- Mediation Preparation:
- Mediator selection
- Assessing readiness for mediation
- Setting clear goals and expectations
- Identifying and addressing underlying interests
- Preparing clients for mediation
- Drafting and submitting an effective mediation statement
- Addressing mediation process, attendees, and format
- Maximizing Your Mediator's Value :
- Communicating effectively with your mediator
- Providing your mediator with essential information
- Addressing case strengths and weaknesses
- Mediation Day:
- Leveraging the mediator's expertise to facilitate settlement
- Empowering and engaging your client
- Managing emotions: yours and your client's
- Negotiating strategically at each stage of the process
- Avoiding advocacy errors
- Developing creative settlement options
- Post-Mediation Considerations:
- Finalizing any agreements
- Next steps when a deal is not reached on mediation day
- Learning from the mediation experience
This seminar, led by employment mediator Alexis pheiffer, will equip labor and employment attorneys with knowledge and strategies to effectively prepare for and participate in mediation while getting maximum value from both our mediator and the mediation process. The program provides practical insights to help you optimize your approach and achieve favorable outcomes.
Free for members of the Labor & Employment Law Section.
To join the section, please click here.
Download the registration form here. here.
State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE® Ultimate Passes, CLE passbooks and CLE certificates cannot be used at this section program.
Cancellation requests received on of before April 25th, will be refunded.
Cancellations received after April 25th, are non-refundable.
We will be submitting the program to the BBE for 1 CLE Credit.