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Event Information

VIDEO REPLAY: Success at Civil Mediation

April 15, 2025


Credits

N/A

MCLE: 6.25

Ethics: 1.00



Pricing
Member Registration (Includes Download)
Early Standard Late
$275.00
Non Member Registration (Includes Download)
Early Standard Late
$275.00
Paralegal (Includes Download)
Early Standard Late
$125.00
SC Bar Certified Paralegal (Includes Download)
Early Standard Late
$125.00


Dates
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Time
8:55 AM - 4:45 PM



Registration Deadline
Monday, April 14, 2025



Location
SC Bar Conference Center
1501 Park Street
Columbia, SC 29201-2730

This CLE will help attorneys and mediators at all levels improve their skills and obtain better results using mediation and other forms of ADR in South Carolina. The following topics will be covered:

  • Best practices for plaintiff’s attorneys at mediation.
  • Tips and techniques will be discussed, and a checklist for mediation preparation will be provided.
  • Best practices for defense attorneys at mediation. This discussion will include strategies to get beneficial results for your clients. A checklist on what is needed from the defense will be provided.
  • Techniques for mediators to use to obtain satisfactory results and improve their skills.
  • Suggestions on how attorneys and mediators can deal with difficult personalities at mediation.
  • Results from studies on whether mediation works, whether mediation is beneficial for clients, and how clients feel about mediation.
  • Other forms of ADR in South Carolina including arbitration, early neutral evaluation and fast track trials.
Ethics in Mediation.

 


The South Carolina Bar is an accredited CLE provider in South Carolina only. Attorneys are responsible for seeking their own credit in other jurisdictions.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in CLE programs and publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the South Carolina Bar, its sections, or committees. The South Carolina Bar believes that all Bar members have the right to both meaningful learning and to the exchange of ideas in a civil environment. The Bar reserves the right to remove or exclude any person from a Bar event if that person is causing inappropriate disturbance, behaving in a manner inconsistent with accepted standards of decorum, or in any way preventing fellow Bar members from meaningful participation and learning.

Registration Fees

Member Registration (Includes Download)
Early Standard Late
$275.00
Non Member Registration (Includes Download)
Early Standard Late
$275.00
Paralegal (Includes Download)
Early Standard Late
$125.00
SC Bar Certified Paralegal (Includes Download)
Early Standard Late
$125.00
Price Description Amount

Agenda

Speakers

NameOrganizationSpeaking At

Policy

Continuing Education

Agenda

8:30 a.m.
Registration

8:55 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m.
Tips for Plaintiff’s Attorneys in Mediation
David B. Yarborough, Yarborough Applegate, LLC

9:45 a.m.
Tips for Defense Attorneys in Mediation
John T. Lay, Jr., Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA

10:30 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m.
Tips for Mediators and Case Studies about Mediation
Angus M. Lawton, Lawton Law Firm, LLC

11:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion

- The most effective and least effective techniques in mediation

- Review of questions and answers submitted by the attendees
David B. Yarborough, John T. Lay, Bruce M. Poore

12:15 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)

1:15 p.m.
Other Forms of ADR: Fast Track Trials, Early Neutral Evaluation, and Arbitration
Samuel R. Clawson, Clawson & Staubes, LLC

2:00 p.m.
Avoiding Impasse and Dealing with Saboteurs
Karl A. Folkens, Folkens Law Firm, P.A.

2:45 p.m.
Break

3:00 p.m.
Ethics in Mediation
Cynthia A. Coker, South Carolina Bar

4:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Tips, Tricks, and Traps
Karl A. Folkens, Cynthia A. Coker, Samuel R. Clawson

4:45 p.m.
Adjourn

 

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