Mediation Musings:
Settling Disputes Outside Courts – The Win-Win Way

Tuesday | 9th January 2018 | 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm

Co-organised by The International Centre Goa
and V M Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar

Entry Free & Open to General Public

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Mediation Musings: Settling Disputes Outside Courts – The Win-Win Way
No society if perfect. Conflicts are common to the society. However the maturity of the society depends on how these conflicts are addressed. Advanced societies bring consensus among different groups by mutual consent. Societies and families lost long when they use consensus rather than conflict model in redressing the differences.
Mediation and negotiation helps the societies, families, organizations and individuals in building relationships by controlling conflict process of naming, blaming, and claiming. Mediation plays very important role particularly when the disputants poses intense emotions and breakdown of communication mechanism. Mediation provides a platform where disputants are perceived as a problem solver than opponents and creates an atmosphere where the disputants could refocus on their interests rather than their positions thereby paving a way to have an amicable settlement. Mediation enhances the self-determination. In mediation you are not at the mercy of a third person for a settlement which would impact your life.
Therefore, V.M.Salgaocar College of Law in association with ICG and WMO, Berlin provides such an opportunity to the audience in understanding how to settle the disputes without going to the court. The talk aims at sensitizing the people that settling differences not necessarily always result in win loss. Our endeavor is that law schools, law faculty, law students and the lawyers must bring peace in the community.
All should attend; as we all of us involved in conflict resolution somehow in the family relation, commercial transaction, social relations or legal disputes.
• Learn how to deal with conflicts and find that in every conflict there is a possibility of win win situation.
• International and National Experts
Speakers:
Dr Roland B. Wilson
Dr Roland B. Wilson is currently the Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University’s new campus in South
Korea. He is also an international mediator. Dr. Wilson received his PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, and
his BA and MA in linguistics, Korean and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from Indiana State University.
Adv Ethelwald O Mendes
Ethelwald has been a practicing litigator for over 30 years, well versed in trials and litigations, currently involved in International and domestic arbitration and an avid campaigner for mediation.Specialised in Maritime and Admiralty practice of law. Participated as a delegate on the 5th (2009) ICC, as a judge for the 6th (2010) & 7th (2011) International Mediation Moot Court competition in Paris. Participated as Arbitrator-Judge for the IMLAM (Murdoch University) International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot in Brisbane, Australia, 2012. “Shipbuilding and Ship repair Contract” in London, UK conducted by Lloyd’s maritime Academy, UK.
Thomas P. Valenti
Thomas P. Valenti is an attorney, mediator, arbitrator facilitator and trainer. He has been extensively trained in all aspects of Dispute Resolution. Tom is a former Board Member of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI]. He has judged and trained at numerous International legal, negotiation, arbitration, and mediation competitions. He has travelled to the UK, Dubai, India and Europe to train and teach courses in Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration.
Dr MRK Prasad
Dr Prasad is a leading expert in clinical education in India. He is the first recipient of Vanderbilt-Fulbright Scholarship in Clinical Legal Education. Mr Prasad is involved in teaching conflict resolution course over a decade at V.M.Salgaocar College of Law. He has been involved in training faculty in Dispute Resolution Methods. He also designed and conducted in various competitions both at national and international level relating Alternative Dispute Resolution. He coached several students participating in these competitions. Currently he is the Principal of V.M.Salgaocar College of Law and Dean Faculty of Law, Goa University.