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Terri Breer will present two educational sessions for both novice and experienced LDA’s at the CALDA Annual Conference 2026 at the Hilton Downtown Palm Springs, October 8th-10th. Her session topics Decision Making & Settlement and Judgment Preparation and Processing Judgments will be presented as part of the Five Session Family Law Track.
New Day Divorce will be an Exhibitor and Sponsor at the CALDA Annual Conference. Two conference attendees who visit the New Day Divorce exhibitor table will be eligible to receive a free registration to an online training of their choice provided as part of the New Day Divorce Essentials for California Divorce Series.
New Day Divorce is proud to be the Diamond Sponsor of California Mediation Association (SCMA) Annual Conference
New Day Divorce is proud to be the Diamond Sponsor of California Mediation Association (SCMA) Annual Conference
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, Malibu
SCMA’s mission is to nurture, expand, and develop the practice, profession, and community of mediation. This year’s theme, “The Ever-Changing World of Mediation,” emphasizes practical tools to support mediators in growing their practices while exploring new avenues for professional development and volunteer opportunities.
Through a combination of skill-building workshops, thought-provoking discussions, and networking sessions, participants will strengthen their professional competence and gain strategies to navigate the evolving mediation landscape—including the challenges and opportunities created by rapid technological advancements.
In addition to enhancing their practices, both for-profit and non-profit, attendees will be able to connect with colleagues, share techniques, and explore meaningful opportunities to volunteer in areas of interest that align with their skills and passions.
If you are attending please be sure and stop by the New Day Divorce exhibitor booth and learn more about our Essentials for Divorce Mediators Series of training programs in 2026.
Orange County Bar Association – ADR Monthly Meeting
Orange County Bar Association – ADR Monthly Meeting
Monday, July 22, 2024
Online – Zoom
Establishing Trust – The Cornerstone for Mediation Success
Ms. Breer will discuss why trust is so essential to mediation success and how to establish, build and maintain trust throughout the mediation process. She will include a brief overview of the new data from neuroscience and behavioral economics related to trust and will discuss how trust impacts selection of the mediation process as a forum for dispute resolution and common questions that the parties have about trust that need to be answered to enroll the parties in the mediation process:
- Can I trust the mediation process?
- Can I trust the Mediator?
- Am I capable of making my own decisions in mediation?
In addition, Ms. Breer will address how the mediator can build and maintain a relationship of trust between the parties and the Mediator, how parties must have self-trust to ultimately achieve successful settlement resolutions and what the Mediator can do to restore trust when trust erodes during the mediation process.
The registration for this online meeting will be available shortly here and at https://www.ocbar.org/Calendar/All-Events July Calendar.
Court Symposium Workshop ABA Section of Dispute Resolution 2024 Spring Conference
Court Symposium Workshop ABA Section of Dispute Resolution 2024 Spring Conference
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
At the San Diego Westin Gaslight District
Can Israel’s Early Dispute Resolution Reform Work in the U.S.?
For decades family law jurisdictions throughout the United States have struggled with protecting children and families from the negative consequences of adversarial litigation. This workshop will explore the dispute resolution programs currently in place in the United States, the need to reform the Family Law System and how U.S. family law jurisdictions might benefit by adopting programs for early dispute resolution that resemble the new family law system in Israel.
Presenters: Terri Breer, Attorney Mediator, New Day Divorce; Galit Sneh Lurie, Attorney Mediator, Sneh Lurie Mediation & Collaborative Law Offices
Panel Presentation ABA Section of Dispute Resolution 2024 Spring Conference
Panel Presentation ABA Section of Dispute Resolution 2024 Spring Conference
Thursday, April 11, 2024
At the Westin, San Diego
Mediation 2024: Strategies for Riding the Waves with Parties in Today’s Shifting Current
Mediators need to add a new set of skills to keep up with the current shifting landscape and the needs of the parties who are being tossed about by the emotional waves caused by post-pandemic, technology and remote settings, polarized social and political climate, and economic pressures. This workshop will better prepare mediators to recognize, manage and resolve conflict with participants who are wrestling with handling their higher anxiety and post-traumatic stress from today’s social climate.
Presenters: Lee Jay Berman, Mediator, The Mediation Offices of Lee Jay Berman; Terri Breer, Attorney Mediator, New Day Divorce; Harshitha Ram, Attorney and International Arbitrator, Lex Apotheke
Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA) – 2024 Family Mediation Institute (FMI)
Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA) – 2024 Family Mediation Institute (FMI)
Thursday, April 18 – Saturday, April 20, 2024
2024 Family Mediation Institute: Conductors of Peace: Orchestrating Family Harmony
New Day Divorce is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring the Friday Night Mixer and Exhibiting at the Family Mediation Institute (FMI) on Friday, April 19, 2024 and Saturday, April 20, 2024.
Please visit New Day Divorce at our Exhibitor Table during the FMI Conference!
Saturday, April 20, 2024
At CalState Dominquez Hills Campus
The Power of Mediation to Transform Conflict and Preserve Family Relationships
This workshop will address how to create transformative outcomes in mediation where the subject dispute involves the special relationships between family members, including divorce, elder and probate disputes. In divorce there will always be an ongoing relationship between the parties particularly if they will be co-parenting in the future or sharing social relationships. Elder disputes often involve disputes between parents and their children and/or between siblings who disagree on the care plan for an elderly parent. Probate disputes may involve disputes between 1st and 2nd wives, stepchildren and biological children, and between siblings and step-siblings. Ms. Breer will introduce several skills to empower decision making that will promote family harmony and transform conflicts into settlements that preserve the special relationships involved. Program will include skills that empower parties’ decision making to promote family harmony and Transformative skills that will change the way the parties manage conflict and improve the familial relationship.
Presenter: Terri Breer Attorney Mediator, New Day Divorce
ABA Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) Committee Meeting
ABA Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) Committee Meeting
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Are We Ready for Mandatory Early Dispute Resolution in Family Law Matters?
Terri Breer, Attorney Mediator will discuss the recent legal reforms in Israel that are designed to channel family conflicts out of the courts by creating a mandatory Early Dispute Resolution process. Included in the reforms is the requirement that anyone wishing to file an action with a court in the matter of a family dispute, shall first submit to the court a “petition for dispute resolution” that shall not include arguments or facts relating to the conflict and once filed, the parties are “frozen” from pursuing any adversarial proceeding for up to 90 days. During the “frozen period” the parties may only seek to resolve the conflict consensually and peacefully through counseling, mediation, family or spousal therapy. As a result of these new reforms Israel has seen a 50% reduction in the number of families in litigation.
Terri Breer will review why early dispute resolution is so desirable in family law matters and will consider the pros, cons and the feasibility of enacting similar reforms in the U.S. for the benefit and wellbeing of children and families in divorce.