The week's events
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ADRIC 2020 - A Report on New Research into the Effectiveness of Community Mediation
ADRIC 2020 - A Report on New Research into the Effectiveness of Community Mediation
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septembre 9, 2020A Report on New Research into the Effectiveness of Community Mediation
Wednesday September 9, 12-1:30 pm ET
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Peter Bruer, The Neighbourhood Group | St.Stephen's Community House
Catherine Feldman Axford, Community Mediation coordinator at St. Stephen's Community HouseThis session will report new research, funded by The Law Foundation of Ontario, assessing the effectiveness of community mediation in improving people’s future capacity for communication and conflict resolution, in neighbourhoods, households and the courts in seven places across Ontario. An article summarizing the research will also be published.
Peter Bruer, The Neighbourhood Group | St.Stephen's Community House
Peter Bruer spent the early part of his career in community advocacy work, international development and the tenants' movement in Toronto. He first trained as a mediator in 1992, and in 1996 he was hired by Conflict Resolution & Training St. Stephen’s Community House, already well-known for its community mediation and professional dispute resolution and training services. As Manager of the program, he has worked with a wide range of non-profit, private sector and government clients, and done dozens of community and professional mediations and workshops. He has spoken at conferences in Canada, the United States, Indonesia and in Latin America, and published in a variety of journals and other media.
Catherine Feldman Axford, Community Mediation coordinator at St. Stephen's Community House
Catherine Feldman Axford has been a community mediator since 1996. She has experience in many areas, including mediating neighbour disputes, intercultural situations, landlord and tenant disagreements, employer/employee matters and familial concerns. She has been involved in resolving Community, Private Information Court, Office of the Independent Police Review Director and Victim Offender Reconciliation matters. Disputes have ranged from one to one, through to group processes. Catherine has been involved in community development within the context of social housing, working interculturally, across generations, and with socially devalued populations. She has presented to and trained a variety of groups including youth, post-secondary students, law enforcement, tenants, and City Councillors. Currently she coordinates the Community Mediation Program at St. Stephen’s. Catherine holds a degree in Dance Movement Therapy, and has explored many avenues to alternative communication, ensuring that even the quietest voice is heard.
Professional Development Accreditation:
- ADRIC designation holders earn 3 Continuing Education & Engagement (CEE) points
- CPD accreditation received to date for this webinar (pending from other Law Societies across Canada):
- Law Society of British Columbia: 1.5 hours
- Law Society of New Brunswick: 1.5 hours
- Law Society of Saskatchewan: 1.5 hours
- Law Society of Ontario: 1.5 Substantive hours
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ADRAI - Workplace Investigations - Webinar Series - Workplace Investigations
ADRAI - Workplace Investigations - Webinar Series - Workplace Investigations
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septembre 10, 2020Workplace Investigations: Best Practices for Managers, HR Professionals, Business Owners, Union Representatives, External Neutrals
Online 3 course series – September 10, 17 & 24, 2020 (11:30am - 1:00pm ADT)
ADR Atlantic Institute offers this professional development series consisting of three webinar modules dealing with best practices and practical steps in conducting workplace investigations.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: ADR practitioners, Human Resources Professionals, Managers, Supervisors, Business Owners and Union Representatives.
OVERVIEW OF THE TRAINING: These sessions give you a solid foundation and practical step-by-step guidance on the major practical considerations from the point of being retained as an investigator through delivery of your investigation report.
Register for this series to develop your investigation skills. Here's what is covered:
Module 1 – September 10, 11:30am - 1:00pm (ADT)Preliminary matters – everything from the call to become engaged as an investigator to developing your investigation strategy
• How to determine whether an investigation is necessary; What are the roles of the complainant and respondent; How to communicate with the parties in the investigation; What is your role as an investigator; the union’s or lawyer’s roles; Developing your plan based on the allegations
Module 2 – September 10, 11:30am - 1:00pm (ADT)
Interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence
• Setting up initial meetings with parties; Dealing with emotional or health concerns; Location; Who are the witnesses that you need to interview; What to disclose to a witness; Questioning: trust and rapport; Focus on issues; Obtaining all additional relevant evidence
Module 3 – September 10, 11:30am - 1:00pm (ADT)
Assessing the evidence and delivering the report
• Reviewing the evidence; Your evidence chart; Assessing credibility; The report’s scope – whether to include recommendations; The report’s structure; What to do with the file after the investigation; Practical considerations such as costs and getting paid
Earn 9 CEE points for ADRIC C.Med and Q.Med designation holders.
Download the Flyer and share it with your colleagues that might be interested, and they can register as well.
TO REGISTER, please CLICK HERE!
ADRAI - Workplace Investigations - Webinar Series - Workplace Investigations
ADRIC 2020 - Canada/US Cross Border ArbitrationADRIC 2020 - Canada/US Cross Border Arbitration
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septembre 10, 2020Crossing the Border: Canada/US Commercial Arbitration
Thursday September 10, 4 – 5:30 pm ET
Joint program with New York International Commercial Arbitration Center
REGISTER NOW (Deadline to register is September 8, 11:59 pm ET)
Andrea Bjorklund BA, JD, MA, Full Professor/L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, McGill University
Stephanie Cohen, BA, JD, FCIArb, Independent Arbitrator
William G. Horton, C.Arb, FCIArb, William G. Horton Corporation
Benno Kimmelman BA, JD, Partner Sidney Austin LLP- Model Law v Federal Arbitration Act
- Arbitrating arbitrability v Competence-Competence
- Institutional v Ad Hoc Arbitration
- Party Appointee Independence and Impartiality
- Discovery/Disclosure
- Contract Interpretation
- Application of the Law/ Judicial Review
- Style of Advocacy
Andrea Bjorklund BA, JD, MA, Full Professor/L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, McGill University
Andrea is a Full Professor and the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law at McGill University Faculty of Law. In 2017, she was named one of McGill’s Norton Rose Fulbright Scholars in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law. In Winter 2018, she was a Plumer Fellow at St. Anne’s College and a Visiting Fellow in the Law Faculty, University of Oxford. In March 2019, she was elected a vice-president of the governing Executive Council of the American Society of International Law. In July 2019, she took up the role of Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) at McGill Law for a three-year mandate.
In addition to serving as an adviser to the American Law Institute’s project on restating the U.S. law of international commercial arbitration, she is a member of the Advisory Board of the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law. Professor Bjorklund was the inaugural ICSID Scholar-in-Residence for 2014-2015 and was Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy (OUP) from 2012 to 2015. She sits on the panel of arbitrators of the AAA’s International Centre for Dispute Resolution and on the roster of NAFTA Chapter 19 arbitrators.
Professor Bjorklund is widely published in investment law and dispute resolution and transnational contracts. She is currently working on a new book with Stefan Kröll & Franco Ferrari: Cambridge Compendium of International Commercial and Investment Arbitration (Cambridge University Press).
Stephanie Cohen, BA, JD, FCIArb, Independent Arbitrator
Stephanie Cohen is a Canadian international arbitrator based in New York City. She is admitted to practice law in both New York and Ontario, Canada, and is a member of arbitrator rosters for the ICDR and the AAA, as well as a CPR Distinguished Neutral. She has practiced exclusively as an arbitrator since 2012, serving as tribunal chair, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, and emergency arbitrator in matters governed by ICC, ICDR, AAA, UNCITRAL and Society of Maritime Arbitrators rules. Previously, Stephanie was Counsel in the international arbitration and commercial litigation practice groups at White & Case LLP in New York. Stephanie is recognized by Who’s Who Legal – Future Leaders as a “top arbitrator” with an “excellent reputation universally,” and is ranked as an arbitrator in Chambers Global and Chambers USA. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Vice Chair of its New York Branch, Co-Chair of New York Arbitration Week 2020, a member of the ICCA-NYC Bar-CPR Working Group on Cybersecurity, and of the ICC Commission. For more information, please visit www.cohenarbitration.com.
William G. Horton, C.Arb, FCIArb, William G. Horton Corporation
William G Horton practices as an arbitrator in international and Canadian business disputes. Prior to establishing his current practice, he served as head of litigation at two major Canadian law firms.
He has been appointed tribunal chair, sole arbitrator and party nominee in over 120 substantial disputes. His arbitration appointments include cases involving oil and gas and alternative energy disputes, nuclear facilities, telecom, satellite and wireless industry disputes, government privatisation contracts, national advertising campaigns, cross-border distribution agreements, software licensing and other intellectual property and shareholder agreements.
Mr Horton is former chair of the international litigation committee of the International Bar Association, the former co-chair of ADR Chambers' international and commercial panels, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a former executive member of ICC Canada and is on the arbitration rosters of numerous international arbitration institutions including ICDR, CPR Institute, CIETAC, and ADR Institute of Canada. Until recently he served as a member of the NAFTA 2022 committee. He is Editor in Chief of the Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal and Course Director and principal instructor of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society Gold Standard© Course on Commercial Arbitration. He chairs the Arbitration Act Reform Committee of TCAS.
Mr Horton is widely recognised in Canadian and international surveys as a leading arbitrator of commercial disputes. His recognitions include: the Lionel J McGowan Award for Excellence in Dispute Resolution; Who’s Who Legal Arbitration; Euromoney 2014 shortlist for Canadian Arbitrator of the Year; Chambers Canada, Arbitration, Leading Individuals, (Band 1); Best Lawyers: 2012 Best Toronto International Arbitration Lawyer; Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: International Commercial Arbitration (Most Frequently Recommended category); Lexpert Leading Cross-Border Lawyers; and inclusion in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2007, Ten Most Highly Regarded Individuals (Global) in the field of commercial litigation.
Benno Kimmelman BA, JD, FCIArb, Partner Sidney Austin LLP
Louis B. Kimmelman - Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, New York Office. Benno acts as lead counsel in complex commercial and investment treaty disputes under all the major international arbitration rules and serves as an arbitrator in international and domestic disputes. He also represents parties involved in litigation in aid of the arbitration process, such as compelling parties to arbitrate and enforcing arbitration awards. He is an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School and Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches International Commercial Arbitration, and has been an adviser to the American Law Institute project on the Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration. He received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Yale University and clerked for the Honorable Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Professional Development Accreditation:
- ADRIC designation holders earn 3 Continuing Education & Engagement (CEE) points
- CPD accreditation received to date for this webinar (pending from other Law Societies across Canada):
- Law Society of British Columbia: 1.5 hours
- Law Society of New Brunswick: 1.5 hours
Register NOW!