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4 Alternative Resol. 1 (1994-1995)

handle is hein.barjournals/altresolut0004 and id is 1 raw text is: Resolutions _The Newsletter of the State Bar of Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Section WINTER 1994 Vol. 4, No. 1 Chair's Corner .................................................................. Front Cover The Rationale and Description of Models for Criminal Justice M ediation .............................................................. 2 Results of the Mediator Credentialing Questionaire ......... 4 Profile of a M ediator .................................................................. 12 ADR Specialization Continues: Trademark and Unfair Competition Law .............................................................. 14 It Is Not the Time to Board Certify Advocates in ADR ............. 16 Family Dynamics: What Happens to the Family Upon Dissolution of Marriage ................................. 18 State Bar Seeks Volunteer Mediators for Discipline Cases ........ 20 A nnouncem ent ............................................................................ 20 Alternative Resolutions Publication Policies ............................ 22 Nomination Form for Judge Frank G. Evans Award ............. 22 ADR Section Council Members ................ Back Cover Calendar of Events .......................... Back Cover Alternative Resolutions CHAIR'S CORNER By C. Bruce Stratton, Chair ADR Section This year is off to an excellent start. Many people have offered their time and talents toward serving on key projects of the Section. As the year progresses we hope to involve more people in our efforts. The following is an overview of certain specific projects. QUALITY OF PRACTICE TASK FORCE Our Quality of Practice Task Force will have its first meeting on October 29, 1994 during the SPIDR convention in Dallas. The Task Force will continue to examine the need for any type of credentialing and, if recommended, how best it can be implemented. The existence of the Task Force echoes the fact that credentialing is being widely discussed by both providers and users. There were over 300 responses to our credentialing survey which we sent to the general mem- bership the latter part of July. Over 100 of those responding indicated that they would write papers on credentialing and I sent each of them a request for such a paper. The San Diego Mediation Center, San Diego, CA, gratuitously pro- vided us with their comprehensive publication Mediator Credential - An Implementation Guide for which we are grateful. All of this material is being furnished to the Task Force. The excellent response to our survey as shown else- where in this Newsletter evidences that the subject is on the minds of our membership. The Task Force was restructured during July and August. Nancy Atlas (Houston) and Sid Stahl (Dallas) have continued as Co-Chairs. The remaining membership of the Task Force is as follows: Pat Bart (Houston), Herbert V. Cooke, Jr. (Dallas), Suzanne Mann Duvall (Dallas), W. Richard Evarts (Dallas), Hon. Charles A. Gonzalez (San Antonio), Kimberlee Kovach (Houston), Lou Ann Lasher (Austin), Bill Low (Grapevine), Hon. Lamar McCorkle (Houston), Lanelle Montgomery (Austin), W. Thomas Proctor (Houston), Maxel Bud Silverberg (Dallas) and Michael J. Wolf (San Antonio). The Chair of the ADR Section and the Co-Chair-Elects will serve as ex-officio members. Many of the Task Force members will be attending various programs on credentialing which will be held during the SPIDR annual convention. EDITORIAL BOARD - NEWSLETTER An Editorial Board composed of Kimberlee Kovach (Chair), Mary Thompson (Austin), and the Hon. Margaret Mirabal (Houston) has been created to oversee the publication policy of the Newsletter and to assist our Newsletter Editor, Debbie Andrews. The Editorial Board presented an amended editorial policy for discussion at the last Council meeting in Austin on September 24, 1994. It was passed in the form shown elsewhere in this Newsletter. We are hope- ful that by establishing the Editorial Board and the Publication Policy, authors will feel more comfortable in writing arti- cles for the Newsletter and the quality of the publication will continue to improve. continued on page 15 I NIE Winter 1994

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