What you will learn about:

Day One: Relevant legislation (Arbitration Act, regulations, amendments to Family Law Act); Arbitration, Med-Arb and Parenting Coordination (PC Agreements); essential arbitration procedure.

Day Two: Relevant case law, case studies, role-plays, evidentiary basics, and difficult issues.

What materials you will receive: Sample PC, Arbitration and Med-Arb Agreements, seminal articles, examples of arbitration awards, reading list, procedural checklists and summary tables.

Suitable for: Mediators, child custody assessors, and professionals with a minimum of basic level mediation.

For more information:

hilary@riverdalemediation.com 416.593.0210

drbarbarafidler@sympatico.ca 416.481.2046

Hilary Linton, Mediator/Arbitrator/Lawyer. Ms. Linton has helped people resolve family law disputes for 20 years. She mediates all aspects of separation and divorce, and acts as an arbitrator when negotiations break down. She has many years of experience teaching the theory and practice of mediation, negotiation, arbitration and restorative justice.

Barry Fisher, Mediator/Arbitrator/Lawyer. Mr. Fisher has been practicing mediation and arbitration since 1987, specializing in labour and employment cases. He speaks, writes and teaches often. He has been the chair of the Ontario Bar Association?s ADR section and on the executive of the Ontario Labour Management Arbitrators Association.

Barbara Jo Fidler, Ph.D., C.Psych., Acc.FM. Dr. Fidler has worked with high conflict families for over 24 years, providing assessments, mediation, arbitration, and parenting coordination for which she also provides supervision and training. Her clinical services include individual (children and adults), couple/marital and family therapy. She is a member of the AFCC task force that developed guidelines for Parenting Coordination.

* designed to meet the anticipated arbitration training requirements of the Family Statute Amendment Act 2006.