This group is limited to people who have completed at least one Self-Reflection in Action course. It is an ongoing one year program with 4 quarterly meetings. Jan. 21, Apr. 21, Aug. 4, & Nov. 17, 2012

The Center regularly offers Support and Development groups in New York for those who have completed our Mediation Intensive. The focus of these groups is on integrating the Understanding-based model into participants’ work with conflict resolution in a manner that is authentic to the individual professionals.

The WIPO Workshop for Mediators in Intellectual Property Disputes is an intensive two-day training course in the techniques of mediation, emphasizing effective communication and increased understanding. The Workshop is based on lectures and simulated mediation exercises in the intellectual property field. Participants take active part in the exercises, which are carried out in small groups.

Supervision Seminar

Faculty: Gary J. Friedman

Sponsor: Chambre neuchâteloise du commerce et de l'industrie

To register please contact:

Arlene Weingart at:  arlene_weingart@cicicam-cinalfa.ch

www.cnci.ch

Swiss Conference for Mediation with Gary Friedman and Jack Himmelstein.

How to register/Whom to contact
Bettina Bickel:  bettina.bickel@hispeed.ch

In this training program, we will focus on (1) how the collaborative team can work effectively together to help the parties to understand what is important to each of them and to their family underlying their conflict and (2) how those underlying interests can help to guide the way to creative resolution of the conflict.

Parties in conflict are usually focused on their positions. At the level of each of the parties’ positions, there is often little room for movement and limited understanding of what underlies their dispute. And it can seem that only a judge can end the deadlock.  By contrast, at a deeper level of what each party seeks underlying their positions – their interests – it is possible to create a fuller understanding by each party of their own view and that of the other.  And that can support creative movement toward resolution of their conflict.

The faculty for this training program are: Gary Friedman and Jack Himmelstein

To register, please contact: Carla Marcucci:   carla.marcucci@pec.avvocatilucca.it

Sponsored by Università degli Studi Roma Tre in association with the European Center for Arbitration and Mediation (CEAM, Strasburg).

To register, please contact Marzia Faggiano: marziafaggiano@hotmail.com

The Mediation Intensive Training provides both experienced mediators and those new to the field with the perspective and skills necessary to work within the Center's model of mediation. Participants learn what it takes to shift from a stance of advocacy to one of mediation - for professionals and parties alike. The program is open to attorneys as well as other professionals working to integrate the principles of mediation into their practice or work. Our prior participants have included ombudspeople, collaborative coaches, family business consultants, non-profit staff and other professionals who work with conflict.

Integrating the law and the participation of lawyers into the mediation process without having the law or lawyers dominate is a significant challenge for mediators.  In this program, we will clarify the role of the law in mediation and teach mediators how to guide parties to their own determination of the weight and relevance of the law to their situation and how lawyers can participate in a way that supports their clients and the mediation process. Participants will learn the following:

•How law can be used to enhance the parties’ understanding and empowerment without having it take over from other reference points for decision-making

•Why to bring in the law and the value of the underlying principles of the law

•How to bring in the law with lawyers in the room and without the lawyers in the room

Faculty: Gary J. Friedman and Catherine Conner

The Mediation Intensive Training provides both experienced mediators and those new to the field with the perspective and skills necessary to work within the Center’s model of mediation. Participants learn what it takes to shift from a stance of advocacy to one of mediation – for professionals and parties alike. The program is open to attorneys as well as other professionals working to integrate the principles of mediation into their practice or work. Our prior participants have included ombudspeople, collaborative coaches, family business consultants, non-profit staff and other professionals who work with conflict.

This is a week-long  program in self-reflection in Mexico for conflict professionals.

In this program, we will have a continued focus on how we can work effectively  with our own internal responses to help people in conflict. There will be a significant meditation component to the program. The program is open to people who have completed at least one program with the Center and are working in the conflict resolution field as mediators, collaborators, negotiators, ombudspersons, or traditional lawyers.

Faculty: Gary Friedman, Jack Himmelstein, Norman Fischer

Either download and print the Mail-In Registration Form or fill out the form below to register online.