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MEDIATION TRAINING SCHEDULE

Save These Dates in May and June 2022

DAY 3 (MAY 21, 2022-SATURDAY LOCATION-MARKOWITZ HERBOLD)

9:00 am – 10:20 am – Lecture Creating Space in Mediation for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Aruna Masih, Judge Melvin Oden-Orr)
10:20 am to 10:30 am – Break and Prepare for Mock Mediations
10:30 am to 11:30 am – Mediation and Debrief-Session 1
11:30 am to 12:30 pm – Mediation and Debrief-Session 2
12:30 pm to 1:00 pm – Lunch Break and Q&A
1:00 pm to 2:20 pm – Lecture Negotiation Strategies (Judge Jean Maurer & Judge Melvin Oden-Orr)
2:20 pm to 2:30 pm – Break and Prepare for Mock Mediations
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm – Mediation and Debrief-Session 3
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm – Large Group Debrief
Hypothetical: Employment
Mock mediation coaches: Judge Melvin Oden-Orr, Richard Vangelisti, Judge Jean Maurer

DAY 4 (MAY 22, 2022-SUNDAY LOCATION-MARKOWITZ HERBOLD)

Reading Assignments: 

The Art of Mediation:  None.

Richard Vangelisti, Advocacy Biases in Case Evaluation, The Verdict, OADC, 2019 Issue 4. (Provided to Participants by Private Link) 

9:00 am – 10:20 am – Lecture Case Evaluation & Cognitive Biases (Richard Vangelisti & Lisa Amato)

10:20 am to 10:30 am – Break and Prepare for Mock Mediations

10:30 am to 11:30 am – Mediation and Debrief-Session 1

11:30 am to 12:30 pm – Mediation and Debrief-Session 2

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm – Lunch Break and Q&A

1:00 pm to 2:20 pm – Lecture & Panel Lawyer’s Expectations of Mediation (Joe Franco, Cliff Davidson, Julie Vacura, Ashly Albies)

2:20 pm to 2:30 pm – Break and Prepare for Mock Mediations

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm – Mediation and Debrief-Session 3

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm – Large Group Debrief

Hypothetical: Neighbor Dispute

Mock mediation coaches: Judge Mustafa Kasubhai, Richard Vangelisti, and TBA

DAY 5 (JUNE 2, 2022 - THURSDAY LOCATION: MARK O. HATFIELD COURTHOUSE LIBRARY)

Reading Assignments:

The Art of Mediation:  pp. 64-70

9:00 am – 10:00 am – Lecture Confidentiality (Sam Imperati)

10:00 am to 10:10 am – Break

10:10 am to 11:40 am – Lecture Mediation Ethics (Sam Imperati)

11:30 am to 12:30 pm – Small Group Discussion, Hypotheticals, and/or Roleplay

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm – Lunch Break


1:00 pm to 2:00 pm – Lecture Settlement Agreements (Sharnel Mesirow)

2:00 pm to 2:30 pm – Break and Prepare for Mock Mediations

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm – Mediation and Debrief-Session 3

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm – Mediation and Debrief—Session 4

DAY 6 (JUNE 3, 2022 FRIDAY LOCATION: MARK O. HATFIELD COURTHOUSE LIBRARY)

Reading assignment from The Art of Mediation:  pp. 129-137, is 142-144

9:00 am to 10:30 am - Lecture & Panel Discussion Building a Mediation Practice (Richard Vangelisti and Meredith Holley)

10:30 am to 11:30 am – Mediation and Debrief-Session 1

11:30 am to 12:30 pm – Mediation and Debrief-Session 2

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm – Lunch Break

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm – Mediation and Debrief-Session 3

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm – Mediation and Debrief—Session 4

3:30 pm -- 4:00 pm - Discussion, Closing Ceremony

4:00 pm -- 4:30 pm - Clean up, Travel to Hotel Zags for Happy Hour, 515 SW Clay St, Portland, OR 97201

4:30 pm -- 7:00 pm - Happy Hour! 

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