Deadline to Register: September 11, 2016
ADR Ethics Board Member Karen Irvin, LMFT and Board consultant Aimee Gourlay,
JD will discuss the context for the MN State Court General Rules of Practice,
Rule 114 and the impetus for the Board's proposed changes. They will
highlight significant proposed changes, MSBA ADR Section's and other's initial
comments, and the board's improvements based on the comments. They will
also discuss unresolved questions and the next steps after the Board completes
its work.
Presenters:
Aimee Gourlay,
Executive Director of Mediation Center, has been with Mediation Center since
1993. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Dispute Resolution Institute at
Mitchell/Hamline Law School, teaching Negotiation and Mediation skills courses.
Aimee is an adjunct faculty member with the Hamline MBA program, teaching
Workplace Mediation Skills, Conflict Response for Managers, and Organizational
Conflict Management Systems. She also serves on the U.S. Institute for
Environmental Conflict Resolution National Roster of Environmental Dispute
Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals and the Transportation
sub-roster.
Karen Irvin,
PhD, LMFT received her bachelor’s degree from Ball State University, majoring in
secondary education. After teaching at the secondary level for six years, she
obtained her master’s and doctorate in Family Social Science from the University
of Minnesota. She worked with Hennepin County Court Services Domestic Relations
Division for six years, serving as a mediator, counselor, and custody evaluator,
and worked in a supervisory capacity for four years. Dr. Irvin has been in
private practice as the owner and director of Minnesota Mediation &
Counseling Center since 1981. She recently retired from her clinical practice in
which she specialized in working with separating and divorcing individuals,
couples, and families, providing mediation, parenting consulting, custody
evaluations, and closure therapy. She has also provided mediation and parenting
consulting workshops and training throughout the United States and
internationally. Dr. Irvin was on the marriage and family therapy faculty of
Argosy University for six years, and is currently adjunct faculty at St. Mary’s
University. She presently serves on the Alternative Dispute Resolution Ethics
Board. Dr. Irvin’s current professional focus is teaching, training, and
consultation.
CLE
Credits:
1.0 Standard CLE credit approved | Event Code: 226500
ADR Rule 114 credit approved
Cost:
ADR Section Member: Free
MSBA Member but not a member of
the ADR Section: $10.00
Non-MSBA Member: $15.00
Law Student:
Free
New Admittee (Attorneys Admitted to the MN Bar after
January 1, 2016): Free
Lunch is brown bag. However, refreshments will be
provided.
Remote
Participation:
Remote participation is
available. Please indicate that you will attend remotely when
registering. Instructions will be sent via e-mail on Monday, September
12.
To register with a check, please mail in this
registration form.
Need to cancel? Please see our cancellation policy.
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Section?
Questions? Contact Geen
Mui | 612-278-6346