General Credit Hours:1
CDs/DVDs may not ship until 4-6 weeks after the original program date below.
Original Program Date: March 28, 2024
CLE Credit Expiration Date: September 30, 2025
Explore the magic and mystery of brackets and why you should use them in your mediations and negotiations.
This seminar will focus on practical nuts and bolts of negotiation with brackets, such as:
what defines a bracket;
how to explain a bracket to your client;
constructing coherent brackets;
the messages conveyed with brackets;
which numbers to consider tracking in the negotiation if brackets are in use; and
when to avoid use of brackets in favor of alternatives
5 Minutes
Definition of Brackets and Their Purpose
Christina Magee, Esq. and Michelle Jernigan, Esq.
10 Minutes
Explaining Brackets: whose responsibility; lack of consistency in
definition; term of art as well as science.
Christina Magee, Esq. and Michelle Jernigan, Esq.
5 Minutes
Construction of Brackets – what to consider.
Christina Magee, Esq. and Michelle Jernigan, Esq.
10 Minutes
Midpoints – What considerations to give to midpoints and how to
use them.
Christina Magee, Esq. and Michelle Jernigan, Esq.
10 Minutes
Walk-through of a real case example of bracket use.
Christina Magee, Esq. and Michelle Jernigan, Esq.
5 Minutes
Strategies for Bracket Negotiations.
Christina Magee, Esq. and Michelle Jernigan, Esq.
5 Minutes
When brackets may not be effective.
Christina Magee, Esq. and Michelle Jernigan, Esq.
Course Number:8375
Credit Hours:
General Credit Hours:1
Civil Trial Credit Hours:1