Advanced Family Law Mediation - Dealing with Difficult Issues

The fourth of 4 NEW courses in CLEBC's revamped Family DR curriculum!

Monday & Tuesday, April 4 & 5, 2016
Time: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm EACH DAY Note late end times!
Pan Pacific Hotel, 999 Canada Place, Vancouver

Limited Enrolment. Register early to avoid disappointment!

Who should attend: All those wishing to enhance their mediation skills and understanding; this course is essential for new family mediators.

Learning level: Advanced

The fourth and final course in CLEBC's new Family Law Mediation curriculum, this course will focus on issues such as bias and impartiality, ethical issues in mediation, high conflict personalities, culture, co-mediation, and multi-party disputes. For those wishing to become Family Law Mediators under the Family Law Act, this is the final course in our 80 hour curriculum.

This course will count for 16 hours of mediation training and will include exercises and role plays in mediation settings.

Prerequisites: Introduction to Family Dispute Resolution or equivalent training, Family Law Mediation Fundamentals or equivalent training, AND Intermediate Family Law Mediation or equivalent training. This course would be the appropriate course for those who have completed Family Law Mediation Levels 1, 2 & 3 under our previous curriculum design.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 16 hours (a minimum of 2 hours will involve aspects of professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chairs/Instructors
Carol W. Hickman, QC — Quay Law Centre, New Westminster
Arlene H. Henry, QC — Arlene H. Henry Law Corporation, Vancouver

Pricing
EARLY BIRD (Register by March 7, 2016 and SAVE)
Live Course: Regular $1,100

After March 7, 2016
Live Course: Regular $1,210

Registration includes a print copy of the workshop materials. The materials will NOT be distributed electronically.

Unable to attend without financial support? To learn more about CLEBC's Bursary Program click here and for our Easy Pay Plan click here.

Qualify as a Family Law Mediator!
—Register for all 4 courses in our NEW curriculum!

1. Introduction to Family Dispute Resolution—Monday & Tuesday, September 28 & 29, 2015

2. Family Law Mediation Fundamentals—Wednesday – Friday, December 9 – 11, 2015

3. Intermediate Family Law Mediation—Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15, 2016

4. Advanced Family Law Mediation—Monday & Tuesday, April 4 & 5, 2016

CLEBC Program Coordinator
Mary Kingston, Production Manager, Programs
mkingston@cle.bc.ca

Course Chairs/Instructors
Carol W. Hickman, QC — Quay Law Centre, New Westminster
Arlene H. Henry, QC — Arlene H. Henry Law Corporation, Vancouver

About the Course Chairs/Instructors
Carol Hickman, QC has practiced family law in the Greater Vancouver area for 25 years, most recently with Quay Law Centre, New Westminster. She has experience at all levels of court, including the BC Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. She has extensive experience in complex family law matters, including property division, maintenance, and custody and access disputes. A Law Society of BC bencher from 2004 – 2011, Carol is now a Life Bencher and chairs the Family Law Task Force which was responsible for developing the Regulations for Family Law Mediators, Arbitrators and Parenting Coordinators.

For the past 10 years, Carol has been a family law mediator, collaborative family lawyer, and family law arbitrator. She is one of the pioneering members of the Collaborative Family Law Group. In 2012 Carol established West Coast ADR Law Group which focuses on ADR options, including mediation, arbitration, and collaborative law. Carol has been a frequent instructor and coach for CLEBC, including five times at the biennial Family Law Conference from 2001 to 2011. In addition, Carol assisted CLEBC develop the Family Law Arbitration course in BC, and is a coach and instructor for the Family Violence Screening course.

Carol received her LLB in 1987, and her LLM in Alternate Dispute Resolution in 2014. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2010.

Arlene H. Henry, QC is a lawyer, mediator, parenting coordinator, adjudicator, instructor, and dispute resolution coach. She has been mediating since 1998 and is particularly interested in the restructuring of families. Arlene trained at both the Justice Institute of BC and CLEBC and is a certified comprehensive family mediator with Family Mediation Canada. She is a member of Mediate BC’s Roster Committee and each of the Civil, Family, and Child Protection Rosters, and has a special interest in children and youth participation in dispute resolution processes. Arlene is on the board of both the BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society and the BC Hear the Child Society, and is actively involved in the development of each discipline within BC. She has coached family and civil mediation courses for CLEBC and other advanced education agencies annually since the late 1990s. In addition, Arlene is an instructor and coach for the new Family Law Arbitration and Family Violence Screening courses in BC.

Arlene is also experienced in working with aboriginal First Nations, recently assisting with the implementation of each of the Tsawwassen and the Maa-nulth First Nations Treaties. She is a member of the Employment Assistance Appeal Tribunal and a roster mediator for the Police Complaint Commission.

Discuss Bias and Impartiality During the Mediation Process

• review how this may impact each of the mediation models
• how to be evaluative and remain impartial
• how to explore options and provide legal information and remain impartial

Consider Why Mediations Fail

• resistance
• impasse
• failed mediations

Examine the Ethical Issues in Mediation

• what to do about disclosure
• review practice standards and codes of conduct
• consider various scenarios and the ethical issues that arise during mediation

Consider other Dispute Resolution Options

• restorative justice
• circles

Overview of Med-Arb and How the Mediation Process is Different

• can the mediator be evaluative in a Med-Arb process
• can the mediator caucus in a Med-Arb process
• what to do with confidential information
• how does this impact mediator neutrality and impartiality

How to Deal with High Conflict Personalities

• overview of personality disorders
• how to deal with difficult parties
• what if it is counsel? 

Overview of the Neuroscience of Conflict

Explore the Dynamics of Culture and Diversity in Dispute Resolution

Discuss Co-mediations and Multi-party Disputes