Collaborative Law Workshop for the Mediator. For Your Family's Sake - Collaborate. Families no longer want the traditional model of litigation to solve their family issues. They want more than the traditional courtroom model, they deserve more, and Collaborative Law delivers results. Collaborative Law offers privacy, control, self-determination, economy, and efficiency. Learn about the Collaborative Law Process, the nuts and bolts of interest-based negotiation, and the role of the Collaborative Law Mediator when the team needs help.
George Knox has utilized his talents for peacemaking to build a successful practice as a mediator, arbitrator, negotiator, and mentor. Long recognized as one of Miami's most respected business and community leaders, he was named one of Miami's 100 Most Powerful People. He has been designated a Legal Legend by the 11th Judicial Circuit Historical Society.
The Florida courts are leading the way in striving toward fairness in court operations. The Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity was established to assist the courts in identifying and eliminating any bias based on race, gender, ethnicity, age, disability, financial status, or any characteristic that is without legal relevance. Our keynote speaker, The Honorable Scott Bernstein, Circuit Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, serves as chair of the committee and will be speaking on the topic of Implicit Bias.
Art Hinshaw’s research and teaching interests lie in the field of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), primarily mediation and negotiation. His research bridges ADR theory and practice, and his teaching responsibilities include the Lodestar Mediation Clinic and Negotiation among other ADR courses.
Professor Hinshaw is active in the ADR community having served on several academic and professional committees at the state and national levels. Currently, he serves as a member of the ABA's Standing Committee on Mediator Ethical Guidance. Additionally, he is a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri School of Law and is a contributor to Indisputably, the ADR Prof Blog. Outside of the ADR realm, Professor Hinshaw is a member of the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Professor Hinshaw joined the College of Law faculty after teaching at the University of Missouri School of Law and at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. Before his academic career, he practiced law in Kansas City, Missouri.
In this inspirational talk, Douglas Noll, a nationally recognized speaker and full time peacemaker and mediator specializing in difficult, complex and intractable conflicts, will lead attendees on a journey of peacemaking through the stories of some powerful peacemakers: from Alissa Sears, who responded to the post-tsunami disaster relief in Sri Lanka, to Kimmie Weeks left for dead at 9 years old in a Liberian refugee camp, to the remarkable story of murderers becoming peacemakers. Doug will demonstrate how every person has the power to be a peacemaker and that mediating is not all about settling cases but rather the profound effect mediators have on the world if they choose to do so.