4th Annual Colorado Statewide ADR Conference
4th Annual Colorado Statewide ADR Conference
Program Description
The Dispute Resolution field is rapidly evolving, and Colorado is at the frontier of that evolution. Colorado's 4th Annual Statewide ADR Conference will explore human development and how that development (physiological, cognitive and emotional) presents new dimensions for the resolution of human conflict. National experts, legislators and dispute resolution practitioners from across the state will present insights and developments in conflict resolution, from neuroscience, to adaptive systems concepts, to tried-and-true tips and tricks from experienced dispute resolution professionals. Come to the conference to challenge your current thinking, to expand and improve your skills and practice, and collaborate with your remarkable colleagues as we continue to evolve the dynamic field of Dispute Resolution.
Keynote Speaker
Stephanie West Allen, JD, practiced law in California for several years, held offices in local bar associations, and wrote chapters for California Continuing Education of the Bar. While in CA, Stephanie completed a number of five-day mediation training programs, including several with the Center for Mediation in Law, and a two-year intensive with Center co-founder Gary Friedman. She has been a mediator for over two and one-half decades. While in law school, she took many courses in Santa Clara University's School of Counseling Psychology. Stephanie has consulted with lawyers and law firms for many years, and spent a number of years as lawyer training director at a large firm. She also designs and presents Continuing Legal Education programs. She is the author of Creating Your Own Funeral or Memorial Service: A Workbook and many articles on workplace and professional issues for such publications as Lawyer Hiring and Training Report, Colorado Nurse, The Complete Lawyer, National Law Journal, Of Counsel, Law Practice, Denver Business Journal, and TRIAL. Stephanie co-wrote "The Human Factor," a column on alternative dispute resolution for The Complete Lawyer before it stopped publishing in July of 2009. She writes the column "Reading Minds" for the ABA's Law Practice. Stephanie's latest award, given to her in 2008, was the L. Randolph Lowry Lecturer reflecting Lowry's life-long commitment to: educate mediators, further the values of communication to restore, to enhance or, at least, to ameliorate the effects of conflict in ongoing personal, professional and business relationships; and build bridges of understanding in organizations. She has designed and taught courses at such institutions as Hastings College of the Law, University of Colorado-Denver, and Regis University (Denver). Course titles included Settlement and Negotiation, Psychology of Conflict, Law and Psychology, and Psychology of Prejudice. In her Brains on Purpose™ programs, she shows people how to use their minds to change their brains in order to break and create habits, increase focus and awareness, and achieve goals. Stephanie has developed a ground-breaking mediation model that utilizes the latest findings in neuroscience to facilitate resolution of conflict. She is certified to administer and interpret the Highlands Assessment Battery and uses this tool with both individuals and groups in the areas of business development, client relations, and team development. Her two blogs are idealawg and Brains On Purpose™.
Plenary Session Speaker
Wendell Jones, Ph.D., started his career at Sandia National Laboratories in 1976. For fifteen years, he led a research group studying the structural and corrosion properties of materials used in nuclear weapons, energy conversion systems, and electronic materials. In 1992, Wendell established an ombudsman program for Sandia, bringing Sandia’s program to national prominence in conflict resolution. Wendell has been active in the International Ombudsman Association serving as Vice President and teaching numerous courses. Within the Sandia Advanced Concepts Group, he initiated studies in complex system theory, and the impact of neuroscience on human system conflict. He is the chief negotiator in an effort to create a novel governance structure combining assets shared by the the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Department of Homeland Security.
Thank you to our valued sponsors who help make this program possible!
Conflict Resolution Institute, University of Denver
American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section
CeDar, University of Colorado Hospital (Center for Dependency, Addiction & Rehabilitation)
University of Denver,University College
Agenda
8:00 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:25 a.m.
Welcome
8:30 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: Stephanie West Allen
The Mind and the Brain: 21st Century Insight for the ADR Professional
The reactive brain engages in a very different kind of conflict than does the
reflective mind. What does recent neuroscience tell us about taking control
of the brain with the mind to facilitate mindful and collaborative solutions?
9:45 a.m.
Break & Networking
10:00 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Session I (Please choose 1 of 6 to attend)
1. Early Identification and Management of Difficult Clients
Assessing high-conflict personalities early can establish a strong foundation for negotiations. This session will provide practitioners with tools for identifying the high-conflict client and understanding the client's core triggers and beliefs. The session also presents specific management tools for keeping the process on track.
Faculty:
Brook Olsen, High Conflict Diversion Program, LLC, Encinitas, CA
2. Facilitating Intergenerational Conversation: It's Complicated! (1.5 ethics credits)
Whether you are using a formal mediation process or facilitating a meeting with a family in conflict over elder care issues, the process is complicated. This workshop will challenge your thinking as we explore such topics as intergenerational dynamics, how to get multiple parties to the table, co-mediating difficult family disputes, and ethical issues related to the extent seniors with diminished capacity can participate. The presenters will engage the audience in a rich interactive learning experience.
Faculty:
John A. Rymers, ELDEResolutions, Centennial, CO; Kathryn E. Miller, Littleton Alternative Dispute Resolution Ltd., Littleton, CO; Debbie Reinberg, ELDEResolutions, Denver, CO; and Martha L. Ridgway, Martha Ridgway PC, Louisville, CO
3. Ethics Considerations in Mediation (1.5 ethics credits)
Mediators and attorneys can come face-to-face with ethical issues during a
mediation. This session will identify and discuss many of these issues.
Faculty:
O. Russel Murray, ADR Source, Englewood, CO
4. The Miracle of Mediation and Collaboration
This session examines the use of mediation as the centerpiece of the Collaborative Law Process.
Faculty:
Peggy Walker, The Harris Law Firm PC, Denver, CO and Terri Harrington, Harrington Brewster & Clein PC, Denver, CO
5. Construction Arbitration
This session focuses on the technically complex components of construction
arbitration from the perspective of the arbitration professional. Discussion
will include dispute provisions for standard construction agreements,
industry use of arbitration, and the challenges faced by the neutral in
establishing a thorough, yet efficient, arbitration hearing.
Faculty:
Richard Fullerton, Constructive Options, Denver, CO and J. David Arkell, Faegre & Benson LLP, Denver, CO
6. We Can Only See What We Want to See: Communication, Understanding, Cognition, and Stages of Development in ADR
This session will identify the barriers that make communication and understanding so difficult
Faculty:
Joseph McMahon, Joseph P. McMahon Jr., LLC, Denver, CO
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Break & Networking
11:30 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Session II (Please choose 1 of 6 to attend)
1. Restorative Justice and Mediation: How They Fit Together
Restorative practices can help people move on from painful experiences. This session will explore how the benefits of restorative practices can be applied to divorce, parenting, estate, and related issues.
Faculty:
Ronnie Rosenbaum, Ronnie Rosenbaum Associates/VORP of Denver, Golden, CO and Gabrielle Frey, Resolution Works, Denver, CO
2. Restorative Justince in the Workplace
This session will apply the social-science approach to organizational structure, social-science analysis, and
restorative practices to conflict resolution in the workplace.
Faculty:
Donald Wills, DBA Gunnison Mediation and Consulting, Gunnison, CO
3. Persuasion Under the Radar: Psychological Influence During Negotiation (1.5 ethics credits)
This session will identify the psychological principles that can be leveraged to create unconscious influence in negotiations, how to use and defend against them, their relationship to concepts of fairness, and the ethical implications involved in their use in negotiation.
Faculty:
Daryl James, James, Kirsh Inness-Brown & Ware, LLC, Boulder, CO
4. Collaborative Practice: Overcoming Difficult Impasse with the Use of a Guardian Ad Litem, Case Facilitators, and Collaborative Arbitration
Collaborative practice can often fail when parties are unable to resolve discreet issues or when a party is under a disability. The presenters will discuss models of collaborative practice designed to overcome such obstacles.
Faculty:
Ann Gushurst, Gutterman Griffiths PC, Littleton, CO and David Littman, David Littman PC, Denver, CO
5. Expanding the Circles
In addition to providing a brief overview of restorative principles and current
processes in various settings, this session will focus on controversies in
restorative justice such as gaps in program evaluation and evidence. The
presenters also will discuss expanding restorative practices to new
environments and including more stakeholders.
Faculty:
Gina Bata, CU-Boulder Restorative Justice Program, Boulder, CO and Jacoba Rock, Full Circle, LLC, Denver, CO
6. Mediation Media: Use of Technology in Mediation
This session will provide an overview of the use and abuse of cutting-edge
technology and electronic presentations in the context of mediation.
Faculty:
Dave Rudy, Just Accord, Inc., Black Forest, CO
12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Lunch - Legislative Developments with Senator Linda Newell
Senator Newell will present her vision for the future of Government and ADR. How can we, as dispute
resolution practitioners, promote policies that support conflict resolution principles?
1:45 p.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Session III (Please choose 1 of 6 to attend)
1. The Mind and the Brain: 21st Century Insight for the ADR Professional - Continued
The reactive brain engages in a very different kind of conflict than does the reflective mind. What does recent neuroscience tell us about taking control of the brain with the mind to facilitate mindful and collaborative solutions?
Faculty:
Stephanie West Allen
2. Does Colorado Need a New International Arbitration Act?
This session will identify weaknesses in our current system of arbitration in regard to international dispute resolution and identify how adoption of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration could help to promote international business in Colorado.
Faculty:
Todd A. Wells, Gleason Wells, PC, Denver, CO
3. Arbitration-From Agreement to Award
This session will address arbitration clauses and choice of law, arbitrator disclosures and disqualification, management of the arbitration process, and issues surrounding arbitration awards and vacatur.
Faculty:
James Stone, ADR Source, Englewood, CO
4. The Neurobiology of Conflict
This session will identify how the brain processes the states of mind that
naturally exist during conflict. Issues will include how participants' states of
arousal affect the mediation process and types of interventions that can assist
participants to remain present during the conflict-resolution process.
Faculty:
Barbara Shindell, Barbara Shindell, LCSW, LLC, Centennial, CO
5. Conflict Coaching: A Powerful ADR Tool
This session will define conflict coaching, identify a conflict-coaching process, invite attendees to participate in
a conflict-coaching demonstration, and discuss what is involved in becoming a conflict coach
Faculty:
Robin Amadei, Common Ground Mediation Center, LLC, Lafayette, CO
6. Power, Privilege, and Prejudice
This session will critique traditional mediation in light of multicultural realities
and consider how traditional mediation often institutionally and individually
reinforces privilege among disputing parties.
Faculty:
Pearl Bell, The Conflict Center, Denver, CO and Yvonne Sandoval, Sixth Sun Consulting, Denver, CO
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 pm
Break & Networking
3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
PLENARY SESSION
Radical Insights From Neuroscience and Complex Adaptive System Theory: Creating Community
This session will explore complex system theory, and the impact of neuroscience on human system conflict with
an eye towards creating a holistic and integrative method to resolving conflict.
Faculty:
Dr. Wendell Jones, Senior Scientist, Sandia Laboratories, Rockville, MD
4:45 p.m.
Adjourn
Conference Chairs
Alicia Davis, Office of Dispute Resolution, Denver, CO
Lucia Lamprey, Colorado Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
Holly Panetta, Office of Dispute Resolution, Denver, CO
Terry Young, Colorado Council of Mediators & Mediation Organizations, Forever Young & Associates, LLC, Brighton, CO
Planning Committee
Kate Boland, Kate Boland, LLC, Denver, CO
Jessica Campbell, University of Denver, School of Law, Denver, CO
Christine Coates, Attorney-Mediator, Boulder, CO
Janet Dampeer, Janet Koin Dampeer, LLC, Denver, CO
Dori DeJong, DeJong & Associates, Denver, CO
Susan Demidovich, 2nd Judicial District, ODR Program Administrator, Denver, CO
Tamra d'Estree, DU-Conflict Resolution Institute, Denver, CO
Lisa Hughes, Denver Court Mediation Services, Denver, CO
Deborah Koepke, 1st Choice HR and Mediation Services, Boulder, CO
Sam Lloyd, SuccesSystems, Inc., Boulder, CO
Honorable Susan Macey, Judicial Arbiter Group, Inc., Denver, CO
O. Russel Murray, ADR Source, Englewood, CO
Melissa Nicoletti, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, CO
Debbie Reinberg, ELDEResolutions, Denver, CO
Martha L. Ridgway, Martha L. Ridgway, P.C., Louisville, CO
Sue Rossberg, CBA DR Section, Denver, CO
Robin Rossenfeld, R3Mediation, LLC, Denver, CO
Teresa Salerno, Denver, CO
David Sondheimer, Colorado Springs, CO
Jean Stracy, Decision Resources, Denver, CO
Lois Tilley, Advanced Conflict Management, Denver, CO
Louise Wildee, A Dialogue Resource, Aurora, CO
Don Wills, Gunnison Mediation and Consultants, Gunnison, CO
Marty Wisott, Rocky Mountain Business Valuation, Denver, CO
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $239.00 |
| CBA | $209.00 |
| Non Member | $199.00 |
| Non Member | $199.00 |
| Non Member | $199.00 |
| Non Member | $199.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
- Ethics Credits: 3.00
- EDI Credits:
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