NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)
COMPLIMENTARY CLE PROGRAMS
NAM is an accredited provider of CLE in New York
NAM's full-service Continuing Legal Education program
NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) offers complimentary CLE programs virtually, on-site at your office, or in any of NAM’s dedicated conference facilities. Our Continuing Legal Education department will work with your firm or organization to customize a CLE program that is designed to meet your specific CLE topics of interest.
NAM is an accredited provider of CLE credit in New York, approved for traditional live-classroom format, as well as webinars.
For New York CLE attendance verification purposes, any course codes announced during our webinar programs must be recorded on the New York attorney affirmation form. An evaluation form should be completed as well. The affirmation and evaluation forms can be downloaded by using the links below:
ATTORNEY AFFIRMATION
EVALUATION FORM
Please e-mail your completed affirmation and evaluation forms to spedersen@namadr.com in order to receive your certificate of attendance.
NAM's renowned roster of program panelists and presenters
NAM identifies and recruits only those individuals with exceptional credentials and outstanding reputations. Today, our roster of panelists and presenters consists of top-tier former judges and practicing specialists who are knowledgeable neutrals in arbitration and mediation. Our panelists and presenters offer all forms of alternative dispute resolution programs with exceptional knowledge in a wide array of practice areas.
Complimentary, award-winning continuing legal education (CLE)
NAM provides complimentary continuing legal education (CLE) programs for attorneys at law firms, bar associations, corporate legal departments, government legal departments, and other legal and business organizations. Our distinguished presenters and panel of neutrals offer substantial experience as arbitrators and mediators in all fields of civil litigation. Our respected faculty provides participants with an interactive presentation that will engage and educate your audience as they earn relevant CLE credit.
Please see our upcoming and recent CLE events listed below, as well as a sampling of other available CLE programs. If you are interested in a topic that is not listed below, please contact NAM’s CLE department at 800-358-2550 or email us at info@namadr.com for information on how we can customize a CLE program for your organization.
CLE Events
UPCOMING
- March 22, 2023 | CLE Webinar: Positive Outcomes – Mediating Employment Matters and Minimizing Negative Tax Consequences presented by Rhonda L. Epstein, Esq., Paul K. Isaacs, Esq. and Charles Manley. To learn more and register click here.
- April 4, 2023 | CLE Webinar: Your Side, Your Story: The Advantage of Being Heard at Mediation to be presented by James W. Borkowski, Esq. and Larry P. Schiffer as part of the Celesq AttorneysEd Center in partnership with Thomas Reuters. To learn more and register click here.
- Lawline On-Demand CLE Webinar: | The Means and Methods of Resolving Coverage Disputes in Mediation presented by Richard P. Byrne, Esq. To subscribe and listen to this CLE course click here.
- Lawline On-Demand CLE Webinar | Arbitration: The Importance of the Pre-Hearing Conference presented by Hon. John P. DiBlasi, J.S.C. (Ret.) To subscribe and listen to this CLE course click here.
- March 8, 2023 | CLE Webinar: Fidelity National Financial | Best Practices in Drafting Arbitration Clauses presented by Hon. John P. DiBlasi (Ret.) and Rodolfo Rivera, Esq., Chief International Counsel, Fidelity National Financial. To learn more click here.
- February 21, 2023 | CLE Webinar: Practising Law Institute |Resolving Coverage Disputes in Mediation presented by Richard P. Byrne, Esq. To learn more click here.
- February 15, 2023 | CLE Webinar: New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers | “Property Pitfalls – An Insider’s Guide to First-Party Insurance” presented by Hon. Peter B. Skelos (Ret.) and Jonathan Lerner, Esq. To learn more click here.
- January 20, 2023 | CLE Webinar: NYC Bar Association Annual Bridge-the-Gap Program | Inside the Mind of the Mediator: Avoiding Impasse and Maximizing Outcomes in Mediation to be presented by Hon. Elizabeth Bonina (Ret.), Hon. Peter B. Skelos (Ret.) and James W. Borkowski, Esq.
- November 29, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Legal Ethics and the Mediation Process to be presented by Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman (Ret.) through the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education (NACLE). To learn more click here.
- November 30, 2022 | CLE: What Happens in the Breakout Room: The Secrets of Multi-Party Defendant Labor Law Mediations to be presented by James W. Borkowski, Esq. to the Long Island Claims Association
- November 17, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Inside the Mind of a Mediator: Avoiding Impasse and Maximizing Outcomes in Mediation to be presented by Susan Hernandez, Esq. to the Long Island Hispanic Bar Association. To learn more click here.
- October 25, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Women in Law: 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back, to be presented by Jennifer Herscovici, Esq. and Sara Kane, Esq. to the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. To learn more click here.
- October 12, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Inside the Mind of a Mediator: Avoiding Impasse and Maximizing Outcomes in Mediation to be presented by Hon. Larry S. Schachner (Ret.) to the Bronx County Bar Association. To learn more, click here.
- September 20, 2022 | CLE Webinar: The Ethics and Art of Settlement at Mediation to be presented by Bob Worden, Esq. as part of the Celesq AttorneysEd Center in partnership with Thomas Reuters. To learn more click here.
- August 9, 2022 | CLE Webinar: What Happens in the Breakout Room: The Secrets of Multi-Party Defendant Labor Law Mediations to be presented by James W. Borkowski, Esq. and Marc H. Pillinger, Esq. to the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. To learn more click here.
- August 10, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Mediation and Negotiation in a Virtual World: Ethics, Technology and Best Practices, a panel discussion with Hon. John P. DiBlasi (Ret.) of NAM, Lauren McKenna, Managing Partner of Fox Rothschild and moderated by Rodolfo Rivera, Chief International Counsel for Fidelity National Financial. To learn more click here.
- August 18, 2022 | CLE: Navigating The New Normal of Alternative Dispute Resolution to be presented by James W. Borkowski, Esq. at the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) Atlanta I-Day “A New Normal: The Changing Landscape of Insurance.”
- July 27, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Ethics and the Mediation Process to be presented by Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman (Ret.) to the Orange County California Bar Association. To learn more, click here.
- June 6, 2022 | CLE Webinar | NAM Academy presents: Inside the Mind of a Mediator: Avoiding Impasse and Maximizing Outcomes in Mediation presented by Hon. John P. DiBlasi (Ret.) and Richard P. Byrne, Esq. To learn more, click here.
- June 7, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Bypassing the Backlog: Fast-Tracking with Arbitration or Mediation presented by Hon. Peter B. Skelos (Ret.), William G. Primps, Esq. and Larry P. Schiffer to the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. To learn more, click here.
- May 23, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Putting Your Best Proof Forward: Arbitration and Mediation Submissions to be presented by James W. Borkowski, Esq., Jennifer Hercsovici, Esq. and Glenn Sabele, Esq. to the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. To learn more click here.
- May 3, 2022 | CLE Webinar: The Ethics and Art of Settlement at Mediation presented by Bob Worden, Esq. to the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education (NACLE). To learn more and register click here.
- April 27, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Special Considerations in Mediating Sexual Abuse Cases presented by Hon. Elizabeth Bonina (Ret.), Brittany Hendersen and Ondine Slone to the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. To learn more click here.
- February 17, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Tales From the Trenches: What To Do and What NOT To Do in Settlement,presented by Hon. Marsha L. Steinhardt and Bob Worden, Esq. to the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. To learn more click here.
- January 21, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Inside the Mind of the Mediator: Avoiding Impasse and Maximizing Outcomes in Mediation – Proactively Ensuring the Experience of the Proceeding presented by Hon. Jeffrey A. Cohen (Ret.), Hon. Peter B. Skelos (Ret.) and James Borkowski, Esq. to the New York City Bar Association. To learn more click here.
- January 11, 2022 | CLE Webinar: Best Practices in Drafting Arbitration Clauses to be presented by Hon. John P. DiBlasi, J.S.C. (Ret.), Leslie Corwin, Esq. and Denis Kelly to the law firm of Katten, Muchin, Rosenman. To learn more click here.
- December 7, 2021 | CLE Webinar: Women in Law: Achieving Gender Equality to be presented by Hon. Elizabeth Bonina (Ret.) and Jennifer Herscovici, Esq. to the American Bar Association (ABA). To learn more click here.
- November 22, 2021 | Jennifer Herscovici, Esq., joins Creative Capital to present a CLE Webinar: Negotiations: Successful Strategies to Get Your Case Settled Faster to the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. To learn more, click here.
- November 17, 2021 | CLE Webinar: Sex Discrimination and Sex Misconduct in the Workplace, School and Sports to be presented by Rhonda Epstein, Esq. to the American Bar Association. To learn more, click here.
- November 17, 2021 | CLE Panel Discussion: Effective Mediations for Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Physicians and Health Care Providers to be presented by Bob Worden, Esq. and other healthcare professionals to the Association of Health Risk Management of New York (AHRMNY). To learn more, click here.
- November 5, 2021 | CLE Webinar: How Covid Made Us Stronger to be presented by Hon. Marsha L. Steinhardt (Ret.) in a panel discussion to Pace University School of Law . To learn more, click here.
- October 14, 2021 | CLE: Virtual Mediation 101: Navigating the Best Practices of Mediation in the Remote World to be presented by James W. Borkowski, Esq. at the dri 2021 Annual Meeting. To learn more, click here.
- October 5, 2021 | CLE Webinar: Settling the Catastrophic Tort Cases: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability and Property Damages to be presented by Bob Worden, Esq. to the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. To learn more, click here.
LAWLINE WEBINARS
RECENT
Webinar: The Ethics and Art of Settlement at Mediation to be presented by Bob Worden, Esq. to the American Bar Association | Monday, June 7, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. ET | To learn more click here.
NAM is the Exclusive CLE Sponsor for the2019 Tech Up for Women Conference on November 19, 2019.
Sampling of CLE programs
- Business Divorce and the Use of ADR as a Path to Resolution
- Using ADR to Fast-Track Surrogate’s Court Litigation
- The Means and Methods of Resolving Coverage Disputes in Mediation
- ADR in Divorce: Fast-Tracking Resolutions
- An Introduction to Virtual Arbitrations & Mediations
- The Benefits of Early Mediation – The Path Least Taken Requires Commitment
- Crafting Arbitration Clauses: How Specificity Reduces Dispute Time & Costs
- The Ethics and Art of Settlement at Mediation
- How to Identify and Resolve High Exposure Claims Early
- If Not Now, When? Achieving Equality for Women Attorneys in the Courtroom and in ADR
- Inside the Mind of a Mediator: Avoiding Impasse and Maximizing Outcomes in Mediation
- Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace Under the ADA
- Secrets of a Successful Mediation
- The Importance of Security and Integrity Issues Within the Virtual ADR Process
- Tips, Best Practices and Hot Button Issues of Commercial Mediation and Arbitration
- Why Mediations Fail and How to Achieve Better Results
- Achieving Optimal Risk Mitigation Through Effective Risk Transfer
- Alternative Dispute Resolution in Personal Injury & Civil Litigation
- Arbitration vs. Litigation Perspectives from the Judges
- Basic Principles and Considerations in Medical Malpractice Cases: Why ADR?
- Best Practices and Tips on Mediation and Arbitration from a Neutral
- Defending the Front Line: Your Role in Domestic and International Arbitrations
- Extra-Contractual, Insurance Coverage Claims & Litigation (General) Topics
- In Mediation, You Gotta Have (Good) Faith!
- Know Before You Go: The Latest Developments and Best Practices in Alternative Dispute Resolution for Corporate Counsel
- Mediating Construction Defect Claims
- Mediation Pointers for Claims Professionals
- Positive Outcomes: Strategies for Mediation in Litigation
- Recent Trends and Practical Tips When Dealing with Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets
- Secrets of Successful Negotiation
- Mediation as a Tool to Resolving Complex E-Discovery Disputes