Trainings and Conferences
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Buy the Video of Construction Mediation Training. Click on "construction mediation training" above. Role-play training (3 hrs) is offered as a pre-training at the 2007 annual conference. Click of the link at the top of the page for details
Kansas City First Friday Mediator Forum All meetings start at 12:00 noon. July 11, 2008 Forum Picnic Lunch in Loose Park, Kansas City. For details please contact kathleen.bird@courts.mo.gov
July 16-20, 2008 Basic Civil and Family Mediation Training Center for Dispute Resolution at Missouri State University in collaboration with Washington University ADR Program. 40 hours. Contact CDR@MissouriState.edu
July 23-27, 2008 ACR Family Section Conference Park City, Utah. More info at www.mediate.com/acrfamily
July 25-26, 2008 Restorative Justice Training in Victim Offender Dialogue co-sponsored by AMM, Missouri Restorative Justice Coalition, and MU Center for Study of Dispute Resolution. This is advanced training for experienced mediators. For more information contact momediators@mediate.com
August 15, 16, 17, 23 and 24 "SLU Offers Mediation Training" Saint Louis University - School of Law will present a moderately priced mediation training. Attorney and Mediator Rebecca Magruder will present the training. Participants can choose between a 16-hour session, which satisfies Missouri Supreme Court Rule 17, or a 40-hour training course, which satisfies both Rule 17 and Rule 88. The program qualifies for CLE credits. For additional information, contact Janet Farris at the Law School (314) 977-7266.
Sep. 9-12, 2008 Circle Process "Train the Trainer" with Kay Pranis, Independence, MO. Sponsored by MO Restorative Justice Coalition and the Community Mediation Center.
Sep. 24-27, 2008 Assn for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference, Hilton Hotel, Austin, TX
October 17-18, 2008 Annual Conference of Association of Missouri Mediators Hilton Garden Inn, Columbia, MO. Plenary Speaker is Professor Michael Colatrella from the Dispute Resolution Program at Southern Methodist Univeristy and author of a new book on mediation practice. Check back for more information in the future.
April 23-24, 2009 Sixth Biennial Heartland Regional Conference of Mediators, Scott Conference Center, Omaha, NE.