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 Michelle Ohme, Gary Canner, Rebecca Oates, Celeste Sabel Appellate Mediation Training with Gary Canner, Esq., retired 11th Circuit mediator, is set for October 6, 2010, at the Alabama State Bar. This one day course with 6 hours CLE and 1 hour ethics, sponsored by the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution and the Appellate Mediation Office, is a requirement for mediators seeking to register on the Appellate Mediation Roster. We promise Gary will keep this entertaining and interesting, and we provide the lunch. Judges from the appellate courts usually stop by.
For draft agenda: AppellateAgenda 2010; For registration form: Registration2010logo
Faulkner Law Review has sent out a call for papers for their ADR print symposium in Volume 2, Issue 3, which is to be published in early May 2011. Proposals should be in the form of abstracts of no more than 500 words and accompanied by the author’s resume or curriculum vitae by September 10, 2010. Target length for articles is 12,000 words; for essays the number is 5,000. See the attached PDF, or contact J. Carlton Sims, Editor-in-Chief, Faulkner Law Review at jamesc.sims@faulkner.edu
FLR Call for Papers ADR Issue
TAKE A TRIP TO FORT LAUDERDALE, November 11-12, 2010, Harbor Beach Marriott. – Join a distinguished faculty of expert mediators and mediation advocates, including in-house counsel and litigators, for a two-day advanced training sponsored by the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. Each stage of the mediation process will be covered, followed by small group discussions, feedback and coaching. Topics covered in clude preparing for mediation, joint opening session, negotiation in the caucus, breaking impasse, planned early negotiation, common ethical issues faced by mediators and advocates, developing and marketing a mediation practice. Up to 16.80 CLE hours.
Follow the following link for more formation and registration: http://www.abanet.org/dispute/advmed/2010/home.html
 Nancy Tilton Hand, JD, NLP, is the trainer for a September training sponsored by the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution. The official CLE title is Seal the Deal: Performance Enhancing Negotiation & Rapport Building Skills for Lawyers, and carries 7.3 hours of continuing legal education credit, and 1 hour ethics. The one-day course covers the art of negotiation, achieving peak performance states, building rapport, preparation, negotiation techniques, and wild cards. This interactive and conversational course with exercises will catapult you to the “right side” of the negotiation curve. Begin to practice, and continue using what you learn for the rest of the week, month, etc. You can even report back your successes! Visit Nancy’s website www.negotiationninja.com.
Training is held at the Alabama State Bar, and includes lunch. Parking code provided upon registration confirmation. First come basis. Cost: Attorneys $400; Roster members $355; ASB Leadership Program $325; Law Students $200. Deadline for registration is September 21st.
Course agenda and details: ACDR_Agenda_CourseDescription_Sept2010
Registration form: NeogRegistration
If you need more information or would like registration and agenda mailed or faxed, please call the Center at 334-269-0409.
 Robert Creveling and Bar President, Tom Methvin Robert Creveling, Esq. of Birmingham, who mediates pro bono at the district court in Jeffereson County, won the Volunteer Lawyers Program Pro Bono Mediator Award at the Alabama State Bar’s annual meeting in Sandestin this July 2010. The award is given each year as a way to encourage mediators to provide pro bono service to those who cannot afford full mediator fees. The Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution congratulates, Mr. Creveling
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