Building and Sustaining Your Peacemaking Practice: Innovative Tools for Collaborative Professionals and Mediators*

February 22-23, 2019 Tampa, Florida◉

Learn more and Register at http://PeacemakingPractice.com

*Advanced Training by Contributing Authors of

Building A Successful Collaborative Family Law Practice (ABA 2018)

Adam B. Cordover is co-editor and co-author with Forrest (Woody) Mosten of Building A Successful Collaborative Family Law Practice (ABA 2018). He is an incoming member of the IACP Executive Board and a former president of Next Generation Divorce, growing it to become the largest local practice group in the U.S. He practices exclusively in out-of-court dispute resolution in Tampa, Florida.

Enid Miller Ponn chose to exclusively limit her practice to non-adversarial dispute resolution techniques and processes in the year 2000. She litigated divorces for the first 15 years of her practice, but now facilitates peaceful resolution for families either through collaborative practice or as mediator where she incorporates creative approaches and methodologies.

Kevin R. Scudder has built a successful law practice in Seattle, Washington that incorporates his values of compassion and integrity, as well as intellectual / emotional growth and development. He is a full-time Peacemaker working on out-of-court, client-focused resolutions. Kevin is a Collaborative Trainer and a regular contributor to the Collaborative literary community.

Robert J. Merlin exclusively practices family law, primarily in Coral Gables, Florida. He specializes in Collaborative Family Law and other non-adversarial processes to help clients resolve their family matters privately, respectfully and without litigating in court.

Brian Galbraith is a lawyer in Barrie, Ontario, Canada where he is the owner of a 12 lawyer family law firm. Brian is a leader of Collaborative Practice in Canada having helped establish it in the early days and he has mediated hundreds of family law cases.

Melissa Sulkowski is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Pennsylvania who has been working with families for more than 24 years. She spends her days as a full time Peacemaker and is the owner of Nurturinse, a practice that promotes a holistic approach. Melissa is also a trainer on dispute resolution processes and her views have been published in multiple formats.

Building and Sustaining Your Peacemaking Practice: Innovative Tools for Collaborative Professionals and Mediators*

February 22-23, 2019 Tampa, Florida◉

Learn More and Register at http://PeacemakingPractice.com

*Advanced Training by Contributing Authors of

Building A Successful Collaborative Family Law Practice (ABA 2018)

Questions? Contact us at Registration@peacemakingpractice.com

Tentative Agenda

February 22, 2019

Introductions and Overview of Training

Client-Centered Initial Consultation

● The Gateway to Peacemaking Cases

Stepping Up To The Buffet Line:

● Getting vs. Creating Out-of-Court / Collaborative Cases

● Does your office space promote peace?● Developing Your Practice Signature ● Client Handouts ● Retainer Agreements ● Reaching Out to Other Spouse and Other

Attorney● Neutrals as Entry Point

Beach Ball Dance Party

Referrals As Method of Business Growth

Peacemaking Business Development

Getting Your Client’s Informed Consent

Great!! Your Client Signed Up For Collaborative / Mediation. Now What? Structures and Models of Collaborative Practice

Fostering Teamwork with Team Prep MeetingsBalloon Exercise

Check-In’s, Takeaways, & Q&A’s

February 23, 2019Hallway to Hell: The Client’s Perspective

Hope, Empathy, and Emotional Intelligence

Challenging Conversations

● Transparency, Intention, and Mindfulness (TIM)

Model

Avoiding Termination of Collaborative Cases

Managing Termination of Collaborative Cases

Post-Resolution / Termination Case Debriefs

Using Statistics to Promote Collaborative Practice

The Indispensable Role of the Child Specialist

Exploring Mediation Models and Protocols

● Supplementing with Mediation

● Structured Co-Mediation

● Mediation Protocols

● Collaborative Mediation

Unbundled Services

Questions and Closing Circle

Evaluations