Selected Ethics Issues in Mediation & Settlement Negotiations

Originally held on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 | 9 am – 12 pm

PROGRAM CHAIR
Daniel M. Weitz
Deputy Director,
Division of Professional & Court Services;
Coordinator,
Office of ADR Programs New York State Unified Court System

  • This program will address a number of ethics issues that can arise in mediation and settlement negotiations.  With a specific focus on confidentiality, conflicts of interest and related issues, the program will discuss ethics questions from the point of view of the mediator, the outside lawyer, and even the client.  The program will close with a brief discussion about how to research ethics issues and how to get help from an ethics committee of lawyers, or mediators, when needed.

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  • Alexandra Carter
    Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs
    Director, Edson Queiroz Foundation Mediation Program

    Bruce J. Hector
    President                                                                                            
    Accordance, LLC

    Sean Nolon
    Director, Dispute Resolution Program
    Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
    Ombudsman, Dartmouth College

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  • 9:00 am – 9:05 am Introduction
    Daniel M. Weitz
    9:05 am – 9:15 am Sources of Guidance for Ethics Issues Involving Mediation and Settlement
    Alexandra Carter and Daniel M. Weitz
    9:15 am – 9:55 am Differing Views of Mediator Neutrality Among Professional Standards
    Sean Nolon
    9:55 am – 10:35 am Avoiding Extortion and Other Coercive Tactics in Mediation
    Alexandra Carter
    10:35 am – 10:50 am    Break
    10:50 am – 11:05 am Thinking About How We Think About Ethics
    Daniel M. Weitz
    11:05 am – 11:45 am Truthfulness in Mediation and Negotiation
    Bruce J. Hector
    11:45 am – 12:00 pm Q & A

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  • This program provides 3.0 credits in ethics for the New York & New Jersey MCLE requirements. California & Pennsylvania credit differs as it is based on a 60-minute credit hour. The live program provided transitional credit to newly admitted attorneys; the recording does not provide transitional credit.

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  • Sponsoring Association Committee: Alternative Dispute Resolution | Nancy Kramer, Chair


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    Maricela Alfonso| Membership and CLE Relations Associate| (212) 382-6608 | MAlfonso@nycbar.org
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