Sponsors who have made this conference possible.

The Mediation Advocacy Track

This year the conference is offering an outstanding selection program of workshops for dispute resolution professionals of all types and processes. Come learn about recent developments, hear current trends, and see best practices.

Among its broad array of over thirty programs, this year the conference is presenting a complete series of workshops designed for the practicing lawyer: the Mediation Advocacy Track, focusing on skills for lawyers representing clients in mediation:

• Planning for Mediation with Cathy A. Costantino
• Crafting an Opening Presentation with Eric Galton
• Negotiating Tips and Strategies for Effective Mediation with Teresa Wakeen 
  
• Techniques for Avoiding and Resolving Impasse with Nina Meierding
• Closing the Deal with John Bickerman
• Mediation Ethics with Kathleen Wareham

Take the whole track and earn 8.25 CLE credits (7 General, 1.25 Ethics). See the Mediation Advocacy Track page for full details on the workshops and presenters.

A Broad Range of Programs

Whether you're a lawyer, arbitrator, mediator, ombuds or conciliator, you'll find  internationally-recognized speakers presenting workshops relevant to your dispute resolution practice. You'll find workshops on:

• Analytic Mediation by John Bickerman
• Coaching
• Working effectively with attorneys in mediation
• The art and science of apology
• Assessment tools in mediation
• Ethical negotiation dilemmas
• Neuroscience and settlement
• Using the tendency to grow to break impasses
• Cultural privilege
• Politics and mediation
• Early mediation
• Interactive learing in teaching conflict resolution
• High-conflict cases
• Building a practice with diverse clients
• The ethical challenges of representation imbalances

See the list of 2011 Workshops on-line. Or download and print the conference brochure.