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7th Annual New England ADR & the Law Conference 2015

Fresh approaches to boost your ADR practice

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    Product Description

    This year's Annual New England ADR & the Law Conference takes an innovative approach to the practice of ADR designed to enhance your practice and give you new ways to think about—and succeed at—conflict resolution. You get the opportunity to learn about new developments, connect with your peers, and take part in interactive discussions. You get an in-depth look at ADR nuances and strategies through experiential learning. Begin an important dialogue at the Conference and continue that dialogue with your clients and colleagues when the Conference is over.

    Keynote speaker Robert R. Stains, Jr., Senior Vice President for Training at the Public Conversations Project, is an expert at working with groups in conflict and helping them to resolve issues. Following his keynote address, three panels, each with ample time for open discussion, provide you with essential "top tips" from some of the best ADR practitioners in the region, highlight ways in which you can start or improve your practice, and delve deep into the growing and illustrative area of adult family ADR.

    If your practice area involves mediation, arbitration, negotiation, collaborative law, coaching and/or conflict management, this can't-miss event promises to enhance and enrich your practice. But this Conference isn't just for current and would-be ADR practitioners. Lawyers and non-lawyers in a wide ranges of fields, including advocates and neutrals, litigators and transactional lawyers, advocates and collaborative lawyers, arbitrators and mediators, facilitators and coaches, social workers and therapists, human resource professionals and CEOs, staff and board members of nonprofit and for-profit agencies all benefit from this valuable program.

    KEYNOTE SPEAKER

    Robert R. Stains, Jr.: Keynote Speaker, Senior Vice President for Training, Public Conversations Project, Watertown Robert R. Stains, Jr., M.Ed. is Senior Vice President for Training of the Public Conversations Project (PCP) in Watertown, MA. For the past 20 years, Bob has been active in PCP's work of creating constructive conversations among opponents in divisive conflicts arising from differences in identities, values and world-views. He has worked intensively on religious and values differences over guns and abortion; on divides of race, social class and gender and on differences of faith and sexual orientation within and between local, national and international organizations. He trains other senior practitioners in PCP's Reflective Structured Dialogue approach, is a frequent conference and university speaker and provides consultation to academic, civic and religious leaders in the US and abroad. He also consults to the Interpersonal Skills Component of the Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard Law School, serves on the Executive Board of The Democracy Imperative, as a Guest Scholar Practitioner for Kansas State University's Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement program and Adjunct Professor at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law. Bob has also recently been Adjunct Faculty at Hamline University School of Law's Dispute Resolution Institute. A mediator since the 1980s with a background as a family therapist, Bob was one of the original mediator trainers for the USPS REDRESS® program. In addition to his work with PCP, Bob maintains a private mediation, training and consulting practice in Danvers, MA.

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    MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

  • Faculty

    Cochairs

    James E. Grumbach, Esq., Boston Law Collaborative LLC, Wellesley Hills
    Audrey J. Lee, Esq., Boston Law Collaborative LLC, Boston

    Keynote Speaker(s)

    Robert R. Stains, Jr.,

    Faculty

    Melissa H. Brodrick, Harvard Medical School, Boston
    Charles Doran,
    Lydia M. Edwards, Esq., Boston City Council, Boston
    John A. Fiske, Esq., HealyFiske LLP, Cambridge
    William N. Friedler, Esq., Verrill Dana LLP, Boston
    Arline Kardasis, MAT, Elder Decisions, Norwood
    Thomas W. Porter, Jr., Esq., Massachusetts Dispute Resolution Services, Boston
    Emily B. Saltz, LICSW, CMC, LifeCare Advocates, Newton
    Jeffrey S. Stern, Esq., The Mediation Group, Brookline
    Crystal Thorpe, MSW, MBA, Elder Decisions, Norwood
    Gillien S. Todd, Esq., Harvard Law School, Triad Consulting, Cambridge
    Maria C. Walsh, Esq., JAMS, Boston
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