The American Bar Association’s Section on Dispute Resolution Annual Conference is coming up April 25-28 in Washington, DC. The core of the conference features 97 sessions organized into 14 subject and practice areas tracks: Arbitration, Communication, Community/Peer, Construction, Corporate and Business ADR, Court, Ethics, Family, Government/Environment/Public Policy, International, Labor and Employment, Mediation and More, Practice Development/Diversity, and Representing Clients in ADR Processes. There will also be pre-conference skills training sessions, and meetings on thematic issues such as expanding opportunities for women and minorities in dispute resolution. Cost of the conference is $450 for non-members of the Dispute Resolution section of the ABA. For more details, visit http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=DR013200.

Sandy Heierbacher

Sandy Heierbacher co-founded the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) with Andy Fluke in 2002, with the 60 volunteers and 50 organizations who worked together to plan NCDD’s first national conference. She served as NCDD's Executive Director between 2002 and 2018. Click here for a list of articles and resources authored by Sandy.

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