Event Description:
This
presentation will provide a framework for improving access to justice
in mediation cases through a procedural fairness lens. The discussion
will focus on the research underlying procedural fairness,
contextualizing these concepts within the realities of mediation and
providing practical tools for overcoming the challenges to delivering
procedural justice to all clients. This will be an interactive session,
where participants will be asked to provide examples of procedural
fairness from their own work. They will also be asked to identify
challenges to delivering procedural fairness and suggest unique
strategic solutions, based on the information presented, to implement in
their own practice and across the systems in which they work.
KATE
WURMFELD, Esq., is the Director of Family Court Programs at the Center
for Court Innovation (CCI). In this role, Kate provides oversight for
CCI’s family court operating projects, as well as training, technical
assistance and strategic planning advice to courts around the country
wishing to enhance their response to domestic violence and child related
relief. Kate has extensive experience providing direct legal services
on cases involving domestic violence, most recently as a supervising
attorney for Matrimonial and Family Law at New York Legal Assistance
Group, where she handled divorce, custody, orders of protection and
support matters in Supreme and Family Court throughout NYC. In addition
to providing direct legal services, Kate also provided supervision to
staff attorneys, law students and volunteers, taught clinical seminars
and provided training for outside organizations, community groups and
law firms. Kate has also served as Co-chair for the Lawyers Committee
Against Domestic Violence, where she was active in planning the annual
Fordham Forum on Domestic Violence, as well as other professional
trainings, and promoting legislative and policy initiatives impacting
survivors of domestic violence. Kate graduated from Seton Hall Law
School and Oberlin College. |
