Tuesday, December 4
Overview and Introduction to the Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Mediation
1:15-2:00 p.m.
Registration
2:00–6:30 p.m.*
Welcome and Introductions
• Why Bankruptcy Mediation: Opportunities for Overcoming Impasses and Achieving Responsive
• Resolutions - Participatory discussion
• Individual Conceptualizations of Money and Conflict – Lecture and Exercise
• Anatomy of Bankruptcy Mediation - Lecture
• The Role of a Bankruptcy Mediator – Developing a Mediator’s Mind
• A Tale of Two Theories: Understanding Conflict Resolution Ideology in Bankruptcy- Lecture
• Effective Opening Statements – Lecture and exercise
• Beginning Mediator’s Skills: Promoting Effective Conflict Discourse
*includes one fifteen minute break
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
Wednesday, December 5
APPLICATION AND PRACTICE OF FUNDAMENTAL BANKRUPTCY MEDIATION SKILLS
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Reflections, Questions and Review of Day One
Mediator’s Skills: Promoting Effective Conflict Discourse – Lecture, exercise and simulation
Role Play #1: Chapter 7 - Simulation, individual group debrief and class debrief
*includes one fifteen minute break
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Working Lunch - A View from the Bench
1:30–6:00 p.m.*
Drafting summary letters
• Role Play #2: Chapter 7 – Simulation, individual group debrief and class debrief
• Identifying and Overcoming Emerging Practice Challenges
• Role Play #3 Chapter 13 – Simulation, individual group debrief and class debrief
• Comparing and contrasting the mediation challenges in Chapter 7 and 13.
*includes one fifteen minute break
Thursday, December 6
PRACTICE CHALLENGES IN BANKRUPTCY MEDIATIONS: MULTIPARTY MEDIATIONS AND VALUATIONS
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.*
Reflections, Questions and Review of Day Two
• Convening and Facilitating Multiparty Mediations: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Mediations
• Role Play #4 Chapter 11 – Simulation, individual group de-brief and class debrief
*includes one fifteen minute break
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Working Lunch - Professional Bankruptcy Mediators: A Real World View
1:30–6:00 p.m.*
Overcoming Valuation Impasses: Effective Strategies
• Role Play #5 Chapter 11 – Simulation, individual group de-brief and class debrief
• Identifying, Clarifying and Overcoming Emerging Practice Challenges in Chapter 11 mediations
*includes one fifteen minute break
Friday, December 7
PRACTICE CHALLENGES IN MEDIATION: PRE-MEDIATION AND ETHICS
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.*
• Reflections, Questions and Review of Day Three
• Optimizing the use of Pre-mediation Opportunities – lecture and exercise
• Role Play #6 Chapter 11
*includes one fifteen minute break
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Working Lunch- Professional Bankruptcy Mediators: Switching Professional Hats and Roles
1:30-6:00 p.m.*
• Clarifying the Blurry Ethical Contours of Bankruptcy Mediation – lecture and exercise
• Role Play #7
*includes one fifteen minute break
Saturday, December 8
BANKRUPTCY MEDIATION: OVERCOMING FINAL IMPASSES AND PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.*
Reflections, Questions and Review of Day Four
• Strategies for Overcoming Final Impasses
• Mediation Demonstration
• Role Play #8 – Simulation, individual group de-brief and class debrief
*includes one fifteen minute break
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Working Lunch - Steps to Developing a Mediation Profession
1:30–5:00 p.m.*
Overview checklist
• Role Play #9 – Simulation, individual group de-brief and class debrief
• Next Steps Becoming a Professional
*includes one fifteen minute break
Closing ceremony
**This schedule is subject to modification.
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