Programs

  • Mediation Training in India

    FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENTS - INDIA IN CO-SPONSORSHIP WITH INDIA'S SUPREME COURT (MCPC) AND THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED MEDIATION PRACTICE (CAMP), FSRI IMPLEMENTED IN-PERSON, MULTIDAY, "TRAIN-THE-TRAINER" TRAINING FOR THE MCPC MEDIATION TRAINERS IN INDIA, AND ALSO CONTINUED SEPARATE REFLECTIVE MEDIATION SESSIONS FOR A SELECT, EXPERIENCED GROUP OF INDIAN MEDIATORS. THESE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED BY BOARD MEMBERS HOWARD HERMAN, CLAUDIA BERNARD, DANA CURTIS AND VIC SCHACHTER, EACH OF WHOM ARE EXPERIENCED MEDIATORS WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN SUCCESSFUL COURT MEDIATION PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES. AS IN THE PAST, THEY HAVE TRAVELED TO INDIA WITH FSRI TO CONDUCT TRAINING AND COACHING FOR MEDIATORS IN COURT ANNEXED AND PRIVATE MEDIATION CENTERS. IN ADDITION, WHILE IN INDIA, THE FSRI DELEGATION PRESENTED JUDGE TRAINING ON BEST PRACTICES FOR SUCCESSFUL CASE REFERRAL TO MEDIATION (BANGALORE JUDICIAL ACADEMY), EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY FOR ATTORNEYS IN MEDIATION (HYDERABAD, BANGALORE), AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN BUSINESS AND FAMILY MATTERS (LAW AND BUSINESS SCHOOLS).
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    Dates
    Apr 1, 2023 – Mar 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $24.4K

  • Reflective Mediation Sessions in Brazil

    SECOND ACCOMPLISHMENTS-BRAZIL IN CO-SPONSORSHIP WITH BRAZIL'S INSTITUTO DE CERTIFICACAO E FORMACAO DE MEDIADORES LUSOFONOS (ICFML, AN INSTITUTION FOR CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING OF PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING MEDIATORS), FSRI COMPLETED A SECOND,10 MONTH SERIES OF "REFLECTIVE MEDIATION SESSIONS" AMONG PROMINENT MEDIATORS IN BRAZIL. THESE SMALL PRACTICE GROUPS, LED BY EXPERIENCED MEDIATOR-FACILITATORS, MET REGULARLY TO EXAMINE ACTUAL CASES WHERE MEDIATORS CAN DELVE DEEPLY INTO THEIR EXPERIENCES, EXPLORE EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES TO OVERCOME DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROBLEMS, AND DEVELOP SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDINGS TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFECTIVE IN FUTURE MEDIATIONS THROUGH SELF- REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION AMONG THEIR PEERS. THEY ARE LED BY TWO OF OUR FSRI BOARD MEMBERS, WHO ARE THEMSELVES EMINENT MEDIATORS AND TEACHERS IN THEIR FIELD THEIR FIELD. IN ADDITION. AN FSRI DELEGATION WAS INVITED TO ATTEND AND PRESENTED VARIOUS LECTURES AND COACHING AT THE ANNUAL CBMA, NATIONAL, MEDIATION CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER, 2023 IN RIO.
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    Dates
    Apr 1, 2023 – Mar 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $24.4K

  • Online Dispute Resolution Programs

    ADDITIONAL NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS FSRI HAS CONTINUED TO PROMOTE MEDIATION PROGRAMS AROUND THE GLOBE. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ODR), FSRI HAS CONTINUES TO PRESENT /PARTICIPATE IN ODR PROGRAMS/WEBINARS ("ODR BEST PRACTICES") AND HAS CONTINUED TO SUPPORT MEDIATION PROGRAMS THROUGH TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES OVERSEAS. CASES CONTINUE TO BE PROCESSED OVERSEAS WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS THROUGH ONLINE COMMUNICATION PROCEDURES. OUR COLLEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE EMBRACED THE CHALLENGE OF USING THE ODR TOOLKIT OF SKILLS AND HAVE WELCOMED FSRI'S COUNSELING ON "BEST PRACTICES" TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES WITH ON-LINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT-INDIA- FSRI AGAIN CO-SPONSORED INDIA'S VERMA MEMORIAL & CLIENT COUNSELING COMPETITION OF THE AGRASEN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (DEPARTMENT OF LAW). THIS COMPETITION CONTINUES TO BUILD A RESERVOIR OF FUTURE MEDIATORS IN INDIA AND PROMOTES THE GREATER UTILIZATION OF MEDIATION IN LEGAL AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES. FSRI BOARD MEMBER JENNIFER BRANDT COORDINATED THIS PROJECT WITH ACADEMIC LEADERS AT THE INSTITUTE, AND PARTICIPATED IN THE COACHING AND JUDGING OF THE STUDENT COMPETITORS. FSRI HAS BEEN INVITED TO FURTHER LECTURE LAW STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES ON EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY SKILLS IN REPRESENTING CLIENTS IN MEDIATIONS ARISING OUT OF LITIGATION PENDING IN INDIAN COURTS.
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    Dates
    Apr 1, 2023 – Mar 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $24.4K