2026 Dispute Resolution Skills Summit

We’ve heard the call for more practical skill-building programs, and we created the Summit to deliver exactly that. This is your chance to connect and learn alongside all practices of dispute resolution professionals. The Summit emphasizes versatile mediation skills that are relevant across models, settings, and case types, regardless of practice area or career path.

• Are you a commercial mediator? The Summit sharpens skills that matter in high-stakes rooms, helping you navigate complex, multi-party disputes with layered interests, institutions, and decision-makers.

• Are you a community mediator? The Summit delivers practical skills and techniques you can use right away. With real time constraints in mind, the program strengthens core      communication and mediation approaches, so you can work more effectively, expand your toolkit, and make every minute count.

• Are you an ombuds? The Summit strengthens core ombuds skills in individual support, group facilitation, and organizational insight, with practical tools for clearer communication, stronger interventions, and confident engagement across your institution.

• Are you a legal educator or trainer? The Summit enhances advanced communication, conflict-management, and teaching skills you can apply immediately in classrooms, clinics, and professional programs.

• Are you involved in court ADR programs? The Summit equips court ADR professionals with clear, ready-to-use language to explain neutrality confidently and without      defensiveness, strengthening trust in mediators and court programs.