Runtime: 1 hour, 32 minutes Recorded: March 9, 2022
For NY - Difficulty Level: For experienced attorneys only (non-transitional)
Description
Learn the skills of dispute resolution while developing your mediation competency. Explore the stages of mediation and gain a deeper understanding of convening activities, handling opening sessions and navigating the negotiation process, including overcoming impasse. Become a more effective communicator and adept at working in an environment of high emotions.
This program was recorded on March 9th, 2022.
Provided By
American Bar Association
Panelists
Bruce A. Edwards
Mediator, Arbitrator and Referee/Special Master JAMS
Bruce A. Edwards, Esq. is one of JAMS founding partners and most experienced mediators. Mr. Edwards has served as a mediator, arbitrator and special master since 1986. During that time he has mediated over 7,000 disputes throughout the United States and developed extensive expertise in handling complex, multi-party cases, often involving high emotion.
Mr. Edwards teaches advanced mediation skills to mediators, attorneys, and judges throughout the country and around the world. He frequently writes about the benefits of mediation and has produced online courses on mediation skills and career development.
Successful mediators have come to learn that truth is a critical element in any successful family and matrimonial negotiation. However, in an adversarial negotiation, trust is a relative thing.
Join a panel of experts who have decades of domestic as well as international arbitration experience and have served as party counsel, arbitrator and subject-matter experts in dozens of matters.