The Dispute Resolution Section of the Vermont Bar Association, in association with Champlain College, Vermont Comedy Club, the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution and the Peace and Justice Center, is pleased to announce Improv-ing Mediation in Vermont, a combination workshop, discussion and performance that will demonstrate how the tools and skills of improv comedy may be used to defuse conflict and react to unexpected situations, both in mediations and in everyday life.

Instructors from Vermont Comedy Club will lead a skills workshop and then perform their hilarious show for participants. There will also be information available from a number of local conflict resolution programs and organizations. Improv-ing Mediation in Vermont will be held Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 5 pm, in the Morgan Room of Aiken Hall at Champlain College. Admission is free and open to the public.