42nd FMCS Arbitration Symposium

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42nd FMCS Arbitration Symposium

October 12-13, 2023

Hard Rock Hotel

1000 Boardwalk

Atlantic City, NJ

Our Symposium provides an excellent opportunity for all members of the labor-management community and practicing arbitrators to review developments in labor and employment arbitration. Presentations and training are conducted by distinguished arbitrators, advocates, and attorneys.

*CLE credits offered to attorneys for New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

THURSDAY, OCT 12


ARBITRATION ADVOCACY: CASE PRESENTATION GUIDELINES AND MOCK ARBITRATION

This program is designed to raise advocates’ knowledge about critical elements in arbitration issues. The interactive sessions are designed to hone advocates’ skills in spotting issues and determining the most optimal ways to establish their case.

FEDERAL SECTOR: ARBITRATION – LAW and PRACTICE

This track is intended primarily for Federal Sector management and union representatives who will receive the following take-aways: Update and overview of current law impacting federal sector arbitration: including the Douglas Factors, Contract Issues and the Back Pay Act; Best practices in case preparation and presentation; arbitrator and advocate ethics under the Code of Professional Responsibility; and presenting case theory with evidence and witnesses.

TRAINING FOR NEW ARBITRATORS

An interactive ½ day session only for Arbitrators to learn how to manage a hearing, about issues that arise in arbitrations, Code of Professional Conduct, and how to build an arbitration practice.


FRIDAY, OCT 13


42nd FMCS Arbitration Symposium

Our Symposium provides an excellent opportunity for all members of the labor-management community and practicing arbitrators to review developments in labor and employment arbitration. Presentations and training are conducted by distinguished arbitrators, advocates, and attorneys.


For more details (including full schedule & pricing) and hotel information, please download the Event Brochure.

To Register, click HERE!

FMCS Co-sponsors:

Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)

Philadelphia and New Jersey Chapters

and

National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA)

District of Columbia, Mid-Atlantic, New York, Upstate New York & Western Pennsylvania

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