Law School Class Feels a Little Flat After Exciting Speaker
After last week’s incredible guest lecture by a veteran crisis negotiator from the Orlando Police Department, my lecture this week felt “flat” by comparison. The visiting detective truly was a tough act to follow. It’s not that the material we were c... Read More
Florida Bar ADR Section Introduces New Website
Photos of Lawrence H. Kolin, a mediator and arbitrator who joined Upchurch Watson White & Max in 2014 (and who chaired the section's Website effort), and A. Michelle Jernigan and Robert A. Cole, both UWWM shareholders, appear on fladr.org's Executive... Read More
Crisis Negotiator Mediation Students How to Redirect Unproductive Behaviors
We had another guest speaker join us this week for class at Florida A&M University College of Law – a veteran detective for the Orlando Police Department who happens to be one of the agency’s most experienced crisis negotiators. My students and I sat... Read More
Guess Who’s Coming to Mediation
At this unique seminar, designed to increase or maintain an attorney's professional competence and skills as a lawyer, attendees will be exposed to... Read More
Guess Who's Coming to Mediation
Approved 1.0 Hr. FL Bar CLE Credits
1.0 General
Course #1501028N
until 8/16/2016
Presented by: A. Michelle Jernigan, Dominic Brandy and... Read More
UWWM Mediator to Speak for Major Orange County Bar Association Seminar
Brandon S. Peters, mediation counsel for Upchurch Watson White & Max, will be a speaker at the upcoming "Advanced Legal Drafting: How to Get the 'Write' Result and Best Position Your Client to Be the Appellee," a major seminar jointly presented by th... Read More
Mediator/Professor Tries to Model Patience, Diplomacy for Students
Last weekend, I attended a picnic sponsored by the law school. One of my students came over to the table where I was working and introduced me to her significant other. The young man told me that my student had been encouraging him to use some of the... Read More
'Lean In' Group Adds Value to Legal Profession for Local Women
Upchurch Watson White & Max recently sponsored its first "Lean In" luncheon for 2015. This program was organized in 2013 and is loosely based on the writings of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and her book of the same name. Its goal is to educate, inspi... Read More
