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Institute for Dispute Resolution Symposiums


Transformative Mediation
January 31, 2003

Levin College of Law

Co-sponsored by
Florida Supreme Court’s Florida Dispute Resolution Center


8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. / Registration

9:00 a.m. / Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • Don Peters
    Director, Institute for Dispute Resolution
    Levin College of Law
    Trustee Research Fellow & Professor of Law

9:10 a.m. / Introduction of Presenters
  • Sharon Press
    Director, Florida Dispute Resolution Center,
    Florida Supreme Court

9:20 a.m. / Keynote Presentation
  Transformative Mediation and Its Growth
  • Joseph P. Folger , Ph.D.
  • Sally Ganong Pope, M.Ed., J.D.
    Institute for Study of Conflict Transformation

10:30 a.m. / Break

10:45 a.m. / Full Session
  Recent Florida research and its implications
  for mediation in court-connected programs

12:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. / Lunch

1:00 p.m. / Full Session
  Considering conventional wisdom in light of
  transformative mediation principles

1:30 p.m. / Full Session
  Training mediators to practice transformative mediation
  (including experiential exercises to illustrate concepts
  and enhance understanding of transformation of conflict)

3:30 p.m. / Break

3:45 p.m. / Full Session
  Myths and misconceptions about transformative mediation

5:00 p.m. / Open Discussion
  Q/A session with presenters and participants

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