Are You Interested in Training in Dispute Resolution and
Conflict Management?Are You Interested in Training in Dispute Resolution and
Conflict Management?
Do You Help Settle Business Disputes?
List of Workshops and Trainings Currently Offered
Why Consider Ron's Trainings?
Sample Comments from Previous Sponsors
About Ron Kelly
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To discuss upcoming trainings with Ron, please call 510-843-6074 or Fax: 510-843-4439 or Email: ronkelly@igc.org
- Help settle business disputes?
- Want to resolve problems more effectively?
- Recognize that you could do a better job - with the right training?
- Receive mediation skills training from a respected business mediator.
- Maintain business relationships in the midst of conflict.
- Create legally-binding voluntary settlements that last.
- Protect legal confidentiality.
- Use specialized communications skills to resolve high-emotion disputes.
- Analyze current mediation law and contract language.
- Receive valuable written materials, including model forms for your practice or program.
- With courts clogged, and lawsuits and business conflict on the rise, Ron's training may be the best investment you make all year.
1. Business Mediation Skills Training - 40 Hours
2. California's New Code Chapter Governing Mediation - 3 Hours
3. Mediation and Arbitration For Business - 30 Hours
4. In Your Face - On-the-Job Conflict Management Skills for Preventing Claims and Lawsuits - 3-6 Hours
5. Preventing Claims and Lawsuits - Partnering - 3-6 Hours
6. Preparing for Mediation - 3-6 Hours
7. Settling Disputes by Informed Consent - 3-6 Hours
8. Writing ADR Law and Rules - 3-6 Hours
For a description of any of these trainings, please click on
the title.
Why
Consider Ron's Trainings?
"As a trainer...you received rave reviews from the participants, who were obviously impressed with your style and grasp of the subject matter"
- Lisa M. Graves, Director of Education Services, American Arbitration Association, San Francisco
"I can highly recommend Ron Kelly as a trainer...Ron's instructions, and his terrific course materials...are a very cost-effective investment"
- Richard Morrison, AIA, Chair, Small Firm Forum, American Institute of Architects, Oakland
"Thank you for the superb job you did in planning and chairing the NCCM Conference on Confidentiality at Stanford...I also wanted to compliment you for the role you have filled in helping to shape the policy discussion and legislative consideration in California...It is an important and complex area that you have mastered"
- Jay Folberg, Dean, University of San Francisco School of Law
Creating the Law and Awards
Ron Kelly is one of the principal architects of California mediation law, and has played a central role in drafting and enacting the state's laws protecting the integrity of mediation and arbitration. These include key sections of the California Evidence Code, Insurance Code, Government Code, Business and Professions Code, and others. He served as the expert advisor to the California Law Revision Commission in drafting its recent legislation creating the new chapter of law governing California mediations. In recognition of his work, Ron has been named Peacemaker of the Year by the Southern California Mediation Association, has been honored with awards from the California Dispute Resolution Council and the Northern California Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, and has received both the Sleizer Memorial Award and the American Arbitration Association's Distinguished Service Award.
Trainings
Over the past decade, Ron has provided training to thousands of dispute resolvers, lawyers, property owners, business professionals, and court and agency staff. His trainings cover conflict resolution skills, ethics and law. He trains through the University of California Berkeley Extension, local bar associations, and professional organizations. His training materials are licensed and used by leading universities, bar associations, court systems, corporations, and professional organizations throughout California. He is a frequently-published author and speaker on current issues in the field.
Mediation and Arbitration Experience
Ron is a professional business mediator and arbitrator, specializing in real property and construction cases. He's been mediating voluntary settlements since 1970. He also arbitrates through the American Arbitration Association, local courts, state agencies, and his own offices. Ron has over fifteen years of experience serving as a neutral and has helped thousands of people resolve their disputes quickly and fairly. Former Chair of the Design Review Committee for the City of Berkeley, he served eight years reviewing plans and holding hearings on proposed commercial and residential developments for the city. His background also includes training in real estate and construction law, structural engineering, and architectural design. He has held four California Contractor's Licenses (General, Electrical, and Plumbing, and Solar), and has extensive experience in the purchase, design, construction, and sale of real property.
Professional Organizations
A founder of both the California Dispute Resolution Council and the Northern California Mediation Association, Ron has been elected to the boards of several mediation and arbitration associations. He is a fully-accepted member of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, and is pledged to follow the Society's Ethical Standards of Professional Conduct.
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