Bader to Host Call on Forgiveness April 1

From Elizabeth Bader:

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I am writing to invite you to the next teleconference program of the Psychology of Conflict Resolution Committee. This is a committee I founded and chair within the ABA which deals with the psychology and spirituality of conflict resolution. It is a subcommittee of the ADR Committee of TIPS.

On April 1, 2010, at 9:00 am Pacific we will have our next meeting by phone. Two wonderful speakers will discuss forgiveness, and then we will have a group discussion on the subject. You do not have to be a member of the ABA to attend and there is no charge.

If you do wish to attend, please send me a bio of about 150 words, so we can circulate it to the group. Call-in information is below, after the bios of our distinguished speakers.

Best to all,
Elizabeth

Biographies of Eileen Barker and Trent Thornley

Eileen Barker is a full-time mediator based in San Rafael, CA. Since 1991, she has mediated hundreds of cases. Her current practice focuses on partnerships, family businesses, collaborative estate planning, employment/workplace, and family law/divorce. Ms. Barker graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, and completed clerkship with the D.C. Court of Appeals. She worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and then as a litigation associate for the firms of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Bianchi, Engel, Keegin & Talkington. Ms. Barker has taught mediation and other conflict resolution courses at UC Berkeley School of Law, UC Hastings College of Law, Sonoma State University and John F. Kennedy University. She also leads trainings on emotional intelligence and forgiveness and is the author of the Forgiveness Workbook and Forgiveness Meditation CD. For more information, please visit her website at barker-mediation.com

Trent Thornley is an M.A. candidate at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California working on a trilogue concerning "forgiveness" among the cognitive sciences, contemporary Christian theology, and Theravadian Buddhist vipassana meditation. Since 2001, Trent has been a sole practitioner in San Francisco specializing in landlord-tenant law and probate litigation, with a strong interest in collaborative resolution. Trent holds a B.A. in Religious Studies and a J.D., both from Indiana University-Bloomington.

Call-In Information:
The call-in information for our call on April 1, 2010 is as follows.
Dial-in Number:1-712-580-1800
Participant Access Code:793477

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Elizabeth E. Bader, Esq.
Bader Conflict Resolution Services
580 California St., Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: (415) 391-7272
Fax: (415) 391-0979
http://elizabethbader.com

"The Psychology of Mediation: Issues of Self and Identity and the IDR Cycle";
http://elizabethbader.com/SelfandIdentity.pdf. Forthcoming in Pepperdine Dispute Res. L. J. (2010).

"The Psychology of Mediation, Part I: The Mediator's Issues of Self and Identity," http://www.mediate.com/articles/baderE2.cfm