A01 – ADR and Real Property Case Law Update: Mileposts for 2019 – 2020 – Michael Gelfand (1.2 CME Credits Ethics)
$5.00
Video recording: As the real estate market booms and busts, and communities increase and wan, this session will prepare mediators to be ready to mediate the disputes that will follow, including addressing new issues in condominium and homeowners’ association law mandatory ADR, and real estate in general. Explore recent decisions that impact your mediation and arbitration practices, including decisions
impacting ethical issues and in the area of real property law. Understand how the appellate courts reach their holdings.
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A02 – Privadentiality: Making Sense of Florida Statutory Communication Protections – Gregory Firestone, Sharon Press (1.2 CME Credits Ethics)
$5.00
Video recording: There is a confusing array of communication protections across the spectrum of DR methods and no clear rationale for the varying communication protections.
This interactive workshop:
1. invites participants to consider differences between communication protections for mediation, collaborative law, and parenting coordination.
2. introduces a new term, privadentiality, to better describe DR communication protections
3. offers a framework for categorizing DR methods in order to develop more meaningful and understandable communication protections across the spectrum of DR.
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A03 – Encountering Human Trafficking – MaryAnn Aiyer (1.2 CME Credits Interpersonal Violence)
$5.00
Video recording: Human trafficking is an ugly epidemic in our world, and it is impacting Central Florida with force. Learn how human trafficking intersects with individuals in various industries and with social media. Equip yourself with the knowledge to recognize human trafficking and respond quickly, safely.
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A04 – XYZ: Communicating Across Generations at Mediation – Kristen Foltz, James Ratliff (1.2 CME Credits Cultural Diversity)
$5.00
Video recording: This workshop will explore communication barriers and issues relating to generational differences in the mediation process. Special attention will be given to how to improve
communication in mediation to ensure all participants understand and feel included in the process regardless of age. Theories regarding communication styles and conflict will be addressed followed by a
brainstorming session on best practices to avoid communication pitfalls during the process. This will include a review of relevant mediation rules, statutes and MEAC opinions.
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A05 – Leading with Emotional Intelligence – Robert Zarrilli (1.2 CME Credits General)
$5.00
Video recording: Emotional intelligence or EI is the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, and those of the people around you. This workshop will teach People a high degree of emotional intelligence know what they’re feeling, what their emotions mean, and how these emotions can affect other people. Emotional intelligence is essential and is the foundation of all mediation and dispute resolution. After all, who is more likely to walk away from a dispute resolved – someone who shouts and creates a stressful environment or someone who stays in control, and calmly assesses the situation.
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A06 – Brain Mapping for Conflict Resolution Professionals – Clay Phillips (1.2 CME Credits General)
$5.00
Video recording: The human conflict condition is three-dimensional: cognitive, emotional, and behavioral - each interdependent on the other. How we experience and process conflict is predictable if we understand how/where this activity originates and is processed in the brain. Likewise, when we transition from conflict to resolution, there is notable change in what motivates the brain’s activity. Knowing this, conflict resolution professionals can utilize extremely effective techniques to help the parties move from an emotional state to a cognitive state of decision making.
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A07 – Finding Nonmonetary Solutions to Cross the Resolution Finish Line – Robin Caral-Shaw (1.2 CME Credits General)
$5.00
Video recording: Almost every situation can have a nonmonetary element to the resolution that clinches the deal. A landlord offers advertising in a shopping center flyer, a store owner offers gift certificates, a parent offers additional timesharing, or a party makes an apology. These nonmonetary offers can satisfy an emotional or practical need that makes the resolution possible. Using actual examples from the speaker and the audience, the importance of nonmonetary factors in a mediation will be made clear.
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A1 – ”True Confessions Part I” – What Trial Lawyers and Their Clients Really Want from Mediators – Harold Oehler (1.2 CME Ethics)
$5.00
Video recording: A panel of veteran trial lawyers and client representatives, highly experienced and skilled at mediation, will share what makes them hire, and rehire, mediators. The panel will also reveal what mediators do that they like and don’t like and share their ideas for how mediators can improve the mediation process.
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A1 – Managing Misbehaving Attorneys in Mediation – Robin Caral Shaw (1.2 CME Ethics)
$5.00
Video recording: Mediators, especially mediators who are not attorneys, will benefit from tips and tools for dealing with attorneys whose behavior in mediation is aggressive, insulting, indifferent, or self-interested. By discussing relevant portions of the Rules for Certified and Court-Appointed Mediators, Chapter 44, Florida Statutes, and The Florida Bar’s Professionalism Expectations, this program will educate
mediators and provide suggested language for reminding attorneys of their duties and obligations to their clients, to the Bar, and to the mediation process.
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A1: Creating Safer Communities: Understanding Family Violence and the Effects on Communities and Organizations – Judith McKay (1.2 CME Credits Interpersonal Violence)
$5.00
Video recording: The need to create safer communities has never been more urgent than in our present day. Communities are struggling with violence, social injustice, and racism. This workshop will explore the relationship between violence in the home, and violence in neighborhoods and organizations. This impact includes the transgenerational transmission of trauma and extends far beyond family cases. It includes recent research related to Covid-19, the increase in family violence, the effects on underserved communities, and the effects on parties and clients.
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A2 – Mediator’s Proposal: Strategy, Tactics, and Making it Work – Greg Holder (1.2 CME Ethics)
$5.00
Video recording: When the parties reach “the end of the road” in their negotiations, impasse can occur. The mediator’s proposal can be the “silver bullet” that knowledgeable mediators employ to avoid impasse. This program will address the mechanics of the mediator’s proposal, with emphasis on ethical constraints and considerations. It will also address tips and lessons learned from an experienced full-time
neutral.
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A2 – The Mediator’s Playbook: Negotiation Tactics and Strategy for Mediation- Ana Cristina Maldonado, Shari Elessar (1.2 CME General)
$5.00
Video recording: Neutrals are the referees in the game of negotiation. Our position allows us to witness the strategies being used by each side to get what they want, and the tactics deployed to achieve those purposes. However, most parties and legal professionals have very little specialized negotiation training. Most people approach negotiation from their natural conflict resolution style. This presentation will help you be a more effective neutral by improving your knowledge of conflict resolution strategies as well as negotiation tactics and techniques.
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