Bi-annual Midwest Arbitrators’ SymposiumFriday, November 9, 2012

Presented by:Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law

Continuing Legal Education

8:15 – 8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 a.m. WelcomeThomas A. Summers, Director of Mediation Services, FMCSMartin H. Malin, Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Law and the Workplace, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law

9.00 a.m.-10:15a.m. Final? Binding? Handling Cases Infused with Public Policy & PublicInterest Issues

Edwin H. BennArbitrator, NAA, Glencoe, IL

10:15a.m.-10:30a.m. Break

10:30 a.m.-11:45a.m. The Business and Economics of Arbitration: Can We and How CanWe Still Make a Living

Steven M. BierigArbitrator, NAA, Highland Park, IL

Sharon ImesArbitrator, NAA, La Crosse, WI

Susan Grody RubenArbitrator, NAA, Cleveland, OH

11:45a.m.-12:30p.m. Lunch

12:30p.m.-1:15p.m. KEYNOTE Are We Heedless, Headless & Heartless? Arbitration and the Public Media Sara AdlerPresident, National Academy of Arbitrators, Arbitrator, NAA, Los Angeles, CA

1:15p.m.-2:30p.m. Breakout Sessions (select one)

The Basics of Federal Sector Arbitration

Jeanne M. VonhofArbitrator, NAA, Chicago, IL

Jeanne Charles WoodArbitrator, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Maintaining Civility in the Arbitration Process

Robert G. BaileyDirector of the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, Assistant Dean, and Senior Fellow, University of Missouri Law School, Arbitrator, NAA, Columbia, MO Laura J. Cooper J. Stewart and Mario Thomas McClendon Professor in Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution, University of Minnesota, Arbitrator, NAA, Minneapolis, MN 2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Break

Program Schedule

2:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions (select one) Interest Arbitration: What’s Happening Around the Midwest Jeffrey JacobsArbitrator, NAA, Edina, MN

Peter R. MeyersArbitrator, NAA, Chicago, IL

Rex H. WiantArbitrator, NAA, Kansas City, MO

Post-Merits Issues: Best Practices Stanley T. Dobry Arbitrator, NAA, Warren, MI

Mary Jo SchiavoniArbitrator, NAA, Madison, WI 4:00 - 4:45 What’s New at the FMCS

Vella M. TraynhamDirector of Arbitration Services, FMCS

Symposium Planning Committee

Vicki Peterson CohenArbitrator, NAA Laura J. CooperJ. Stewart and Mario Thomas McClendon Professor in Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Uni-versity of Minnesota Law School, Arbitrator, NAA Stanley T. DobryArbitrator, NAA Stephen L. HayfordProfessor of Business Law,Indiana University-Bloomington Sharon K. ImesArbitrator, NAA Martin H. MalinProfessor of Law & Director,Institute for Law and the WorkplaceIIT Chicago-Kent College of LawArbitrator, NAA

Dan J. NielsenArbitrator, NAA Susan Grody RubenArbitrator, NAA Barry E. SimonArbitrator, NAA Thomas A. SummersDirector of Mediation ServicesFederal Mediation & Conciliation Service Floyd D. WeatherspoonProfessor of Law, Capital University Law School, Arbitrator, NAA Rex H. WiantArbitrator, NAA

For Roster FMCS arbitrators and other neutral labor arbitrators IL MCLE Credit5.0 hours Program LocationThe conference will be held at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 West Adams Street in Chicago.

For More Information and to Register (click link) Early Registration Rate: $170.00

After October 26, 2012: $185.00

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Accommodations Hotel accommodations for the convenience of out-of-town guests have been made at the Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro. The room rate at the Crowne is $159 for single or double occupancy, plus 16.4% tax. The Crowne is located four blocks west of the law school within easy walking distance. Please make reservations directly with the hotel. Requests for accommodations cannot be assured if made after October 10, 2012. To Make Reservations: Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro 733 W. Madison Street Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 829-5000 Voice, (312) 602-2180 Fax, www.crowneplaza.com/chicagometro. Please mention to the hotel reservation receptionist that you are attending the Chicago-Kent College of Law FMCS Bi-Annual Midwest Arbitrators’ Symposium to get the special rate.