Construction
Upcoming events
Time: Noon
Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 700
Topic: Arbitration of a Construction Dispute
Speaker: Patrick Keel
Cost: $12 for Section Members, $16 for Non-Section Members
RSVP to Audra Deaton at 275-1790 or adeaton@fordnassen.com
Time: Noon
Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 700
Topic: Negligent Misrepresentation: The Development of a Cause of Action
Speaker: Ben Wheatley
CLE: 1 hour
Cost: $12 for Section Members, $16 for Non-Members
RSVP to Audra Deaton at 275-1790 or adeaton@fordnassen.com
Quad Section CLE & Mixer
Free CLE & mixer sponsored by the ADR, Civil Litigation, Construction & Health Law Sections open only to members of these sections.
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Happy Hour to follow
Location: Office of McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP, 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100
Topic: How to be a More Effective Neutral or Advocate in Mediation
Speaker: Psychologist Dr. Robert Whitelaw Moats
CLE: 4 Hours
Cost: Free, open only to members of the ADR, Civil Litigation, Construction & Health Law Sections
RSVP to Debbie Maquet at (512) 495-6136 or dmaquet@mcginnislaw.com
Your effectiveness as a mediator can be dependent upon your ability to read and work with the psychology of the participants. This presentation will offer a framework for identifying, and collaborating with, the psychology that underlies the positions taken by the parties and their attorneys. The overall goal is to improve your skills at overcoming, rather than inadvertently increasing, psychological resistance to resolution. Focus will be given to recognizing and differentiating between categories of psychological self-protection (with examples from films), and learning the respective "dos" and "don'ts" for reaching an agreement. The program will conclude with practice exercises.
