ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

More than 50 sessions cover a wide variety of dispute resolution topics, ranging from current issues, communication, negotiation and advocacy, to interpersonal skills applicable, to both work and personal life.

Presenters will include:

• Bruce Edwards (The Changing Mediation Table)
• Ken Cloke (The Art of Asking Questions)
• Rhea Settles (Civility-Based Conduct in the Workplace)
• Gary Friedman (How Conflict Professionals Can Use Self-Reflection)
• Andrea Luoma (Beyond “I Win and You Lose”)
• Bob Stains (Wise Facilitation)
• Nina Meierding (Why Do We Lie?)

Other sessions include Emotional Intelligence for Lawyers; the Business of Mediation; Introduction to Liberating Structures; Restoring, Rebuilding and Reconnecting in the Workplace; Transforming Conflict, Transforming Lives; Managing “Truth Decay” in Mediation; Implicit Bias and Gender; What Every Mediator Needs to Know About Psychology; Shapeshifting to Resolve Housing Conflicts; and much more.

DATES

Thursday, March 28th, 2019 - Registration 9:30am-10:30am, Sessions 10:30am-5:15pm (Lunch on your own), Reception 5:30pm-7pm

Friday, March 29th, 2019 - Registration & Check-In 8am-9am, Sessions 9am-3:30pm (Lunch provided)

  LOCATION

William H. Gates Hall

4293 Memorial Way NE

Seattle, WA 98195

CLE CREDITS

10.25 CLE Credits (9.00 Law & Legal Procedure Credits; 5.50 Ethics Credits; 10.25 Other Credits) are pending

REGISTRATION AND FEES

Early Bird (by March 14, 2019) registration fees:  Both Days $280; Thursday Only $170; Friday Only $190. 

The full schedule, workshop descriptions and presenter bios are available on the conference website at nwdrconference.org.