Jed D. Melnick Annual Symposium. Webinar organizzato dal Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution in tema di mediazione obbligatoria nelle varie forme che la stessa può avere.In particolare si parlerà del c.d.“presumptive ADR”, un progetto promosso da un comitato di esperti creato nel 2018 da Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge dello Stato di New York, per rendere automatico (presumptive), seppur temperato da meccanismi di uscita (opting out), il ricorso a strumenti ADR (la mediazione in primis) come passo preliminare dell’iter giudiziario.

Gli interventi saranno focalizzati sulla situazione negli Stati Uniti ma naturalmente i temi affrontati sono di interesse generale.

Il programma prevede (N.B. il fuso è quello EST, 6 ore indietro rispetto a quello italiano):

• 09.00 AM – welcome and keynote address by Janet DiFiore
• 9:30 – 10:45 AM: Leadership and Implementation: Presumptive ADR in NY, with Lisa Courtney, Esq. (Statewide ADR Coordinator – NYS Unified Court System, Office of Court Administration), Lisa Denig, Esq. (Special Counsel for ADR Initiatives – NYS Unified Court System, Office of Court Administration), Joel R. Kullas, Esq. (ADR Coordinator for the 3^rd, 4^th, 9^th& 10^thJudicial Districts), Bridget O’Connell, Esq. (ADR Coordinator for the 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^thJudicial Districts & the Court of Claims), and Daniel Weitz, Esq. (Director of the Division of Professional & Court Services – NYS Unified Court System).11:00 AM – 12:15 PM: Innovative Programs and Pilots, with Judge Doris Gonzalez (Bronx County) and Judge Deborah Kaplan (New York County) and ADR Coordinators Amy L. DiFranco, Esq. (Upstate New York), Lauren Jones, Esq. (Surrogate’s Court, New York County), Yvonne Marin, Esq. (Nassau County), Jean Norton, Esq. (New York County), and Robyn Weinstein, Esq. (US District Court, Eastern District of New York).

  12:15 – 1:15 PM:  Assessment, Direction, and Vision for the Future, with Edwina Richardson-Mendelson (Deputy Chief Administrative Judge – Office for Justice Initiatives), Jennifer Shack (Director of Research – Resolution Systems Institute), and Professors Donna Erez-Navot (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), and Nancy Welsh (Texas A&M University School of Law).

  1:45 – 2:45 PM: Other Mandatory, Presumptive or Strongly Encouraged ADR Initiatives: From State to Federal Courts, and Beyond, with Giuseppe De Palo, Esq. (Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes), Tamara Lange, Esq., (ADR Program Director – US District Court, Northern District of California), Professor Sharon Press (Mitchell Hamline School of Law), Maurice Robinson, Esq. (EEO Officer for NYCHA Department of Equal Opportunity), and Douglas Van Epps, Esq. (Director, Office of Dispute Resolution Michigan Supreme Court).

  2:45 – 3:35 PM: The Court Systems of the Future and ODR, with Professors Brian Farkas, Esq. (Arent Fox), David Larson (Mitchell Hamline School of Law), and Colin Rule (President and CEO – Mediate.com).

  3:45 – 5:00 PM: Keeping up with the Times: ADR in Legal Education, with Professors James Coben (Mitchell Hamline School of Law), Homer La Rue (Howard University School of Law), Lela Love (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), Carrie Menkel-Meadow (University of California, Irvine School of Law), Thomas Stipanowich (Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law), and Joseph Stulberg (The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law).

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