When: Friday, January 20, 2017 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (working lunch)
Where: The Granite Club, 2350 Bayview Ave, Toronto
Trainers: Deborah Graham, Christine Kim, Seema Jain

​Bringing out the Best in Counsel and ILA Proofing your Mediations

You’ve had your training and now you are in the field facing the many challenges that arise in a mediation practice.  Our training team brings our diverse and extensive training and experience to this interactive, hands-on, advanced workshop. 
 
In our first workshop in the Deepen and Elevate your Mediation Skills series we focused on Managing the Clients and the Process. In this second workshop, we focus on ILA Proofing your Mediations and Bringing out the Best in Counsel. 

  • Shared parenting plans and the 40% threshold (you don’t want clients being surprised by the financial impact of their parenting plans)
  •   Financial Disclosure (ILA lawyers like it with a bow on it)
  •   Mediation briefs - what works and what doesn’t
  •   Pre-engagement of counsel tips (pre-mediation checklists, ‘tip’ sheets and questionnaires)
  •   Conference calls with counsel
  •   From the ILA lawyer’s perspective - what drives them crazy!
  •   Managing the advocacy of the lawyers at the mediation
  •   Strategies for engaging the best in counsel
  •   Working with RATNA’s (the client’s real alternative to a resolution)
  •   After the mediation – supporting counsel right through to the signing of the Separation Agreement 
Knowing more, choosing more wisely, reflecting together . . . this is the path to mastery of our craft.