Deadline
to Register: Friday,
January 9, 2015
A
panel of representatives from the Somali, Hispanic, Hmong, and African American
communities will discuss how lawyers and ADR neutrals can more effectively
represent and interact with clients, co-workers, and mediation participants who
come from diverse cultural backgrounds by becoming more culturally aware. Topics will educate lawyers and ADR
Neutrals to identify and eliminate bias and prejudice in the practice of law and
in the administration of justice.
A
brief section business meeting will be held at Noon followed immediately by the
CLE presentation.
Lunch
is not provided but please feel free to bring your own!
Presenters:
Nhia
Vue X. Chu is
the Executive Director of the Hmong American Mediation Center and in the past
managed the Hmong mediation and arbitration program at the Mediation Center at
Hamline University Law School in St. Paul. He also was responsible for the
operation of the Hmong 18 Council Mediation Program for 8
years.
Referee
JaPaul J. Harris serves
as a District Court Referee in the 4th Judicial District (Hennepin County). In the 4th Judicial District, Referee
Harris presides over housing court, harassment court, mental health court, and
petty misdemeanor court. Referee
Harris serves as a member of the Hennepin County District Court’s Equal Justice
Committee and the Minnesota Supreme Court Committee for Equality and
Justice.
Hamse
Warfa is
the author of the book America Here I Come: A Somali Refugee’s Quest for
Hope and is a Program Officer at Margaret A. Cargill
Philanthropies.
Edwardo
Wolle is
a mediator and arbitrator with the MN Department of Labor and Industry and an
ADR Advisor with FEMA. He created and was Executive Director of the Rice County
Dispute Resolution Program, a community mediation program, and Consultant to
Panama’s Supreme Court Mediation Center.
Credits:
1 Elimination of Bias credit applied for | Event Code:
199811
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Rule 114 credit applied for.
Remote
Participation:
Remote
participation is available. Please
indicate that you will attend remotely when registering. Instructions will be sent via e-mail on
Monday, January 12.
Cost:
ADR Law Section
Member: Free
MSBA Member but not
a member of the ADR Law Section:
$10.00
Non-MSBA Members:
$15.00
Law Students: Free
New Admittees (Attorneys Admitted to the
Minnesota Bar after January 1, 2014):
Free
Join
the ADR Section: $37.00 MSBA members who are not members of the
ADR Section can join the section & attend this CLE for FREE. Click here to
add the section to your membership and then contact Sue Bores to
register for this meeting at no charge.
ADR
Neutrals who are not eligible for membership in the MSBA can join the ADR
Section. Details are available
here.
ADR
section members should register online using this link: http://msba.mnbar.org/Meetings/Meeting?ID=617. Non
section members can use this link to register and pay by credit card.
To
register and pay by check, use the registration form located here.
Need to
cancel? Please see our cancellation policy.
Questions? Contact:
Sue Bores l sbores@mnbar.org l
612-278-6325