On Thursday, June 12, a free brown-bag luncheon seminar on "Strategic Mediation Advocacy: Creating Competitive Advantage for Your Client and Your Firm" will take place from 12 noon to 1:45 p.m. in courtroom 2005 of the Richard J. Daley Center.

Speakers are Diane Neuhauser, managing partner of Neuhauser, Lee, Schwartz & Associates, and Steven L. Schwartz, managing principal of ADR Solutions.

The court-annexed mediation programs are conducted by the Cook County Circuit Court Law and Chancery Divisions, with co-sponsorship by the ISBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Section.

Judges, lawyers and mediators are invited to register by calling Rae Ferenzi at (312) 603-6078 or Patty Formusa at (312) 793-0134.