CLE Programs and Trainings

Dispute Resolution Programs (CLE)

The Dispute Resolution Program partners with U.S. Arbitration & Mediation Midwest, Inc., to provide free, one-half day CLE programs on ADR topics at the School of Law for students, practioners, and the community approximately four times a year.  Practioners may view the videos on-line to receive MCLE credits. 

For more information on upcoming trainings or to register, please call Amy Staten at (314) 231-4642, or e-mail: astaten@usam-midwest.com.
Register online at http://www.usam-midwest.com/edurfs.html. 

Upcoming CLE Programs

"Litigation, Negotiation, and Ethics" - January 10, 2010

Past trainings include:

"Business Law: ADR" - September 18, 2009
[view video]

"Consumer, Medicare & Family Law, and the Ethics of Lawyer Marketing" - April 3, 2009
[view video]

"Current Issues in Civil Practice and ADR" - February 20, 2009
[view flyer]
[view videos - Part 1 & Part 2]

"New Trends & Challenges in ADR:  Here and Around the World" - November 21, 2008
[view flyer]
[view videos - Part 1 & Part 2]

"Ethics in Litigation, Practice & ADR" - September 12, 2008  
[view flyer]

"New Topics in Law and ADR: Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan, Immigration, Eminent Domain, and Elder Law"
April 18, 2008
[view flyer]

Part 1 : Judicial Selection and the missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan (Hon. Michael Wold and Charles Harris) and Immigration Issues (Suzanne Brown and Katie Herbert Meyer)
[view video]

Part 2 : Eminent Domain (Jerry Wallach and Stanley Wallach) and Elder Law Issues (Tena Hart and Mavis Kennedy)
[view video] 

“Important Internet Legal Issues: Cyber Stalking, Identity Theft, E-discovery, and On-line ADR "
February 8, 2008
[view videos - Part 1 and Part 2]

"Arbitration Training"
November 16, 2007
[view videos - Part 1 and Part 2]

"Current Issues in the Law & ADR: Employment Law, Juvenile & Domestic Law, Government Law & Intellectual Property Law"
September 28, 2007
[view video]

"Winning in Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Critical Decision Making for Litigators"
What Judges, Litigators & Mediators Recommend
April 20, 2007

"Current Issues in the Law - Tort Reform"
February 2, 2007

"Ethics in Your Practice" (3.6 Ethics Credits)
Professionalism, Current Issues in Legal Malpractice, Everyday Ethical Considerations, and Negotiation Ethics
September 15, 2006
[view video]

"Conflict Management for Lawyers and Their Clients: Pro-Active Methods of Managing Conflict When Time, Money, and Relationships Count"
April 21, 2006
[view video]

"Experts Pull Back the Curtain on the Negotiation/Mediation Equation"
February 17, 2006
[view video]

"To Arbitrate or Not To Arbitrate"
November 4, 2005
[view video]

"What the New Missouri Statutes Mean to You"
September 16, 2005
[view video]

"Recent Developments in Recognizing and Resolving the Business Dispute: The Employee Perspective"
April 22, 2005
[view video]

"Keeping Up-to-Date: Recent Developments in the Law for the General Practitioner"
February 25, 2005
[view video]

"Recent Developments in Recognizing and Resolving the Business Dispute:  The Company View"
November 12, 2004
[view video] 

Civil and Family Mediation Trainings

C.J. Larkin (standing), ADR adjuncts
and local experts present an interactive
training program on basic mediation
and family mediation at the
School of Law.

The Dispute Resolution Program provides three and five day Mediation Training CLE certification programs for lawyers and members of the community approximately three times a year.  The next training on Civil, Family, and Employment Mediation will be in Springfield in the February 2008.  This training emphasizes conflict resolution theories of negotiation and mediation, strategies and skills for ethical mediators and attorney advocates, the mediation process, family legal issues, and family dynamics. 

• Basic Civil and Family Mediation, held in St. Louis, MO, has been cancelled for the 2007-2008 academic year.  See information below regarding the upcoming mediation training in Springfield, MO.
  
• Feb. 6-8, 2008 
  Springfield, Missouri
  Basic Civil Mediation Training (2.5 days)
  Presented in Collaboration with Missouri State University
  C.J. Larkin, WULAW, Principal Trainer
  Assisted by a panel of Mediation Practioners
  
• Feb. 6-10, 2008
  Springfield, Missouri
  Family Mediation Training (5 days)
  Presented in  Collaboration with Missouri State University
  C.J. Larkin, WULAW, Principal Trainer
  Assisted by a panel of Family Mediation Practioners
  
• Feb.8-10, 2008
  Springfield, Missouri
  Employment Mediation (2.5 days)
  Presented in Collaboration with Missouri State University
  C.J. Larkin, WULAW, Principal Trainer
  Assisted by Trainers from the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
  
  Click here for more information, including registration.

For more information on the Springfield, MO mediation training, please contact C.J. Larkin, Administrative Director, Dispute Resolution Program, Washington University School of Law, at (314) 935-4125, or larkin@wulaw.wustl.edu.  

Click on the links below for examples of previous trainings:

• July 18-22, 2007 (Springfield, MO)
• February 8-12, 2007 (Springfield, MO)
• October 18-22, 2006 (St. Louis, MO)
• July 19-23, 2006 (Springfield, MO)
• December 7-11, 2005 (Springfield, MO)
• March 9-13, 2005  (St. Louis, MO) 
• December 9-13, 2004 (Springfield, MO)
• June 25-29, 2004 (St. Louis, MO)
• March 2-7, 2004 (St. Louis, MO)