SBM ADR Section

ADR Summit, March 9-10, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Best selling author, therapist, mediator, and lawyer and co-founder and pioneer of the High-Conflict Institute, Bill Eddy, will present on high conflict personalities. Approved by SCAO for up to 8-hours advanced mediation training credits.

ADR Summit, March 9-10, 1:00-5:00 p.m. We are pleased to announce that Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq., of the High Conflict Institute will present

How to Be an Effective Mediation Advocate, Feb 18, Noon

Mediation is likely to be the closest your client gets to having their day in court. Are you ready for it? Please join the panelists in an interactive discussion of effective mediation advocacy skills and strategies, including mediator selection, preparing clients for mediation, overcoming hurdles to settlement, effective written mediation practices, and developing a negotiation strategy. If you're going anywhere near a mediation, this program, co-sponsored by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and the Young Lawyers Section, is not to be missed!

Cost: Free

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How to Be an Effective Mediation Advocate, A Joint Webinar with the Young Lawyers Section. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Mediation is likely to be the closest your client gets to having their day in court. Are you ready for it? Please join the panelists in an interactive discussion of effective mediation advocacy skills and strategies, including mediator selection, preparing clients for mediation, overcoming hurdles t...

We are proud of and congratulate Ed Pappas, our Council member, Executive Committee member, and Skills Action Team co-chair. Ed chaired the State Bar Professionalism workgroup that drafted Principles of Professionalism with Commentary which was adopted today by the Michigan Supreme Court. Well done Ed!

They are hyperlinked here: https://courts.michigan.gov/Courts/MichiganSupremeCourt/rules/court-rules-admin-matters/Adopted/2019-32_2020-12-16_FormattedOrder_AO2020-23.pdf.

courts.michigan.gov