- Read an interview with Hilary Linton about the new family mediation and information services in Toronto’s Superior
Court. View the interview here in Lawyers Weekly. - Calling all Parenting Coordinators and Family Arbitrators! The Regulation governing family arbitration requires that specified training be repeated every five years if you have not conductedat least ten arbitrations or PC files over those years. Non-lawyers must repeat their 30 hours of family law training and everyone must repeat their 14 hours of Screening for Power Imbalances training. In addition everyone must take 10 hours of refresher training every two years.We offer these workshops at least once each year.
- Hilary Linton was a guest speaker at the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers Fall Conference on November 12, 2011. She joined Raj Anand, Willliam G. Horton and Yasmeena Mohamed in a panel discussion on “Tips from Mediators and Arbitrators.
- Court-connected family mediation has arrived to Toronto’s Superior Court! Hilary and her team were awarded the Ministry of the Attorney General contract to provide no-cost on-site family mediation for cases in court at 393 University Ave. Suite 900; subsidized off-site family mediation for anyone in Toronto; and expanded information services at the court. For more information, visit our new website for this project, mediate393.ca.
- Elizabeth Hyde’s article Bullying Prevention Programs: Too little too late and Kate Water’s How to Prepare to Suceed in Mediation was published in the OBA ADR sections official newsletter – Volume 19, No.3 – August 2011.
- Susan Jack was a speaker September 15th, 2011 at the Ontario Association of Credit Counselling Services and September 21st, 2011 at the New Practice Lawyer Series: Family Law at Osgoode Hall where she participated in discussions about custody and access, child support, proceedings, advising tips and trial strategies.
- Hilary just finished a pod-cast with “Collaborative Law TV” in Britain. Speaking with Neil Denny and Stephen G. Anderson about the importance of screening in collaborative law, take a listen here.
- Hilary “roasted” her colleague Barry Fisher, this year’s honoured recipient of the OBA Award of Excellence in ADR, on June 1. Read our blog post about Barry.
- We wrapped up our courses for the year with a successful Advanced Family Mediation course in Toronto. See the “Training and Consulting” page for information on new dates for upcoming courses. Remember to contact us for more information about private training tailored for your small group.
