What's Happening in Conflict Resolution" is a weekly round up of the all the ADR news, jobs, events and more. Check it out each week and view past versions [HERE].

How Germany Beat Greece In Liar's Poker

Many observers are wondering how the left-populist renegades of Greece's Syriza party, which rose to power in January on the promise of delivering relief from austerity and renewed its mandate with a massive victory in the July 5 referendum, managed to negotiate a bailout deal on Monday that is substantially worse than what was available to Greece before Syriza took office.

The answer is surprisingly simple. Syriza forewent its only potential leverage over Greece’s creditors: the willingness to go through with a “Grexit,” or a Greek exit from the eurozone. Greece was not prepared to shoot the proverbial hostage in negotiations with Germany and the other eurozone nations. In fact, the Greek government was not even ready for the possibility of a Grexit if it was forced on them.

Read more from the HuffingtonPost.com [HERE].

#RenoACR15: 3rd Annual Conflict Resolution Family & Elder Retreat

The 2015 Elder Decision-Making Section and Family Section Retreat is part of this year’s ACR conference. This Retreat will be of interest to all mediators whether or not a mediator is currently practicing in the areas of family and elder decision-making or practicing in diverse areas of mediation. The content will be interesting, practical and directly transferable for all mediators regardless of the nature, context, and content of their practice areas.

The Retreat fits within the broader Association for Conflict Resolution’s 2015 Conference theme, Thinking about our Thinking, by providing a learning opportunity in a different and complimentary way. 

Read more about the Family & Elder Retreat here: http://reno.acrnet.org/retreat

Register for the conference [HERE]

The power of an open mind in mediation

Read more at HR Magazine UK [HERE]. 

With Thousands of Foreclosures Pending, State Extends Mediation Pro...

As the economy worsened in 2008, foreclosures skyrocketed in Connecticut and elsewhere. In an effort to prevent clogged court dockets—and to keep homeowners in their homes—Connecticut launched the country's first foreclosure mediation program.

Fast-forward a half-dozen years. Despite an overall better economy, the number of new foreclosure filings in Connecticut still topped 16,000 in 2014, leading the legislature to extend the mediation program for another three years, through June 30, 2019. It had been due to expire in June 2016.

Nancy McGann, program manager, said no new requests can be considered after July 1, 2019, but mediation can continue for cases filed before that date even if the process takes longer.

Read more [HERE].

#RenoACR15: Star-studded list of speakers for Community Day

This year’s Community Day, as part of the ACR national conference, is a full-day event that includes workshops on work being done by community mediation centers in the context of community re-entry, juvenile victim-offender mediation, conflict management training for offenders and law enforcement personnel and community-police mediation. Speakers from across the country include:

• Lorig Charkoudian, Ph.D., Executive Director, Community Mediation Maryland
• Cassie Lively, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Conflict Resolution
• Rae Kyritsi, Esq., Programs Director, Center for Conflict Resolution
• Cheryl Cutrona, Esq., Executive Director, Good Shepherd Mediation Program
• Karmit Bulman, Executive Director, Conflict Resolution Center
• Alison McCrary, Community-Police Mediation Program Coordinator for the New Orleans Office of the Independent Police Monitor

Read more about Community Day here: http://reno.acrnet.org/community

Register for the conference [HERE]