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One more team NEEDED for the Representation in Mediation Competition

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:34 pm
by AdvocacyInstitute
We need one more team (or two students) to compete at the 2020 VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION IN MEDIATION COMPETITION!

Want more information? Check out this short video about the benefits of participating in the competition from two recent graduates Darian Wilkom and Rachel Vicario: https://youtu.be/dvU-AtEb_MY

If interested, please register by Sunday, October 25 at 11:59 pm at:
https://www.law.buffalo.edu/beyond/comp ... ipate.html

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This year’s competition will be held virtually on Saturday, November 21st.

Participation is limited to 2L and 3L students, but 1Ls are encouraged to volunteer to help run the Competition. If any 1Ls are interested, please contact the ADR Society Co-Presidents listed below.

As an increasing number of civil legal cases are referred to mediation, it is vital that the lawyer accompanying his or her client to the mediation table has the knowledge and skill-set necessary to maximize a client’s results in this context. As most real-world mediations are currently occurring virtually, the virtual nature of our Competition this year will be great practice for future lawyers to hone their attorney advocacy skills in a virtual setting. The interaction between lawyer and client and the use of interest-based problem solving is the focus of the Representation in Mediation Competition.

Any questions, please contact the co-presidents of the ADR Society: Mel Whyman at mdwhyman@buffalo.edu and April VanOrman aprilvan@buffalo.edu, or email the Advocacy Center at law-advocacy@buffalo.edu or Professor Sugarman at stevesug@buffalo.edu.