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Prior CLE Programs/Materials

Audio recordings of selected CLE programs now available online!

The Council meets every first Thursday of the month at 8:00 am at the MSBA Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Section holds monthly meetings and CLEs on the second Tuesday of the month at 12:00 pm at the MSBA Office, Minneapolis, MN.

CLE Programs:

2012-13 CLE Programs

September 11, 2012 - Jim Coben on the Limitations of American ADR as an Export Product

October 9, 2012 - FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) Arbitration: Representing Clients and Arbitrating

November 13, 2012 - Who's the client? and other ethical dilemmas for mediators

December 11, 2012 - Court-Connected Mediation and Minorities – Has Any Progress Been Made?

January 8, 2013 - A Proposal to Increase and Enhance the Use of ADR in Minnesota
Presentation PowerPoint

February 12, 2013 - Mediation before Motions: can mediators help resolve procedural, discovery, and other litigation matters?

March 12, 2013 - Rediscovering and Reinventing Local Bar Association Legal Fee Arbitration Program

April 9, 2013 - Last Chance Mediation: Surprising Results from the Appellate Court Family Mediation Project

May 14, 2013 - Helping mediators around the world improve their skills, learn to mediate online, and discover new market opportunities – via Skype

2011-12 CLE Programs

September 13, 2011 - "News and Views from Minnesota Community Mediation Programs."

October 11, 2011 - "Can the Political Differences in the Minnesota Legislature be Mediated?"

November 8, 2011 - "The Alternative Dispute Resolution Section's Annual Happy Hour and Law Student Reception"

December 13, 2011 - "Arbitration: Have We Lost Its Traditional Benefits?  Can We Get Them Back?
Perspectives on Realizing the Promise of Arbitration"

January 10, 2012 - "Nonviolent Peacekeeping - An ADR Model Worth Emulating"

February 14, 2012 - Has the ABA Endorsed an End-Run Around the Rule Against Contact With Represented Parties? ABA Formal Opinion 11-461

March 13, 2012 - THE ADR ETHICS BOARD: WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY DO AND HOW NOT TO MEET THEM

April 10, 2012 - Kentucky Felony Mediation Program: A Model for Mediation of Criminal Cases in Minnesota?

May 8, 2012 - Probate/Trust Mediation—Perspectives from Two Mediators with Bench Backgrounds

2010-11

• September 14, 2010 "Mass Torts/Disasters: Use of Special Masters and Alternative Methods of Resolution"

• October 12, 2010 "Truth and Tension in Divorce Mediation Practice"

• November 9, 2010 "A New Frontier in ADR – Blind Mediations How Less Information Might Promote More Self Determination"

• December 14, 2010 "An Arbitrator's Thoughts on Effective Advocacy in Arbitration"
  
  
• January 11, 2011 "Elder Mediation: Possibilities and Pitfalls"
  
  
• February 8, 2011 "Keep your "In-fighting" In-House: Designing Workplace Dispute Resolution Processes: Tips and Traps for Attorneys and ADR Neutrals"
  
  
• March 8, 2011: "Interaction Between Judiciary Budgetary Crisis and ADR"
  
  
• April 12, 2011: "ADR in Special Education: How to Build Trust in a Mediation System when Distrust Abounds"
  

• May 10 , 2011 - "Can the Judiciary be Saved? Can ADR Help?"
  
  

  2009-10

• September 8, 2009 "Mediator Certification and Mediator Codes of Conduct"

• October 13, 2009 "Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration Clauses - Where Do We Go From Here?"

• November 10, 2009 "Restorative Practices and Youth"

• December 8, 2009 "Global Mediation"

• January 12, 2010 "The Future of Community Mediation"

• February 9, 2010 "The Pros and Cons of Arbitration"

• March 9, 2010 "Mediating Sexual Abuse Claims"

• April 13, 2010 "Artificial Intelligence: Robots, Avatars, and the Demise of the Human Mediator"

• April 29, 2010 "Mediating Dangerously: The Frontiers of Conflict" (Section Co-Sponsored Ken Cloke Training)

• May 11, 2010 "Everything you might want to know about the Homeowner-Lender Mediation Act"

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