Mediation Intensive Training
About the Training:
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. Participants learn what it takes to shift from a stance of advocacy to one of mediation – for professionals and parties alike. The program is open to attorneys as well as other professionals working to integrate the principles of mediation into their practice or work. Our prior participants have included ombudspeople, collaborative coaches, family business consultants, non-profit staff and other professionals who work with conflict.
Program Highlights:
- Reaching an agreement to mediate;
- Establishing parties’ responsibility for decisions;
- Working with attorneys and other professionals.
- Supporting each party’s autonomy while encouraging mutuality;
- Understanding fully each party’s point of view while remaining neutral;
- Dealing with conflict by enhancing understanding;
- Employing analytic skills in clarifying issues and goals;
- Integrating the law;
- Generating bases for decision other than law;
- Developing creative options that address differing needs and interests;
Methods and Outcomes:
The learning addresses the practical, theoretical and personal dimensions of integrating an understanding based perspective into your practice. Training at the Center combines presentations, teacher demonstrations, case simulations and discussions. Concise briefings introducing the five stage model and tools of the Understanding Based Approach alternate with demonstrations and role-plays designed to immerse the participants in the mediation process. Central to the learning are real to life simulations in which the participants work through mediations from beginning to end. Each participant has the opportunity to role-play, in turn, mediator and party. They have a chance to apply the concepts and skills introduced in the briefings, and to experience the emotional challenges faced by parties in dispute. Participants have described these different modes of learning and their interplay as enjoyable as they are engaging and rewarding.
Participant quote – “Exceeded my expectations 1,000 fold. Well organized. Clear teaching and facilitation. Clear materials. So much information for such a short period of time.”
Who Should Attend?
The program is open to attorneys as well as other professionals working to integrate the principles of mediation into their practice. For continuing legal education purposes, the Mediation Intensive Training is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys.
Continuing Education Credit:
The Center for Understanding in Conflict, as the Center for Mediation in Law, has been certified as follows:
- In New York, as an Accredited Provider of Continuing Legal Education in the State of New York by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board. The Mediation Intensive Training will fulfill 40 NY MCLE credit hours (6.5 Ethics credits; 19.5 Professional Practice credits; and 14 Skills credits).
- In California, as a continuing legal education provider of Minimum Continuing Legal Education by the State Bar of California. The Mediation Intensive Training will qualify for MCLE credit in the amount of 40 hours (8 hours Legal Ethics; 1 hour Law Practice Management; and 1 hour Elimination of Bias).
Fees:
The program fee is $1,350. An early bird discount applies if you register 30 days prior to a program.
Locations:
The Mediation Intensive Trainings are conducted in Northern California and New York, at residential conference/retreat centers. We recommend you stay at the facility to maximize your learning.
New York site: Bailey Farms, 45 minutes north of New York City in Westchester County. Lodging and meals are an additional $480 (shared accommodations). The commuter fee (meals included) is $280. Private rooms, if available, are at additional cost. Room preferences are to be indicated in the process of registering for the program, as indicated below. For questions about the program and the registration process, please contact: training.ny@understandinginconflict.org. For general information about the Bailey Farms retreat and conference center, please visit www.BaileyFarms.org.
California site: Green Gulch Farm, located in Marin County, a rustic and unique facility within walking distance of Muir Beach and the Pacific Ocean. Housing costs (which include meals) are as follows: Private room-$650; Shared room-$450; Commuter fee-$200. For more information, go to www.sfzc.org.
Schedule:
The trainings begin on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30pm through 9:00pm. Thursday, Friday and Saturday the sessions run from 9am – 9pm (with ample breaks for meals and rest). The program wraps up on Sunday with a session from 9am – 12noon.
Advanced Mediation Training
Our advanced trainings include:
- Support and Development - Continued support for those who have completed the Mediation Intensive Training.
- Self-Reflection in Action for Conflict Professionals – -These advanced courses are for 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.
- Other:
- Contracting – Creating the mediation environment/container, developing the mediator-parties relationships, and promoting the parties’ responsibility for decision-making.
- Communication and Conflict Patterns – Conflict patterns and how to address them, looping, diving, understanding each party, and getting to the deepest level of meaning.
- Role of the Law and Lawyers - Why to bring in law, how to bring in the law and working with lawyers in or out of the room.
- Interests to Solutions – Developing and framing interests, developing options and assessing against interests, creating packages and working towards a creative solution.
Registration:
Please browse through our list of Mediation Trainings, and register online. We also accept registration by mail. Participants will be accepted in order of registration. We will confirm your reservation as soon as you are placed in the program.
Participant quote – “Very heartfelt as well as well-designed and amazing content. I can feel how much time, hope and love goes into preparing to teach this class.”
