The Mediator’s Filter: Superpower or Trap?

The Mediator’s Filter: Superpower or Trap? Learn more at https://www.meckbar.org/?pg=MCBCalendar&evAction=showDetail&eid=350831 Description: This program has been submitted for 1.0 General credit hours in North Carolina and South Carolina (in-person credit), in addition to 1.0 CME Credit Hour with the NC DRC. This program is hosted by the MBA Dispute Resolution Section. MBA DR Section Members can register for a discounted rate of $15.  If you believe you are an MBA and/or an MBA Dispute Resolution Section Member and are not seeing the MBA/DR Section rates, please log into your MyMeckBar Profile to check your MBA Membership renewal, or email mba@meckbar.org.  Location & Agenda Mecklenburg County Courthouse – TCA Training Room 4510 Fourth floor – turn right off the elevators & proceed to the far right corner of the floor – behind the double doors that say “Trial Court Administrator” 8:00 – 8:30 | Networking Breakfast & Registration 8:30 – 9:30 | Presentation Program Overview We will examine a central but often unspoken feature of mediation practice: how mediators shape, withhold, and frame information in caucus. Important ethical constraints govern those choices—impartiality and the obligation to ensure informed decision-making, along with party self-determination. We will consider practical hypotheticals to test and sharpen awareness of the line between appropriate process management and improper influence arising out of the mediator’s filter. Speakers Ray Owens, Higgins & Owens, PLLC Bio | LinkedIn Sara (Sally) Higgins, Higgins & Owens, PLLC Bio | LinkedIn The views and opinions of MBA CLEs are not necessarily those of the Mecklenburg Bar Association/26th Judicial District Bar. Schedule: Wednesday, September 16, 2026 Location: Mecklenburg County Courthouse – TCA Training Room 4510 832 E. 4th St, Charlotte NC 28202 Fourth floor – turn right off the elevators & proceed to the far right corner of the floor – behind the double doors that say “Trial Court Administrator”