Capital University Law School Holds Training for Minority Mediators and Arbitrators

April 18, 2005

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Capital University Law School will host the 2nd National Conference for Minority Professionals in Alternative Dispute Resolution. The theme of the conference is Promoting Opportunities for Minorities in the Field of ADR and will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center (400 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio) on May 19-21, 2005. A pre-conference training day will take place on Wed., May 18, 2005, at The New Center for Professional Development at Capital University, located at 215 N. Front St., Columbus, Ohio.

“This Conference is an initiative to increase the presence of minority professionals at all levels and in all areas of alternative dispute resolution,” said Floyd Weatherspoon, professor of law and director of minority ADR initiatives at Capital. “If you are looking to enhance your negotiations, mediation, or dispute resolution skills, this is the conference you will want to attend. It will provide minorities with exceptional networking opportunities and connect them with other minority ADR professionals.”

Numerous workshops will be offered to accommodate various levels of experience among minority professionals and will cover a wide range of dispute resolution areas, including, courts, family, community, employment, labor, environment, government, special education, faith-based, and starting and marketing your own ADR business.

Intensive, one-day pre-conference trainings on May 18 include Advanced Family Mediation, Advanced Labor Arbitration, Advanced Mediation, Basic Mediation, Equipping the Black Church to Respond to Conflict Biblically, Negotiations, Issues of Neutrality: A Critical Race Theory Perspective, Mediating Between Law Enforcement and Community Organizations, Starting a Successful ADR Business, and Victim/Offender Mediation.

Donna A. M. Parchment, chief executive officer of the Dispute Resolution Foundation in Kingston, Jamaica will open the conference. The Hon. Michael L. Douglas of The Supreme Court of Nevada is the luncheon keynote speaker on May 20.

For more information, visit the conference Web site at www.law.capital.edu/adr, or contact Floyd Weatherspoon at (614) 236-6531, or via e-mail at adrconference@law.capital.edu.

This conference is made possible in part by the Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP/Estabrook Charitable Trust, the Nationwide Foundation and the American Arbitration Association.

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