The Civility Center for Law is committed to developing innovative CLE/CJE seminars, as well as custom presentations and other programs, to integrate civility more fully into the legal profession. In addition to our other distinguished staff and consultants, presenters at our seminars have included Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst and Justices Steven González and Mary Yu, as well as internationally renowned negotiation and mediation expert Professor Guiseppe de Palo.
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Intensive CLE/CJE seminars created for legal professionals offered in the United States and Italy.
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Custom presentations and strategies designed to increase civility in law firms and other organizations of legal professionals.
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January 12, 2017
Albuquerque, NM
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund gave a 1.5-hour presentation for the Children's Law Institute to approximately 100 people.
This was a phenomenal presentation on an extremely important topic. Please bring the presenter back next year!
January 2014
Children’s Law Institute
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Robert’s Fund Assistant Director of Programming and Curriculum, Tim Jaasko-Fisher, presented two 90-minute workshops designed to engage a multi-disciplinary group of professionals in an exploration of civility in the child-welfare legal system. Participants examined the relationship of civility to various standards of professional conduct. Through facilitated discussions, participants considered how, at times, core principles of legal ethics sometimes seem incompatible with social-work ethics and how focusing attention on civility may help begin to resolve such issues. In addition, participants were also encouraged to consider the costs of incivility and the benefits of civility with a focus on how civility helps judges, lawyers, and other professionals not only to avoid misconduct, but also to better serve the interests of justice.
January 2014
University of New Mexico, School of Law
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Robert’s Fund Assistant Director of Programming and Curriculum, Tim Jaasko-Fisher, presented to the UNM Law faculty a 90-minute program that featured an exploration of the nature of civility and the personal, economic, and societal costs associated with uncivil behavior, as well as a guided discussion about what can be done to promote civility on an individual and institutional level.
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