Hon. John Carroll and Symposium Audience
Cumberland School of Law Community Mediation Center and CLE Program, in conjunction with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Birmingham Bar and the Dispute Resolution Section of the Alabama State Bar, will host a spring ADR Symposium April 8, 2011, from 8:30 until noon in the moot court room at the law school.
Steve Heninger from Heninger Garrison Davis, and Stanley Cash from Huie, Fernambucq & Steward will tackle, “A Practitioner’s Approach to Preparing for Complex and Emotional Mediations,” moderated by Jack Neal of Sirote & Permutt. Oscar Price of Wallace Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, Beverly Baker of Ogletree Deakins, John Scott of Starnes Davies Florie, and Scott Simpson of Simpson, Glick, Burford will cover, “Ethical Issues in Arbitration,” moderated by Corkey Strickland, associate dean and professor at Cumberland. A mediation panel will wrap up the day: John Ott, magistrate judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District, Charles Denaburg of Najjar Denaburg, Fern Singer of Watterson & SInger, Bill Ratliff of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, moderated by Judge John Carroll, dean & professor of Cumberland.
To register contact the Cumberland Community Mediation Center at (205) 726-4342, ccmc@samford.edu. Registration fee is $100 for section members and $125 for non members. The program is approved for 3 hours of CLE including 1 hour ethics.
This year’s Congress of Mediators Beyond Borders will be held in Washington, D.C. on March 5-7, 2009. MBB is involved in preventive, post-disaster, and pre and post war peacebuilding, with an emphasis on conflict resolution skills training, capacity-building, coaching and consulting. In the past three years MBB has grown into an international organization with more than 200 members and various projects around the globe. For more information: 
The Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution and the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution have capped 15 years with a special ADR edition of the Alabama Lawyer. Established by Supreme Court order in 1994, the Commission and its administrative arm, the Center, have worked to promote mediation and educate about alternatives to litigation in appropriate cases. Our thanks to editor, Robert Huffaker, Esq. of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, and Margaret Murphy at the Alabama State Bar for their assistance. Read about appellate mediation, mediating ESI disputes, mediation in dependency cases, collaborative law, arbitration, pro bono mediators and more. 