Clark County Courts Judges will role play to learn how to mediate and resolve cases during training sponsored by the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the William S. Boyd School of Law on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
More than 25 judges will participate in the training led by Dr. Peter Maida, a mediation expert. Maida will lead judges through family and civil court scenarios and teach them how to lead discussions, engage litigants and reach negotiated settlements in cases. The judges will act out each scenario and Maida will teach them how to help parties reach agreement. The course will focus on facilitating collaboration between parties and find common-ground for reaching a settlement.
This focused training will teach judges to lead mediations in various settings, such as divorce or foreclosure. The mediation skills will enable judges to provide better service, help parties reach a settlement and speed up adjudication. Mediation provides individuals with quicker resolution and releases court days for other trials.
“Matters coming to the court must be resolved quickly and mediation is an important tool,” said Chief Judge T. Arthur Ritchie, Jr. “Mediation may help families facing foreclosure, a divorce or any other matter that requires fast resolution and help from the court.”
In May and June, the Civil and Family Divisions conducted marathon settlement conferences which resulted in adjudicating 80 Family Court and medical malpractice cases in five weeks. This effort released more than 100 trial days for pending trials in the courts.
For more information contact Court Information Officer Michael Sommermeyer, (702) 671-4534.