Advanced Federal Practice Mediation Training

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