Links

Conflict Management Institute (Judith Rubenstein’s mediator training website) – www.mediate.com/rubenstein/pg8.cfm
Mediate.com – www.mediate.com/
Conflict Resolution Information Source – www.crinfo.org/

Resources for Attorneys

Pre-Mediation Checklist (PDF)
Tips for Negotiators in Mediation (PDF)

MCLE Courses

Rubenstein & Sorensen Mediation offers the following one-hour MCLE presentations that have been approved by the State Bar of California. While usually presented at noon for one hour of MCLE credit, any of these presentations can be expanded to longer formats. Rubenstein & Sorensen Mediation can also specially design presentations to meet the needs of your firm or company.

  • How to Handle High Conflict People in Litigation and Mediation

Individuals with certain high conflict personality traits pose unique challenges in litigation and mediation. This class focuses on the enduring patterns of personality and behavior of high conflict people. Drawing on case histories, the presentation will help participants to develop strategies for working with high conflict people in litigation and mediation.

 
  • Getting the Most for Your Client: Tips for Effective Negotiation and Mediation

Contrasting the distributive and collaborative models of negotiation, this presentation will help participants to broaden their skills as negotiators, avoid several common errors in negotiating, and develop strategies for use in representing clients in mediation.

  • Mediation Opportunities in Trust, Estate, and Probate Disputes

Trust, estate, and probate disputes are uniquely suited to mediation. This presentation explores a number of applications of mediation in trust, estate, and probate disputes — ranging from pre-filing to litigation — in a variety of cases such as will and trust contests, trust administration, fiduciary misconduct, conservatorship, and family business succession disputes.

  • Negotiation Strategies in Real Property Disputes

This presentation explores the legal, emotional, and cultural challenges to successful negotiation in real property cases. Using case studies derived from non-disclosure, easement, adjacent landowner, and other real property disputes, the presentation will help participants to look beyond the positions of the parties to discover their underlying interests and to develop strategies for harmonizing those interests.

Call to inquire about other MCLE classes that can be tailored to the needs of your firm:
(805) 569-2747 or (805) 649-1389.
 
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