2021 TMCA Symposium (Recorded Version)

Current Credential holders, please click here to login and register.

Non-Credential holders, please click here to complete our online registration form.

Registration fees for recorded sessions (available for online viewing through 4/30/22):

$75 for current Credential holders
$100 for non-Credential holders

*This year's Symposium was held live via Zoom on 10/23/21. Registration for the online recording will close 3/31/22.

Please view our program brochure for additional details.

Presentations (6.5 hours [3 hours ethics], CLE Course number: 174132036):

THE LATEST FROM THE SUPREMES

Justice Debra H. Lehrmann and Hon. John Coselli

Learn about the latest Texas cases affecting your mediation practice and the status of the impact of COVID-19 on the administration of justice from Texas Supreme Court Justice Debra Lehrmann and her devoted side-kick, Judge John Coselli.

MORE THAN GATEKEEPERS: MEDIATORS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVILITY

Panelists: Laurie McKendall, Hon. Josefina Rendón, and Mike Schless

Moderator: Angela Downes

Mediators by definition are third-party neutrals. As the practice continues to evolve, how do we navigate and effectively serve parties who may be faced with a host of issues—declining civility, implicit bias, microagressions, and rising anti-immigrant sentiments—to create a positive cross-cultural experience. This session will provide tools, insight, and best practices on how to impart and encourage civility in mediation.

BACK TO THE FUTURE PART IV: RETURNING TO A "NEW NORMAL"

Lis Bulmash and Sharmeen Ladhani

Join these dynamic presenters as they discuss how mediators are navigating today’s world, including the effects of COVID-19, the return to in-person mediations, and embracing (or not) hybrid mediations. The discussion will offer tips on how to manage the dialogue when confronted with hotbed topics and will conclude with a roundtable of fellow mediators exchanging ideas on how they plan to return to a “new normal” during this time of division and strife.

WITH ETHICS AFORETHOUGHT

Mike Schless and Alvin Zimmerman

Crimes of passion are committed without prior thought. By contrast, “with malice aforethought” refers to the pre-meditation element required to prove certain more serious crimes. Similarly, we as mediators are often guilty of acting first, without giving prior thought to the ethical implications or consequences of our actions. Our goal should be to commit “pre-mediation premeditation.” Alvin and Mike will focus on these implications when using facilitative, evaluative, or transformative styles of mediation; “e mediations" (like Zoom); hybrid mediation platforms (in person/Zoom); and hybrid dispute resolution formats (Med-Arb/Arb-Med).

CULTIVATING AND MARKETING YOUR MEDIATION PRACTICE ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET

Sharon Corsentino

Learn about building a practice from the ground up within a limited budget and ways to ethically use social media and other avenues to market your practice, along with best practices for cultivating a strong referral base.

DRAFTING FAMILY LAW MSAs WORKSHOP

Fran Brochstein, Melanie E. Grimes, Shelly Hudson

Drafting a clear and enforceable MSA is key to a successful mediation. This “hands-on” workshop will help even the best drafters of family law MSAs hone their skills.

DRAFTING CIVIL LAW MSAs WORKSHOP

Melissa Back McAlpine, John Palmer, Walter Wright

Drafting accurate and comprehensive MSAs in civil mediations is an essential mediator skill. You will leave this interactive workshop with the tools to master drafting MSAs either in person or online.