
Advanced Federal Practice Mediation Training
Description
The Werner Institute for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and the Nebraska Federal Practice Committee present Advanced Federal Practice Mediation Training. Designed for experienced lawyer mediators, this two-day in-person training focuses on mediating the federal case. Experienced mediators lead interactive training covering the special nature of mediating litigated federal cases, effective mediator styles, understanding negotiations and psychological barriers to settlement, mediator techniques for assisting parties to reach settlement, ethical issues and emerging best practices.
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Cost: $400
16 hours CLE credit in Nebraska and Iowa
19.2 hours CLE credit in Missouri
Designed For
Experienced Lawyer Mediators
Jointly Provided By
- Creighton University School of Law
- Creighton University Office of Continuing Education
- Nebraska Federal Practice Committee
Featured Faculty
Susan M. Bazis
United States Magistrate Judge, District of Nebraska
Rachel Goedken, JD
Assistant Professor of Law and Director,
Werner Institute for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Michael Kinney, JD
Mediator and Shareholder, Cassem, Tierney, Adams,
Gotch and Douglas PC
Laurel Stevenson, JD
Director, Mediation and Assessment Program,
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Agenda
Friday, July 22nd
7:30 a.m.
Check-in and Light Breakfast
8 a.m.
Welcome, Overview of Training and Overview of Mediation in the District of Nebraska
9 a.m.
District of Nebraska’s ADR Plan
Magistrate Judge Susan Bazis
9:30 a.m.
Unassisted Negotiations and Why They Break Down
10 a.m.
Break
10:10 a.m.
How We Mediate: Goals, Styles, Dynamics
Noon
Lunch (Provided)
12:40 p.m.
Mediation Stages and Skills: A Starting Point
2:10 p.m.
Mediating the Federal Case
3 p.m.
Break
3:10 p.m.
Premediation Communication and Convening the Mediation Session
5 p.m.
Adjournment
Saturday, July 23rd
7:30 a.m.
Check-in and Light Breakfast
8 a.m.
Defining the Issue(s) and Developing Information, Getting an Offer and Counteroffer, Emotions in Mediation
10 a.m.
Break
10:10 a.m.
Techniques to Facilitate Movement and Endgame Settlement Techniques
Noon
Lunch (Provided)
12:40 p.m.
Applying the Theory to Litigated Cases
3 p.m.
Break
3:10 p.m.
Ethical Considerations in Mediating the Federal Case
4:10 p.m.
Closure–With or Without Settlement
5 p.m.
Adjournment
Accreditation Statement
This program has been approved for 16.0 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit in Nebraska and Iowa, including 1.75 hours of professional responsibility/ethics. This program has been approved for 19.2 total hours, including 2.2 ethics hours and 0.0 elimination of bias hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit in Missouri