Add to your lawyer skills
Monday & Tuesday, February 15 & 16, 2016,
8:30 am – 5:00 pm BOTH days
CLEBC Boardroom, 500 – 1155 West Pender Street, Vancouver
Limited enrolment. Register early to avoid disappointment!
Who should attend: Anyone wishing to extend their practice to include alternative dispute resolution.
Learning level: Fundamental
Are you planning to become a mediator, or to add valuable skills to your existing litigation tool kit? Dispute resolution skills will enhance your value to your clients. This two-day course provides you with the entry level training for general civil mediation. You will become familiar with the basics of mediation in a coached, practical setting. The course is a permitted prerequisite for the CLEBC course Advanced Civil Mediation, and has been approved as mediation training requirements of Mediate BC.
After taking this course you will...
- have a negotiation model to apply to your mediation work as either counsel or as a mediator
- be able to use a step by step process framework for proceeding through the stages of mediation
- feel confident using macro and micro skills to act as effective counsel/mediator
- have the tools to manage the mediation process, including how and when to caucus, working through impasse, and helping the parties to reach resolution
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).
This course also counts towards the Family Law ADR Qualification Hours.
Course Instructors
Colleen Cattell, QC, CMed — Fitzpatrick & Company, West Vancouver
Lori Williams — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Pricing
EARLY BIRD (Register by January 27, 2016 and SAVE)
Live Course: Regular $1,100
After January 27, 2016
Live Course: Regular $1,210
Registration includes a hard copy of the workshop materials. These materials will NOT be distributed electronically
CLEBC Program Coordinator
Jessica Post
jpost@cle.bc.ca