Why Attend?
- Learn when mediation is appropriate, and how to talk with your client about mediation
- Understand how a mediation session actually works, the roles of the parties involved, how you should prepare yourself and your client for a mediation session, and what to do once the session is over
- Recognize your ethical responsibilities during the actual mediation
- Approved for 2.25 hours of Continuing Mediator Education (CME) non-Ethics Credit as well!
Listen as John McCammon, founder and president of The McCammon Group, and James Barkley, mediator and arbitrator with The McCammon Group, share their thoughts on when mediation might be in a client’s best interest, and how you can best talk with your client about mediation. Our speakers will advise you on how to prepare yourself and your client for a productive and successful mediation session, focusing on the ethical rules regarding competence, communication, scope of representation, and diligence. Finally, they will walk you through a mediation session, offering advice and highlighting your ethical responsibilities regarding opening presentations, negotiations, and closing the mediation, and suggestions for follow-ups.
Topics to be covered include:
- When is mediation appropriate, and how should you talk with your client about mediation?
- How does a mediation session actually work? What are the roles of the parties involved, and how should you prepare yourself and your client for a mediation session?
- What are your ethical responsibilities during the actual mediation?
- What should you do once the session is over? How do you best follow up from the mediation?
| Registration Deadlines: |
| Webcast: |
10 minutes prior to seminar. If you register for a webcast the day of the seminar, your e-mail receipt will include a link to launch the seminar and download the materials. |
| Telephone: |
Online registration ends at 11:59 p.m. the day preceding the seminar
Call (800) 979-8253 to register up to one hour prior to the seminar |
Cancellation Policy: Cancellation/transfer requests will be honored until 5:00 p.m. the day preceding the seminar. You will, however, be charged $40 if you cancel or transfer your registration to a different seminar after the link to the materials has been e-mailed by Virginia CLE.
Full refunds or transfers are available up to two days after a webcast in the unlikely event that you experience technical difficulties.
MCLE Credit Caveat: The MCLE Board measures credits by the time you spend in attendance. If you enter a seminar late or leave it early, or both, you must reflect those adjustments accurately in the credits you report on your credit reporting form. A code will be given at the end of the seminar, which must be written on your MCLE form.
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