Video: Mediating Divorce Agreement
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A Facilitative and Empowering Approach
Jim Melamed's 40 hour divorce mediation class distilled down to 15 hours of DVD video, CD audio or online video streaming. Jim is CEO of Mediate.com and Former Executive Director of the Academy of Family Mediators
Sample Video
Topics Covered
- Current Themes in the Field
- Keys to Conflict Resolution
- Dispute Resolution Process Options
- Negotiation Approaches and Negotiation Power
- Being a Mediator
- Getting Started
- Mediator Strategy
- Managing Emotional & Relational Issues
- Communication Skills
- Mediating Parenting Issues
- Mediating Child Support
- Mediating Spousal Support
- Mediating Property & Debt
- Tax and Drafting Issues
- Mediation Ethics
- Developing a Successful Mediation Practice
Biography
Jim Melamed co-founded Resourceful Internet Solutions (RIS) and Mediate.com in 1996. Before this, Jim founded The Mediation Center in Eugene, Oregon in 1983 and served as Executive Director of the national Academy of Family Mediators from 1987 to 1993.
Jim is past-Chair of the Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission and a member of the Oregon State Bar. Jim teaches Mediation at the Pepperdine University School of Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.
Jim was the first President and Executive Director of the Oregon Mediation Association (1985) and received the OMA's 2003 Award for Excellence.
Jim Received the Oregon State Bar Dispute Resolution Section's 2006 Sidney Lezak Award of Excellence and the 2007 John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution.
Jim's undergraduate degree is in in psychology, with honors, from Stanford University and his law degree is from the University of Oregon.
The views expressed by authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Resourceful Internet Solutions, Inc., Mediate.com or of reviewing editors.
