Master the critical ethical boundaries and professional strategies to avoid common pitfalls in mediation and dispute resolution.
In the complex and dynamic environment of mediation, maintaining the highest ethical standards is not just a regulatory requirement—it is the foundation of the process itself. Trust, neutrality, and confidentiality are essential to helping parties resolve disputes, but even the most well-intentioned mediators and advocates can inadvertently fall into ethical traps.
Effective Strategies for Avoiding Ethics Mistakes: Mediation is a practical, scenario-driven course designed to help alternative dispute resolution (ADR) professionals navigate the ethical gray areas of mediation. Through real-world case studies and expert insights, participants will learn how to identify potential ethical pitfalls before they escalate, protect the integrity of the mediation process, and safeguard their professional reputations.
What You Will Learn:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Who Should Attend:
This course is essential for:
Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator Focused on Business & Employment Dispute Prevention & Resolution | Civic Leader, Public Speaker & Published Author
Over forty years of experience representing clients in complex business transactions, high stakes litigation, sensitive investigations, and alternate dispute resolution. Over thirty years serving as neutral in alternate dispute resolution as an arbitrator or mediator. Accepted neutral for CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, American Arbitration Association roster of neutral arbitrators and mediators, FINRA Arbitration Panel, and Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Civil Arbitration Program and Commerce Court Judge Pro Tem Program. Extensive teaching and writing experience including full semester courses in legal studies and employment law at Temple University Law School and Fox School of Business. Active civic leader. Admitted to practice in Arizona, New York, and Pennsylvania; admission pending in Utah (expected February 2026). Admitted to United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, United States District Courts for the District of Arizona, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Admission pending for the United States Supreme Court.
