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Professional Training

Online Family Law Mediation Training-4 days

October 15-16 and November 5-6 

Online Interactive Training
EXPAND YOUR PRACTICE!
Training will focus on mediating with self-represented couples.
Open to lawyers and mental health and financial professionals.

$1,095 Early Bird Registration
$1,295 after September 1, 2020
$695 for non-profit, student, or court/government  
Experienced mediators will teach a step-by-step process of interdisciplinary mediation for divorce professionals with practical skills, ethics, interactive learning, online mediation option, and a binder of tools and handouts.
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30 credits, including 3 ethics credits, will be applied for (subsequent programs will be offered for additional credits)
​Training Topic Overview: 
  • Changing culture of family law; focus on mediation with self-represented parties to meet their needs and expand professional practice
  • WI mediation statutes and rules;
  • Overview of mediation process: challenges of neutrality, interest-based approach; education vs. advice
  • Importance of self-awareness: biases, practices, outcome views, reaction to conflict and impact on the mediation process
  • Essential qualities and skills for family mediators
  • Domestic abuse assessment
  • Process design options: roles for lawyers, mental health and financial professionals and structure of meetings—in-person and video
  • Step-by-step mediation process: initial phone call(s); joint education meeting (analogous to initial consult); agreement to mediate-terms of engagement-initial documents; individual meetings; first and subsequent mediation meetings; conclusion/implementation
  • Neutral drafting
  • Techniques and tools to deal with roadblocks and impasse
  • Ethical standards and challenges
  • Using mediation skills in other processes and topic areas beyond family law
  • Online mediation: challenges and opportunities
  • Building a mediation practice
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SCHEDULE A FREE INITIAL CALL

Schedule a no-charge call with one of our lawyer mediators​.

email

info@familymediationcenter.org
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phone

414-939-6707

address

126 North Jefferson Street
Suite 200
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Mediation Locations are available for in person meetings in Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Fox Valley.
Family Mediation Center offers online mediation services throughout the State of Wisconsin.
Family Mediation Center main office is conveniently situated in the Third Ward. 126 N. Jefferson St., Suite 200, Milwaukee, WI 53202. 

​Please call 414-939-6707 if you have any questions.
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