Schedule and Faculty

Schedule times listed below are for the live seminar. Times for replays may differ due to varied start times and abbreviated lunch and break periods. Please refer to the DATES/LOCATION tab for individual replay start times.

presented by Nina Meierding, M.S., J.D. Nina Meierding was the Director and Senior Mediator of the Mediation Center in Ventura, California from 1985-2007 and has mediated more than 4,000 disputes. She is an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University School of Law and Southern Methodist University, and has taught communication and culture seminars in England, Ireland, Sweden, Scotland, India and throughout the U.S.

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

Choosing Between Facilitative and Evaluative Mediation: A Matter of Strategy, Not Style

9:45 – 10:45 a.m.

Convening the Mediation Process: The Beginning Really Does Impact the End

10:45 – 11:00 a.m.

BREAK

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

The Art and Science of Separate and Joint Sessions: Choosing With a Reason

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

LUNCH (on your own)

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Working Effectively with Attorneys: Partnering for Settlement

1:45 – 2:45 p.m.

Achieving a Durable Agreement: Tips for Breaking Deadlocks
(Includes Mediator's Proposals, Bracketing, Delivery of Offers, Timing, Dealing with Reactive Devaluation, and Concessions)

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.

BREAK

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Achieving a Durable Agreement, continued

4:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Moving Towards Conscious and Unconscious Competence: Transferring Information to Your Working Memory