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Past Presentations
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“Forgiveness: The Ultimate Tool of Conflict Resolution”, American Bar Association 12th Annual Section of Dispute Resolution Sprint Conference, April 9, 2010
“Grief Matters: Understanding and Working with Grief in Contested Probate Disputes, Elder Abuse Cases and Adult Family Elder Mediation”, American Bar Association 12th Annual Section of Dispute Resolution Sprint Conference, April 8, 2010
“The Accidental Mediator: Mediation Skills for Eldercare Professionals”; Sponsored by Sequoia Senior Solutions, Mar 9, 2010; Petaluma, CA
“Elder Mediation: Ethical Issues in Elder Cases”; Sponsored by the San Mateo County Bar Association
January 29, 2010; Redwood City, CA
“Grief Matters: Understanding and Responding to Grief in Estates and Trusts”; Sponsored by the Sonoma County Bar Association Trusts & Estates Section, September 24, 2009.
“Appellate Mediation: It’s Never Too Late for a Happy Ending”; Presentation at the California State Bar 82nd Annual Meeting, September 11, 2009
Panel of Mediators, (with Gary Friedman and Gary Weiner) Hastings College of the Law Mediation Seminar, San Francisco, April 16, 2001
"Mediating with Challenging People," UCSF UCSF Problem Resolution Center, April 10, 2001
"Mediation of Public Policy Disputes," Boalt Hall School of Law ADR Policy Seminar, April 2, 2001
"Mediating Workplace and Employment Disputes," UC Berkeley Extension Mediation Training, March 10, 2001
"ADR Pedagogy," (with Bruce Patton) AALS Annual Conference, San Francisco, January 6, 2001"
"Apology and Forgiveness in Mediation: A Conversation," (with Lee Taft, Jonathan Cohen and Fred Luskin), Yale-Quinnipiac Dispute Resolution Workshop, Hamden, Connecticut, February 12, 2001
A Practice in Intentional Integrity," (with Justine Durrell, Maja Ramsey and Rebecca Westerfield) Sausalito, March 5, 12, 17 and 24, 2001
"Forgiveness and Apology in Mediation," Bar Association of San Francisco Mediation Committee, San Francisco, February 1, 2001
"Forgiveness and Apology in Mediation," Hawaii State Bar Dispute Resolution Annual Conference, March16, 2001
"Apology to Hardball: Practical Negotiation Techniques, American Inns of Court, " (with pupilage group) San Francisco, December 18, 2000
"Mediation in the Workplace," Conflict Resolution class, Golden Gate University Graduate Program in Psychology, November 28, 2000
"Confict Resolution," San Francisco Zen Center Ethics and Reconciliation Committee, Green Gulch Zen Center, Sausalito, December 6, 2000
"Forgiveness and the Mediation Process," (with Fred Luskin), Green Gulch Zen Center, Sausalito, June 13 and November 17, 2000
"Forgiveness and Apology," American Board of Trial Advocates Annual Conference, Honolulu, November 10, 2000
"More than Money," Mediation Society, San Francisco, October 2000
Appellate Mediation Training, Court of Appeal, First Appellate District Appellate Mediation Program, (with Richard Birke) training 150 volunteer appellate lawyers and mediators in fundamental and advanced programs, San Francisco and Gould Center, January, March and October 2000
