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In-Person Program
 
Family Law Mediation Workshop

Meeting Rule 8s training requirements for mediators

Product Number: 2110128P02
Date(s): 8:30am-5:00pm, Monday, July 11 through Thursday, July 14, 2011
Location: MCLE Conference Center, Ten Winter Place, Boston (directions)
CLE Credits: 30 substantive credits, 0 ethics credits
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In January 2005, Rule 8 of the Uniform Rules of Dispute Resolution took effect, providing system-wide standards for court-connected alternative dispute resolution services in Massachusetts. Rule 8's guidelines establish training, evaluation, mentoring, and continuing education requirements for mediators, among others. MCLE is pleased to present this four-day, thirty-hour workshop for mediators with a knowledge of basic divorce law.

Special focus

This workshop trains mediators in the area of family law practice. Mediation is widely used in domestic relations matters, including divorce, custody, adoption, visitation, paternity, and other family law litigation. This training enables you to serve as a family law mediator incompliance with state requirements.

What it covers

Basic mediation training emphasizes interactive participation and encourages "learning by doing." It includes a mixture of theory and practice that enhances the performance of trainees and provides a variety of learning techniques that reflect a sensitivity to individual learning styles. Lecture and role-play sessions cover basic considerations in the types of disputes addressed by mediation.

Selected skills checklist

MCLE's Family Law Mediation training teaches you how to:

  • Manage the Process: Explain the mediation process and role of mediator; Set a tone that helps put people at ease; Be flexible in tailoring the process to the needs of the parties; Respect the parties' rights to make their own decisions; Uphold the parameters of confidentiality
  • Manage Interactions: Maintain an open, honest, and supportive atmosphere; Treat parties with respect and affirmation; Maintain neutrality; Avoid the appearance of bias or favoritism; Handle conflict and strong emotions effectively; Help parties to see problems from others' points of view; Avoid giving opinions or making judgments; Keep discussions focused on issues relevant to the negotiations; Demonstrate patience and persistence
  • Manage Information: Ask relevant and open-ended questions; Present and reframe information clearly; Seek understanding of underlying needs; Determine areas of flexibility; Introduce brainstorming or role reversal to encourage reevaluation of positions and development of options; Encourage parties to develop new solutions; Identify common interests; Encourage collaborative efforts between parties; Support parties' control of the outcome; Help to frame a clear, balanced, specific, and future-oriented agreement.

Faculty

Fees

  • $1,295
  • $1,095 MCLE Sponsor Members
  • $895 New lawyers admitted to law practice after 2006, pending admittees and law students