This Week in Mediation #757

• Dealing with Gatekeeper Parents ($49) with Donald T. Saponsnek, Ph.D.
• Creative Core Financial Solutions ($69) with Chip Rose, J.D.
• Maximizing Mediation: An Experienced Mediator's Favorite Techniques ($49) with Jim Melamed, J.D.
• APFM Panel: Perspectives and Insights of Experienced Divorce Mediators ($69) with Donna Petrucelli, Jim Melamed, Chip Rose, Don Saposnek, Amanda Singer, Michael Aurit

• Stop Being a Damned Fool 
  John Lande
• Mediation Certification: The Sparrow and the Peacock 
  Bruce Edwards
• Q&A: Kidnapping and Extortion: Just another day at the office 
  Jeff Thompson
• Findings from an Evaluation of Eight Foreclosure Mediation Programs 
  Jennifer Shack
• Who Are We 
  Joy Rosenthal

• A Glimpse into the Future of Alternative Dispute Resolution in China
  The Chinese legal system has matured dramatically in the past 10 years. ADR is also growing, with more than 300 providers doing business in China and arbitration being regularly used. 
• Future Of Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanisms Under The United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement
  This article focuses on the investor-state arbitration provisions in Chapter 14 of the USMCA, which represent a significant departure from the investment protections in Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
• Australia’s new dispute resolution body registers steep increase in financial complaints
  AFCA has so far experienced a rise of more than 47% in complaints received.
• Mediator works to find common ground on Washington wolves
  Francine Madden and her Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, the Center for Conservation Peacebuilding. In a city full of fascinating but oddly narrow areas of intellectual expertise, Madden’s is particularly niche: Her job is to make peace between humans who are fighting over wildlife.
• AG office seeking volunteers to mediate consumer complaints
  Volunteers can mediate consumer complaints over the phone or by mail. Complaints can range from landlord-tenant issues, to car repairs and sales, to warranty issues.
• Mediation planned for Boyle teen charged in stepmom's death
  Mediation is scheduled this month in the case of the Boyle County teen being tried as an adult for charges concerning the 2016 death of her stepmother.
• Mediation valuable service in criminal justice system
  Mountain Mediation Services has been providing an invaluable service to Western North Carolina’s criminal justice system for more than 20 years.
• UK: The Civil Justice Council Encourages Mediation
  CEDR welcomes the new report on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) from the ADR Working Group of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) of England & Wales. This report is clear in its endorsement of Alternative Dispute Resolution in general and of mediation in particular.

• Dispute Resolution Associate Director - NY
• Mediation Coordinator - NY
• Conflict Resolution Officer - NY
• Mediator - OH
• Mediator - OR
• Facilitation Mediation Specialist - NV
• Mediator - Varies
• Mediation Program Coordinator - DC

• December 17-19 - Austin Area TX - 30 Hour Advanced Mediation Training
• January 9-11 - Santa Ana CA - Elder Care Mediation Training
• January 15-17 - St. Petersburg FL - 16th Annual Conflict Resolution and Mediation Conference
• January 16-25 - Denver CO - 40 Hour Professional Mediation Training
• January 17-21 - Eugene, OR - Basic Mediation 40-hr Training with Dr. Clare Fowler 
• January 17-20 - Amarillo/Childress TX - 40-Hour Basic Mediation Training
• January 18-26 - Santa Fe NM - Restorative Justice Training - 40-Hours
• January 24-27 - San Antonio TX - 40-Hour Basic Mediation Training- 4 Day Course
• January 28-31 - Malibu CA - Leadership for Attorneys in Business
• January 28-30 - San Antonio TX - Advanced Family Mediation Training Intensive 3 Day Course
• January 28-30 - Albuquerque NM - Foundations of Organizational Ombudsman Practice (3 days)
• January 28-February 1 - Los Angeles CA - Mediating Commercial & Litigated Cases with Lee Jay Berman
• January 29-February 10 - Gatineau/Ottawa ON Canada -Conflict Management Coaching Workshop (French)
• February 5-8 - Wichita Falls TX - Basic Mediation Training (40 Hours)
• February 5-9 - San Diego CA - 40-Hour Basic Divorce Mediation Training 
• February 7-23 - Malibu CA - Mediating the Litigated Case - Malibu
  6 Day Program
• February 7-9 - Amarillo/Childress TX - Advanced Mediation 3 Day Course
• February 15 - Topeka KS - 2019 Heartland Mediators Association Winter Training
• March 1-2 - San Diego CA - Family Interdisciplinary Teamwork - Mosten Mediation
• March 6-15 - Medford OR - Fundamentals of Mediation Training
• March 7-April 18 - ONLINE - Conflict Management Coaching Workshop
• March 12-13 - Malibu CA - Global Dispute Resolution Conference
  
• March 13-22 - Corte Madera CA - 40 hour Mediation Training

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