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Mediation week has begun, and Governor Robert Bentley has declared by proclamation October 21st as Mediation Day in Alabama. Thanks to the Governor’s Legal Advisor, Cooper Shattuck, for making this happen.
The Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution and the Appellate Mediation Office are hosting appellate mediation training on the 21st at the Alabama State Bar. Gary Canner, Esq., 11th Circuit Mediator, Retired, will be the appellate trainer. Joining him are Rebecca Oates, Assistant Clerk of the Court of Civil Appeals who administers that Court’s appellate mediation program; Celeste Sabel, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney for the Supreme Court of Alabama and appellate mediation administrator; and Michelle Ohme, the Program Coordinator for the Alabama Appellate Mediation Program.
Chief Justice Charles R. Malone of the Supreme Cour of Alabama, and William C. Thompson, Presiding Judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals will make remarks.
A panel of distinguished appellate mediators will join the 25 participants for lunch and discussion: Hon. Arthur J. Hanes, Jr., Upchurch, Watson, White & Max, Birmingham; Justice R. Bernard Harwood, Jr., Rosen Harwood, PA, Tuscaloosa; and Debra Black Leo, Esq., Supervisory ADR Coordinator, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Birmingham.
Mediators who mediate this week will ask those for whom they mediate to take a mediation effectiveness survey as part of a state-wide initiative by the Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution (www.alabamaadr.org). District court mediation program coordinators have also been asked to participate: Rob Stankoski, Fairhope; Lee Davis, Culllman; Cheryl Leatherwood, Ozark; Heather Boone, Selma; Vicki Bonner-Ward, Wetumpka; Kirk Garrett, Brewton; Steve Overby, Dothan; Read Haughery, Opelika; Margie Stellingwerf, Huntsville; Al Giles, Mobile; Kim Gully, Decatur; and Ken Dunham, professor for Jones School of Law Mediation Course and Clinic and his students will survey participants in Montgomery.
The Mediation Training Institute International once again is offering its Mediation at Sea Cruise to the Caribbean–Cozumel, Costa Maya, Belize City and Roatan–leaving from New Orleans. To find out more about dates, ship, etc. go to http://www.mediationworks.com/mti/cruise2011/
OK. A show about a mediator! Now we are getting someplace. So if they (the public) watch this show, will they know exactly what you do when you say you are a mediator? Kate Reed, lawyer-mediator, is she like us? If you haven’t watched ”Fairly Legal ” since it first premiered Thursday, January 20th, check it out at 9 p.m. Central time on USA this Thursday.
 Ken Feinberg among the people Ever wanted to know more about that master mediator/resolver, Ken Feinberg? Read the latest about him and mass tort resolution. Copy and paste to your browser the aba link, below.
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/master_of_disasters
 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: http://www.mediatorsbeyondborders.org/what/congress_registration.shtml
 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. http://www.alabar.org/publications/lawyer.cfm
 Anne Isbell Anne Isbell, Executive Director of the Community Mediation Foundation of Huntsville, and Vice Chair for the Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution, is an expert in training students to handle conflict without violence. Anne has worked with schools in Huntsville, Opelika, Montgomery, Scottsboro and other Alabama cities, and has accumulated proof that peer mediation will change the climate in a school.
During peer mediation training, students learn about the causes of conflict and the rules for fair fighting. They are taught to attack the problem not the person, and to brainstorm for solutions that satisfy. Students who are trained to be mediators are able to facilitate discussion about the real issues that concern those in conflict. They learn to come to the table and lead the negotiation for resolution. Peer mediators become leaders, facilitators, peacemakers.
To learn more about peer mediation or to contact Ms. Isbell about having peer mediation in your school, visit our new postings at the website www.alabamaadr.org
 Alabama State Department ADR Panel Anticipate the unexpected. Every good mediator can relate to that. But I wasn’t thinking about Alabama ADR going global when the State Department called about a conflict resolution project for Africa.
On June 12, 2009, the Center hosted a very special delegation of 10 individuals, accompanied by three Department interpreters, from the Africa nations of Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, and Togo. The individuals were leaders in their countries, conflict resolution practitioners, government and elected officials, and NGO and community leaders, particularly those involved in policy-making and negotiation. They were selected for participation in the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program by American Embassies.
Continue reading Alabama ADR Goes Global
The Just Resolutions newsletter is worth a good read. It is published monthly by the Section of Dispute Resolution of the American Bar Association. Read the July issue here: http://www.abanet.org/dispute/enews_assets/Web-July2009.html
“The Strategic Mediator” is a blog from Upchurch Watson White and Max Mediation Group that I would recommend mediators take a look at. I received the following message from John Upchurch recently and after a good read, immediately added this link to the BlogRoll Links on the right!
Continue reading The Strategic Mediator
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