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 (webinar 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 This program is now a Zoom Webinar and will not be at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse.  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: Zoom Webinar