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Human emotions are vital in mediation: They let us know what matters, they help us connect with others, and they propel us to action. At the same time, people in conflict often experience intense negative emotions that can derail a mediation. This session will provide a basis for understanding the neurobiology of emotion, as well as provide tools for enhancing the positive emotions – and managing the negative emotions – of participants, attorneys, and mediators themselves.

Explore the legal basis and professional standards underlying mediation, and develop a key base for practice covering mediation statutes, confidentiality, ethics, competence, and new developments in the law.

When people achieve milestones in life as momentous as graduating from law school, it is a commonplace truism that they did not get there on…

This session delves into specific step-by-step process details of the mediation session itself, while also exploring specific scenarios and challenges that mediators encounter in complex, and multi-party cases.