B7 – The Mediator’s Toolbox: Essential Skills for Conflict Resolution – Mary Bruck, Ioana Zanchi (1.2 CME General)
$5.00
Video recording: This workshop will help mediators navigate conflict resolution effectively by using and understanding: the language of conflict resolution, conflict misconceptions, causes, and styles.
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C1 – How to Use AI for Mediators – Christopher Hopkins (1.2 CME General)
$5.00
Video recording: Gain hands-on examples and experience with ChatGPT and Proplexity to understand (a) how to improve your mediation services and (b) how lawyers and parties are using it before they mediate. Attendees will get specific prompt examples which they can immediately use in their practice.
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C2 – How to Handle Difficult Clients in Mediation – Ana Cristina Maldonado, Hadas Stagman (1.2 CME General)
$5.00
Video recording: This workshop is designed for attorneys and mediators who have difficult clients and can utilize the mediation process to achieve a positive outcome. It answers two core questions: “Why is this person being difficult?” and “What can I do in mediation that will be effective?” The presentation will explore neurobiology concepts from polyvagal theory, present strategies and techniques to handle
challenging behaviors, share skills for effective communication, and discuss practical tips to facilitate a successful mediation process.
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C3 – Co-Parenting & Addiction Recovery – Jackie Otero (1.2 CME Interpersonal Violence)
$5.00
Video recording: This workshop focuses on the intersection of co-parenting and addiction recovery, offering tools and strategies to help individuals navigate the challenges of raising children while in recovery, or with a coparent in recovery. Participants will learn how to navigate and facilitate complex situations through healthy boundaries and effective communication. The workshop will also address the unique emotional and psychological dynamics that can arise from addiction recovery, providing support and guidance on how to heal relationships with co-parents and create a stable, nurturing environment for children.
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C4 – Which is best? Parent Coordination, Co-Parent Therapy, Reunification Process, Family Therapy, or GAL – Christine Hammond (1.2 CME General with 0.5 IPV hour)
$5.00
Video recording: High-conflict family dynamics are difficult to navigate with mounting aggression, accusations of abuse, opposing parenting methods, irreconcilable differences, and polarizing disputes.
The idea that some type of intervention for the family unit may resolve some, if not most, of the issues, seems too good to be true. What are these interventions, and which one is best?
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C5 – Mediating a Business Divorce – Steven Gard (1.2 CME General)
$5.00
Video recording: This session will discuss mediating disputes between business partners and owners. Like many complex commercial disputes, these mediations can often be contentious and lengthy, but they can often be resolved through creative out-of-the box solutions.
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C6 – Getting to Yes: Using Goal- Oriented Interest-Based Thinking – Erin Duncan, Lauren Ilvento (1.2 CME General)
$5.00
Video recording: While parties often treat a case as a “zero-sum” game, this presentation will assist mediators in helping parties focus on their goals and their future to move beyond “zero-sum” thinking
and towards more creative solutions.
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C7 – Mediating Pro Se Family Law Matters – Deborah Beylus (1.2 CME General)
$5.00
Video recording: From initial engagement until the conclusion of mediation, this presentation will explore the nuts and bolts unique to working with pro se couples for dissolution of marriage cases, paternity actions, and post judgment modifications. Three types of processes will be discussed: pre-suit mediation; court-ordered mediation; and court-appointed mediation.
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Full Set, All Recorded Presentations from the 2025 DRC Conference
$100.00
Video recording: All Recorded Presentations, Links Provided to Play and Download.
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PL1 – Opening Plenary: Evolution of Artificial Intelligence in Mediation – Michelle Jernigan, Christy Foley, Lawrence Kolin, Christina Magee (1.5 CME General with 0.5 hour of mediator ethics)
$5.00
Video recording: The opening plenary session will introduce the manner in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved generally for dispute resolution and how it is employed specifically in mediation. The distinguished panelists will share advantages and disadvantages that arise with the use of AI, as well as specific ethical and pragmatic challenges mediators face in this rapidly-evolving environment.
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PL2 – Ethics Plenary: Amendments to the Rules for Certified and Court-Appointed Mediators – Thomas A. David (1.2 CME Ethics)
$5.00
Video recording: This year’s ethics plenary will be an overview of amendments to the Rules for Certified and Court-Appointed Mediators that were implemented effective on January 1, 2025.
The presentation will focus on amendments that implement new standards of professional conduct (e.g., Conflicts of Interest), codify and clarify practices addressed in selected MEAC opinions (e.g., Caucus, Staff Confidentiality, Reporting Outcome, and Social Networking), and clarify existing rule language (e.g., Orientation Session, and Adjournment or Termination). The presentation will also discuss amendments to the qualifications for mediator certification, especially the summary process for county court mediator certification.
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