On Friday and Saturday, September 30-October 1, the ADR Section of the State Bar of Michigan will host its ADR Conference and Annual Meeting which will continue to be virtual. The section, however, is pleased to announce that the Annual Awards Ceremony will return live on Saturday evening, October 1, at the St. John's Resort, in Plymouth, with a cocktail reception from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and dinner from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., for $50 per person.
The conference will include up to 12 hours of advanced-mediation training. This year the section will return to charging a nominal fee for the conference and awards ceremony. Annual Conference pricing is $50 for members, $90 for non-members, and free for law students, presenters, sitting judges, CDRC staff, and volunteers.
Scheduled to speak at the conference are Judge James Alexander, Erin R. Archerd, Kristen Arnett, Orit Asnin, Laura A. Athens, Anne Bachle Fifer, Earlene Baggett-Hayes, Melissa Budden Kelleigh, Erika Loraine Bryant, Susan J. Butterwick, James Darden, II, Ellen E. Deason, Terry Doxey, Christine Doxey, Edward Hartfield, James Heath, Janice Holdinski, Lee Hornberger, Richard Kerbawy, Michael S. Leib, Judge Milton L. Mack Jr., Edward H. Pappas, Judge Lita M. Popke, Clarence L. "Rocky" Pozza Jr., Sharon Press, Antoinette R. Raheem, Harshitha Ram, Judge Gerald E. Rosen, Larry J. Saylor, Judge Phillip J. Shefferly, Jenna J. Schneeberger, John M. Sier, Sheldon J. Stark, Lisa Taylor, Martin C. Weisman, Mieke Weissert, Marla Wick, Shawntane Williams, Robert E. L. Wright, and Zena Zumeta.
Topics to be discussed during the conference include:
• Mediation Challenges: Overcoming Power Imbalances with Parental Overnights
• Promoting Your Practice with Preparation
• Probate Court Judicial Decisions vs. Mediated Solutions: The Little Details Can Make Big Things Happen
• Mediation: Embedded Assumptions of Whiteness?
• What can ADR Practitioners do to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the ADR Profession?
• Michigan ADR Case Law Update
• Effectively Addressing Difficult Emotions in Mediation
• Mediating NDAs
• Pro Se: Managing Cases with Self-Represented Parties
• Med-Arb: Is it an Exciting Useful Hybrid or Fraught with Peril?
• Writing, Protecting, and Correcting an Arbitration Award
• Impasse Breaking Techniques
• Enhancing Your Mediation Techniques with Internet Images: When a Picture Is Worth 1000 Words
• Considerations and Practices for LGBTQ+ Mediation
• Handling High Emotion Conflict in Mediations
For additional information or to register for the conference, visit www.tribeunltd5.com.
