Arizona Attorney - Annual Convention 2013

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Wednesday, June 19 8: 45 a.m. – 5: 15 p.m.

PRESIDENT’S AWARD

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Navajo Peacemaking, Restorative
Justice and Cultural Awareness

PART I: 8: 45 a.m. – Noon

After a brief overview of the legal relationship between federal, state, and tribal governments, this panel will explore: ( 1) how the Navajo community resolves conflict by use of a peacemaking process; and ( 2) the benefits of restorative justice as it pertains to the Yavapai-Apache Nation’s Healing to Wellness Courts.

Faculty:

WEDNESDAY

Moderator:
Dr. Ray Austin, Distinguished Jurist in Residence, Indigenous
Peoples Law and Policy Program, James E. Rogers College of Law
Professor Siera Taketchera Russell, Phoenix School of Law
Robert Copple, Copple & Associates

Dr. Marren Sanders, Phoenix School of Law

Cultural Awareness

Our initial reactions and assumptions about people are often based on unconscious biases related to cultural or ethnic differences. Through exercises geared toward exploring our reactions to others, participants learn to identify bias, embrace differences, and avoid labeling people.

Faculty:
Professor Mary Delores Guerra, Phoenix School of Law

Getting Past the Emotion in Mediation

PART II: 2 p.m. – 5: 15 p.m.

This hands-on program is designed to build specific skills in dealing with emotional or difficult people in the mediation process. After an initial presentation, participants will learn and practice techniques to address the anger, intransigence, tears and other emotional barriers to resolution of disputes.

Faculty:
Facilitators:
Sponsored by:
Seminar Chairs:
Professor Susan Daicoff, Phoenix School of Law
Dean Ann Woodley, Phoenix School of Law
Tamra Facciola, Eckert & Facciola
Alona Gottfried
Jerome Allan Landau
Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
Renee Gerstman, Jaburg & Wilk
Alona Gottfried, Simmons & Gottfried PLC
Steven Guttell, Steven M. Guttell PLC
Jerome Allan Landau, Jerome Allan Landau PC

CLE Ethics Credit

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Thursday, June 20

8: 45 a.m. – 10: 15 a.m.

International
Dispute Resolution

How to Use ADR to Win and Collect an Award in an International Dispute

THURSDAY

This presentation, by experts in the fields of international arbitration, cross-border litigation, and bilateral investment treaties, will provide a first-hand overview of investments and disputes in foreign lands. This program will focus on resolving cross-border legal disputes through ADR procedures, enforcement of judicial orders versus arbitral awards in different jurisdictions, and current global trends.