The Center has developed a unique approach to conflict resolution through deepening the parties’ understanding of themselves, each other, and the conflict in which they are ensnared. This model is used in commercial and family mediation, collaborative practice, nonprofit organizations, and other settings in which professionals are helping parties work through conflict. Programs are open to attorneys as well as other professionals working to integrate the principles of understanding-based conflict resolution into their practice or work. We can also create customized trainings responsive to the interests of a particular community.
You can register online right now. We provide trainings on the West Coast, the East Coast, and Internationally.
Browse all of our current trainings, or view trainings by type: Mediation Trainings, Collaborative Training, Non-Profit Organization Trainings, Support and Development Groups and Advanced Trainings. Learn more about our types of training below.
Alternately, you can register by mail.
Types of Training
Mediation Trainings
The Mediation Intensive Training provides both experienced mediators and those new to the field with the perspective and skills necessary to work within the Center’s model of mediation. Our advanced trainings include: Contracting, Communication and Conflict Patterns, Role of the Law and Lawyers, and EndGame: From Interests to Agreement.
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Collaborative Trainings
Our collaborative trainings are usually arranged by regional collaborative practice groups for their members and guests. The trainings can be customized to meet the needs of the collaborative practice group and typically are 2-3 day trainings.
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Non-profit Organization Trainings
We also conduct programs within nonprofit and spiritual organizations to educate people on how to deal with interpersonal conflict within the organization.
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Support and Development Groups
Through monthly ongoing Support and Development groups, the Center provides continued supervision for those who have completed the Mediation Intensive Training in the application of the understanding-based approach to both mediation and collaborative practice.
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Advanced Trainings
We seek to support experienced mediators, collaborative professionals, and/or lawyers interested in making a significant commitment to developing their skills in self-reflection as applied to working with people in conflict.
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International Training
Center trainers have conducted mediation training programs in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, Austria and Israel in conjunction with our Partners in Understanding—colleagues who bring a similar spirit and approach to the development of mediation in their countries.
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Register by Mail
You may register for the Mediation Intensive Training programs in New York or California by printing & mailing the “Registration Form” or by completing the “Online Registration Form”. Links for both New York and California forms are listed below.
New York:
Registration Form (to mail) – Mediation Intensive Training-NY
California:
Registration Form (to mail) – Mediation Intensive Training-CA
Participants will be accepted in order of registration. We will confirm your reservation as soon as you are placed in the program. Class sizes are limited to facilitate individual learning. Due to the interdependent nature of learning, attendance at the entire program is necessary. If you have to miss any of the program, please register for a later program.
In the event we receive your deposit after registration for the program has been filled, we will place you on the waiting list. If we are unable to accommodate you, we will apply your deposit against the next available training unless you request otherwise. We will confirm your reservation via letter or e-mail as soon as you are placed in the program.
MCLE Information:
New York:
The Center for Challenging Conflict, as the Center for Mediation in Law has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of Continuing Legal Education in the State of New York. The Mediation Intensive Training will fulfill 40 NY MCLE credit hours [6.5 Ethics Credits; 19.5 Professional Practice Credits & 14 Skills Credits] and is suitable for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys. Reduction in fee is available on the basis of hardship. For more information on CLE and financial aid, please contact us. More information on CLE for NY attorneys can be found on the NY State Courts web-site www.courts.state.ny.us/attorneys/cle/index.shtml.
California:
The Center for Understanding in Conflict, as the Center for Mediation in Law, has been approved as a continuing legal education provider of Minimum Continuing Legal Education by the State Bar of California. The Mediation Intensive program will qualify for MCLE credit in the amount of 32 hours, of which 8 hours will apply to legal ethics, 1 hour to law practice management, and 1 hour to the elimination of bias. Advanced 3 day programs qualify for 23 MCLE credit hours. Other programs qualify for MCLE credit hours of varying amounts. The Center certifies that the training activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education. The Center is also an approved provider with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Cancellation Policy:
Two weeks or more prior to the program, your payment will be refunded minus a $250 administrative fee (which may be applied toward a future program). Less than two weeks (but more than one week) prior to the program, the Center will retain 50% of the total cost of the program (part of which may be applied toward a future program). Please note that refunds are not made for cancellations within the last week prior to the program.
