Date: October 16, 2025, 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
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Join us for a dynamic half-day program highlighting the transformative power of alternative dispute resolution: Celebrating the Impact of ADR: Creating Peace and Facilitating Settlements. Learn from leading experts in the field as they share practical tools, global insights and strategies to enhance your practice and promote peacebuilding.
When: Thursday, October 16, 2025 | 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual Program via Zoom
Agenda:
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Welcome
Joyce Klemmer, Chair, ADR Section
8:45 – 9:45 a.m. | Understanding Early Dispute Resolution: Why It Works and How It Works
Michael A. Hawash, J.D., Founder, Hawash Houston Mediation, LLC; Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Law Center
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. | A Study of International Conflict Resolution Through World Peace Centers
Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D., Raymond Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair of Jewish Bioethics; Professor at Emory University; Director, Emory Center for Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation (PACT)
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. | Mediating with Emotional Intelligence
Ronda Muir, J.D., Founder and Principal, Law People Management, LLC; Author, Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence
11:45 – 12:45 p.m. | AI in the Mediator’s Toolbox: Practical Tools to Improve Your Practice
John Lande, J.D., Ph.D., Isidor Loeb Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri School of Law; Former Director, LLM Program in Dispute Resolution
12:45 – 1 p.m. | Closing
Doug Witten, Chair-Elect, ADR Section
CLE Credit: 4 hours of general CLE credit (pending approval)
Cost: $25
Registration will close at 10:00 a.m. on October 15, 2025. The Zoom access link will be distributed to all registrants later that day.
Non-Members of the State Bar, please click here to register.
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