CHAIR:

EVENTS:

David A. Simison
110 Cathedral Street
Annapolis, MD  21401
P: 410.268.7787
F: (410) 268-7897
Email: das@daslaw.com

Section Dues: $15 per year

Webinar: The Role of Retired Judges in the ADR Process: What are their Strengths and Weaknesses?
May 22, 2013 | 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Panelists:
    The Honorable Diane O. Leasure
    The Honorable Steven I. Platt
    The Honorable Dennis M. Sweeney
Please send questions and concerns you would like to hear discussed to szamani@zamaniscott.com or sandra@guzmansalvadolaw.com by May 21, 2013.
Space is limited, reserve your seat today!
Register

Annual Meeting Programs

It Doesn’t Have to be a Cat Fight: Mediating Animal Law Disputes
Thursday, June 13, 2013 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Ethics Issues In Collaborative Law Case
Friday, June 14, 2013 | 8:00 am – 10:30 am

Selecting an ADR Process and Practitioner: Choices, Challenges, and Opportunities
Friday, June 14, 2013 | 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

DOCUMENTS:

Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence – Mediation Descriptions

Proposed Rule Changes (Below in PDF format)

• Rule9 205 Version 5.0
• CLEAN: Title17, Ch100, 300 Version 7.0
• MARKUP: Title17, Ch100, 300 Version 7.0

Bickerman Article - Adapting Mediation to What Users Want

Maryland Act Mediation Agreement

Senate Bill 856 | (Word Version) of Senate Bill 856

Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure

Maryland Mediation Confidentiality Act

Court of Appeals Order adopting Standards of Conduct for Mediators, Arbitrators and Other ADR Practitioners

Maryland Standards of Conduct For Mediators,
Arbitrators and Other ADR Practitioners

MPME Standards of Conduct

SECTION UPDATE

ADReport - Winter 2013
(PDF Document | File Size: 195 Kb)

ADReport - Fall 2012
(PDF Document | File Size: 1.58 Mb)

ADReport - Summer 2012
(PDF Document | File Size: 226 Kb)

ADReport - Spring 2012
(vol8n2PDF Document | File Size: 270 Kb)

ADReport - Winter 2012
(vol8n1PDF Document | File Size: 696 Kb)

At ADR’s Pizza & Professionalism, from left to right:  Tara Taylor, Carolyn Rodis, Craig Distelhorst, Gary Norman. Click the image to view a high-res version.

ADR WEBCASTS:

• Pizza & Professionalism -Imposition of Quality Assurance in Circuit Court - referred Mediations Section Members Only Original air date: April, 2013 | Run time: 1 hour, 10minutes
• Webinar - Collaborative Practice Section Members Only
  Original air date: February 27, 2013 | Run time: 59 minutes, 11 seconds
• Pizza & Professionalism - Rules 9-205 and 17 – New Changes that Will Affect the Mediation Programs in Maryland’s Courts Section Members Only Original air date: February 12, 2013 | Run time: 1 hour, 50 minutes
• Webinar - Social Media Nuts & Bolts: How to Integrate Social Media into Your ADR Practice Section Members Only
  Original air date: December 12, 2012 | Run time: 57 minutes, 24 seconds
• Webinar - Maryland Standards of Conduct for Mediators Section Members Only
  Original air date: October 23, 2012 | Run time: 45 minutes, 50 seconds
• Webcast from the 2012 Spring Dinner
• Webinar – The Maryland Mediation Confidentiality Act: How we got there - What it means Section Members Only
  Original air date: May 10, 2012 | Run time: 1 hour, 22 minutes, 51 seconds
• Webinar – Community Mediation Maryland Section Members Only
  Original air date: February 1, 2012 | Run time: 1 hour, 1 minute, 17 seconds
• Webinar – Mediators Beyond Borders Section Members Only
  Original air date: January 5, 2012 | Run time: 56 minutes, 26 seconds
• Webinar – Where in the World is collaborative practice? Section Members Only
  Original air date: December 7, 2011 | Run time: 58 minutes, 4 seconds
• Webinar – Public Policy : Should We Mediate? If not, why not? If so, how? Section Members Only
  Original air date: November 2, 2011 | Run time: 57 minutes, 27 seconds
• Webinar –Performance Based Assessment: What is it, Where did it come from, Who needs it?
  Section Members Only
  Original air date: October 5, 2011 | Run time: 59 minutes, 20 seconds
• VIDEO REPLAY: 11/17/10 Panel Discussion – Proposed Changes to Rule 17
  Part 1 | Part 2
• Webinar – How to Save Time and Money Using Alternative Dispute Resolution
  Original air date: April 22, 2010 | Run time:1 hour 2minutes
• "Bargaining With the Devil", Featuring Professor Robert Mnookin Discussing his Newly Released Book with the Same Title (Simon & Schuster 2010)*
  June 11, 2010
  

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ADR SECTION ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Video Replay From the MSBA Annual Meeting Business Meeting and two short presentations "Bargaining With the Devil", Featuring Professor Robert Mnookin Discussing his Newly Released Book with the Same Title (Simon & Schuster 2010) *Create a Free Gore Borthers account to view videos

Photos from The State Bar Program for 2008

• Collaborate Law Program
• Tribute to Elizabeth Yarema
• Receptions or Alex Wright

A Guide to ADR Choices
When to go to full mediation, when a settlement conference is enough, and what other ADR options are appropriatePrepared by Charles F. Forer, Esq.; Judge Richard B. Klein; and Bennett G. Picker, Esq.Produced jointly by the ADR Committees of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association

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2011/2012 ANNUAL REPORT:

This Section presented a number of amendments to the Court of Appeals Rules Committee’s ADR Subcommittee’s proposed revision of Title 17, et al, governing ADR, with most of them accepted by the Rules Committee. It also presented seminars, held an all-day annual planning retreat, neutrally facilitated by MACRO Deputy Director Lou Gieszl, and hosted its Annual Spring Dinner Event, featuring a panel discussion entitled “Legislative Dispute Resolution Among Democrats, Republicans, and Independents – Is It Possible and How Do We Implement?”. The Section will present a program on international mediation at the MSBA Annual Meeting.

ABOUT THE ADR SECTION:

This section encourages the Courts and lawyers to incorporate ADR in their systems and practices.  It is actively engaged in the work of the ADR Commission.  The section monitors state and national legislation and proposals on uniform confidentiality rules and unauthorized practice of law.