MediateArt: Mediation & Negotiation Training Program (CLE)

Founded in 1969, VLA is the leading legal aid and education organization dedicated to New York artists and its arts and cultural organizations (ACOs). VLA strives to protect the artistic community's livelihoods, businesses, and creative works through access to dedicated legal representation and focused innovative education programs. To achieve this mission, VLA:facilitates pro bono legal representation for low-income artists and ACOs;offers legal counseling, education programs, advocacy, and alternative dispute resolution services to the entire arts community;trains lawyers to better serve the arts community; andadvocates on behalf of artists to ensure their voices are heard.VLA helps artists navigate legal challenges that can arise out of their work, providing crucial legal guidance that allows artists to focus on their creative practices. In doing so, VLA has fostered the careers of talented artists such as Twyla Tharp, Chapman Roberts, and Tony Kushner and advanced impactful New York organizations including BalletNext, the Caribbean Cultural Center, and Nuyorican Poets Café. Each year, VLA offers legal representation, education, and information to more than 10,000 low-income artists and ACOs and facilitates the contribution of more than $20 million in free legal services. The breadth and depth of high-quality services offered by VLA have made it the model for similar organizations across the country and around the world.

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Learn to be a Mediator with MediateArt and VLA! Attorneys earn up to 16 CLE credit hours. 
MediateArt™ is VLA's alternative dispute resolution, contract negotiation, and negotiation counseling program. A vital program since 1998, MediateArt offers members of the arts community an alternative, non-litigious setting in which to resolve their arts-related disputes, with the assistance of neutral, VLA-trained mediators.
VLA's MediateArt Training Program is a two-day intensive workshop of basic mediation training for attorneys, artists, arts administrators, and other professionals with an interest or background in the arts.
Participants will learn effective mediation skills, particularly as they relate to art-related issues, through observing mock-mediations, engaging in mediation simulations, and receiving feedback from program faculty. The workshop will focus on “deal mediation” negotiation, facilitative leadership skills, and resolution of disputes without resorting to litigation.
Following completion of the program, participants will be eligible to take part as mediators in VLA's MediateArt Program, as matters arise.
For more information on mediation as a form of alternative dispute resolution, and on VLA's particular MediateArt model, please see our <A HREF="https://vlany.org/mediateart-faqs/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FAQ page here</A>.
This program is taught by Alida Camp, full-time mediator/arbitrator. Read more about her below.
 
*CLE with VLA: Sixteen (16) New York CLE credits. Attorneys attending this mediation training program may be eligible for up to 16 CLE credit hours. (8 Areas of Professional Practice, 6 Skills Credits, and 2 Ethics Credits). To receive CLE for this training, both sessions must be attended. This program is “transitional” and thus newly admitted attorneys are qualified to receive CLE as well.
 
PROGRAM DATES &amp; TIMES: (Participants must attend BOTH days) Monday, December 11, and Tuesday, December 12, 2017 10 am – 6 pm both days 
LOCATION: JAMS
620 Eighth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, New York 10018
This is the New York Times Building on Eighth Avenue, between 40th and 41st Streets.
Fees: $225 Non-Member Artists and Law Students  $200 Member Artists / Law Students (Get your Member discount code!) $625 Non-Member Attorney $525 Member Attorneys (Get your Member discount code!) $425 General Public 
To register by phone or by email, please contact VLA at 212.319.2787 ext. 10 or <A HREF="mailto:registrations@vlany.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">registrations@vlany.org</A> 
Partial scholarships available for artists, contact us for more information at <A HREF="mailto:registrations@vlany.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">registrations@vlany.org</A> or call 212.319.2787 x10 
For attorneys, you can apply for a partial CLE scholarship, please view our Financial Aid Policy Guidelines <A HREF="https://vlany.org/education/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A> 
 
*CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CREDIT:  Attorneys attending this mediation training program may be eligible for up to 16 CLE credit hours. (8 Areas of Professional Practice, 6 Skills Credits, and 2 Ethics Credits). To receive CLE for this training, both sessions must be attended. This program is “transitional” and thus newly admitted attorneys are qualified to receive CLE as well. Course materials will be emailed in advance of the program in e-booK format. 
All fees are nonrefundable but may be used as credit towards certain other VLA programs. No VLA Corporate Member discounts available.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with The City Council.
 
Alida Camp
Alida Camp is a full-time mediator/arbitrator. She specializes in alternative dispute resolution of employment, commercial, and entertainment cases. In addition to her private practice, she is a mediator for the American Arbitration Association, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the International Institute for Conflict Authority &amp; Resolution, New York state and federal courts, FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), and is a member of the roster of neutrals for CPR. She is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, FINRA, New York State Attorney-Client Fee Disputes, and New York City Small Claims Court.
Prior to her work in dispute resolution, Ms. Camp was involved in the entertainment industry. She produced seven full-length feature films and was General Counsel for a prolific independent production and distribution company.
Ms. Camp has organized and presented programs on mediation and arbitration at bar associations, law firms, and other not-for-profit organizations. She has organized, moderated, and participated in panels on mediation issues such as ethics of med-arb and mediation preparation. She has guest lectured on mediation to students at Columbia University Law School and has worked with New York Law School students in their Small Claims Court mediations.
Ms. Camp has received more than 150 hours of mediation, advanced mediation and arbitration training and has coached trainings for bar associations, the NYS Supreme Court and the EEOC.
Ms. Camp is a fellow of the American Bar Association, co-chair of the American Bar Association Entertainment ADR Committee. She was named an Entertainment Industry Power Mediator by the Hollywood Reporter, Esq and an Outstanding Volunteer by Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
Ms. Camp holds a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School and a B.A. in psychology from SUNY Binghamton.

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