This Week in Mediation #877

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• Finding a Remedy When in Conflict
  by Cinnie Noble
• Mediation Confidentiality: Misconceptions, Pitfalls, and Best Practices
  by Temitope Akande
• Reflection as a Manifestation of Recognition Beyond Relational Weakness and Self-Absorption
  by Robin Brzobohatý and Tereza Hanajová
• Sometimes the Answer is "No"
  by Kathleen Kauth
• Trust and Rapport- ODR Style!
  by Phyllis Pollack

• Basic 40-hour Mediation Training with Dr, Clare Fowler
• Mediation 20/20: Mediate.com's 25th Anniversary Conference
• A Mediation Renaissance: Online Mediation & The Future with Jim Melamed
• How to Run a Successful Mediation Business with Julie Gentili Armbrust
• Culture and Gender Issues in Mediation and Negotiation with Nina Meierding
• Mediating Divorce Agreement with Jim Melamed
• Magic of Mediation: The Logic Behind Emotions with Ken Cloke
• The Art and Science of the Apology with Nina Meierding
• Magic of Mediation: Apology and Forgiveness with Ken Cloke
• Mediating Online with Colin Rule, Clare Fowler and Jim Melamed
• Mediating Family & Divorce Agreements Online with Jim Melamed, Michael Aurit, Clare Fowler and Colin Rule
• Michael Lang's Ethics Training with Michael Lang
• Probate Mediation Primer: Growing Your Probate & Elder Mediation Practice with Bruce Ross, Jim Melamed and Clare Fowler
• Online Probate & Elder Mediation with Bruce Ross, Jim Melamed, Clare Fowler and Colin Rule
• Workplace Mediation Training with Clare Fowler
• Implicit Bias: Moving Beyond Awareness to Knowledge and Skills with Nina Meierding
  

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• Tips for a successful mediation from a former judge
  Once counsel and client conclude that mediation is an appropriate method of resolving their dispute, there are a number of basic planning and organizational steps that will enhance the possibility the mediation is successful. While many of the fundamentals still hold true, I’d like to offer some additional insights based on what we’ve seen over the years and the last year, in particular.
• Should I Skip an Opening/Joint Session in a Construction Mediation?
  Mediation is a dispute resolution process that involves people who have feelings, goals, and marching orders. It is not simply an emotionless calculator for determining a monetary settlement.

• California ‘Breslin’ Probate Decision Allows Trial Courts to Compel Trust Beneficiary Mediation
  The California Breslin v. Breslin decision gives California probate courts newly expanded authority to compel beneficiaries—including charities—to mediate or potentially forfeit their interests in a disputed trust.

• Supervisors to attempt mediation over drainage issues
  Louisa County supervisors are tiring of receiving calls from local property owners upset over drainage issues in the south end of Wapello, so they agreed during their regular weekly meeting on Tuesday to attempt a mediation of the issue.

• Akron court piloting new online mediation program
  Akron Municipal Court has been selected to pilot an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) process. The court was among 17 courts statewide chosen by the Ohio Supreme Court to try out the program.

• Mediation can help landlords, tenants
  Hawaii’s low- and moderate-income residents have historically faced a number of barriers to accessing justice. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted this concern even more as our community prepares to deal with a flood of landlord-tenant disputes over unpaid rent and other expenses, once the statewide moratorium on evictions is lifted.

• Co-Mediation Of Insurance Issues In Bankruptcy Cases
  With courts currently closed or restricted to virtual hearings in an effort to limit COVID-19 exposures, mediation has taken on special importance in a wide range of cases.  In the bankruptcy context, mediators have been working to help parties achieve economically sensible, value maximizing solutions to the kinds of  issues that often separate debtors and creditors

• April 15-17 - ONLINE ON - Voice of the Child Reports Training
• April 19-21 - ONLINE TX - 30 Hour Advanced Civil/Advanced Family Mediation Training
• April 19-30 - ONLINE CA - Executive Negotiation Seminar: Cultivating Influence in Modern Contexts
• April 20-30 - ONLINE FL - Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediation Training Program
• April 21-25 - ONLINE FL - Florida Supreme Court Civil Mediation Certification Training
• April 21-May 25 - ONLINE NY - Peace Restored Intro to Restorative Practices and Trainers Courses
• April 22 - ONLINE - The Future of Negotiations
• April 22 - ONLINE VA - Your Brain (and Body) on Conflict! - Using basic Neuropsychology & Somatic Psychology techniques to deal with emotional upsets.
• April 22 - ONLINE CA - (Day 2) Working with Separating Parents: Innovative Approaches to Develop a Child-Centered Practice
• April 23-24 - ONLINE PA - Modern Mediation: Making Choices & Moving Forward
• April 23-May 21 - ONLINE OR - Basic Mediation Training
• April 24-25 - ONLINE - Conflict Coaching 101
• April 26-29 - ONLINE ID - 20 Hour Advanced Mediation Course
• April 29 - ONLINE CA - (Day 3) Working with Separating Parents: Innovative Approaches to Develop a Child-Centered Practice
• April 29-30 - ONLINE NY - NYSCDM's Annual Conference Stronger Together: Surviving & Thriving
• April 29-May 1 - ONLINE TX - Elder and Adult Family Mediation Training - ONLINE
• May 1-16 - ONLINE TX - 30-hour Family Mediation Training
• May 11-13 - Dallas TX - Family Mediation Training (30 Hours)
• May 12 - ONLINE CA - Advanced Mediation Training Certificate Series: Legality and the Neutral’s Basis in Law
• May 13 - ONLINE - Mastering Virtual Presence and Communication
• May 13-29 - ONLINE CA - The Basics of Mediation
• May 13-14 - ONLINE CA - Summer 2021 Professional Skills Series - Six Online Courses
• May 13 - ONLINE Canada - Winkler Institute/IAM/OsgoodePD Annual Conference on Mediation
• May 13 - ONLINE VA - Introduction to Conflict Coaching
• May 13-15 - ONLINE WA - Essentials of Co-Parent Coaching
• May 14-27 - ONLINE OK - 40 Hr National Family and Divorce Mediation Training
• May 16-June 14 - ONLINE NJ - 40-Hour Civil Mediation Training
• May 17 - ONLINE TX - 10 Hour Arbitration Training
• May 18-12 - ONLINE TX - Basic Mediation 40-Hr. Course
• May 18 - ONLINE TX - 10 Hour Advanced Arbitration Training
• May 19-22 ONLINE LIVE Mediating Online Training with Colin Rule and Clare Fowler
• May 20-22 - ONLINE CA - STAR: A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO MEDIATION STRATEGIES

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