What is your profession and title?

Attorney, Mediator and Collaborative Professional

What is your ADR experience? (trainings and education)

Mediation Training at the Center for Conflict Resolution, Chicago (September, 1993). Practicing Mediator since 1994. Collaborative Law Training with Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois (2002). Practicing Collaborative Lawyer since 2002. Coach for Mediation Training at Northwestern University School of Continuing Education since 2006 and Trainer in the Collaborative Law model of dispute resolution since 2012. Adjunct Facility at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology teaching Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (2014).

What, if any, ADR organizations or groups do you belong to?

International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois. Also a member of AFCC, which although not specifically dedicated to ADR has provided a lot of evidence based support through its Family Law Review that ADR may lead to more positive outcomes for families in dispute.

What are you hoping to get from ADRhub.com

To stay abreast of the developments in all areas of ADR - Mediation, Collaboration, Restorative Justice, Preventative Law, etc.

Do you/your company have a website?

http://www.lawcrawford.com

What other ADR related sites do you visit?

Mediate.com; Collaborativepractice.com; collablawil.org.

What else do you want to tell the ADRhub.com community (what you are up to, what you would like to do in ADR, etc.)

My training group, Trainers for the Advancement of Collaborative Practice, Inc., has presented to groups of interdisciplinary professionals (legal, mental health and financial) five introductory Collaborative Law Skills Training Courses over the past few years. We are excited by the materials and learning experience we have put together and by the positive feedback we have been receiving. I would like to connect with other ADR professionals who are interested in exploring this model and the public education piece which must happen generally so that clients are aware of the conflict resolution options when faced with difficulties