Community Boards' nationally recognized The Basics of Mediation introduces a range of core conflict resolution skills. It is a powerful workplace resource for managers and line staff, HR professionals, attorneys, ombuds, social workers, community organizers, and others interested in learning conflict resolution and mediation skills. Basics is an intensive 40-hour training that is comprehensive, practical, topical, and affordable.

A Sophisticated Four-Day Program Emphasizing Skills Development for Attorneys and for Associate and General Counsels

A unique program through which participants learn to apply their legal expertise to help companies achieve their objectives. Attendees also learn to be trusted advisers and organizational leaders by understanding and thinking about business issues the way business decision makers do.

Faculty: Vince Chiappetta, Nicole Thibodeau, Sukhsimran Singh, Jo Smith. Opening night speaker, Thomas Stipanowich

Register early - Since 2005 this program has sold out entirely through website registrations, prior to our advertising the program! A sophisticated 6-day program for experienced litigators, in- house counsel, and other practitioners. Professionals can study the mediation of litigated cases to either become a mediator or to be a better advocate.

Faculty varies from program to program: Sukhsimran Singh, Peter Robinson, Tom Stipanowich, Stephanie Blondell, Nina Meierding, Denise Madigan, Jim Craven, Steve Rottman, Matthew Guasco, and Alexander Williams. 

This course is offered to the public, attorneys, counselors/social workers, educators, and HR staff. This course is designed to give individuals the skills and credentials they need to serve as mediators in the State of Texas. This course meets the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable standards as required by the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association. All Course materials will be provided including THE WORKBOOK-a practical and up to date reference which includes forms and the materials you need to start a practice.

This is a 3-day intensive training course fulfilling the Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Act requirements for mediators doing court-ordered family mediation and following the standards set by the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable. The sessions include family law, family dynamics, domestic violence (meeting the new Civil Practice and Remedies Code requirement), child development, ethical and practical considerations and finances in family cases. Working lunches all three days. There is a $50.00 Discount for participants who took our basic class.
PREREQUISITE: BASIC MEDIATION COURSE

This intense class focuses on the ethics and principles of alternative dispute resolution, conflict prevention and the processes of conflict resolution and mediation in the context of cultural awareness and sensitivity. MAA’s program also includes specific communication strategies pertaining to issues of harassment, senior awareness, racial and ethnic disparity, hostility, gender bias, LGBTQ issues, and bullying awareness. Ethical issues and considerations are discussed in depth. Benefits of this program for educational or business organizations include: improving staff morale and retention, administrative and staff relations, relations with the press, relations with other members in the community; and, minimizing litigation. This conflict resolution-training program is interactive and participatory.

March 29-31 & April 6-7, 8:30 am-5:30 pm

$750 with a $150 non-refundable deposit required

Join the 14th Annual International Ombudsman Association Conference and increase your professional connections, knowledge, and skills in order to become more effective catalysts for change within your organization!

IOA's attendees come from diverse sectors around the world and have varying levels of experience. They represent professionals in academia, corporations, government, and other organizations. Our conference participants are looking for like- minded ombuds with whom to share ideas, collaborate and learn new theories, concepts, and practices.

This intense one-day class focuses on the ethics and principles of basic arbitration. Emphasis is placed on the importance of communicating for arbitrator success. Explored are the core tenets of arbitration, to include the arbitrator’s opening statement, the oath of all participants, arbitration formats and procedures, the Federal Arbitration and Texas Arbitration Acts, and the enforceability of the provisions. This training program is interactive and participatory.

This is a 2-day intensive course specific to Mediating Child Protective Services (CPS) cases. The sessions include review of the complex parties of CPS mediation, understanding childhood trauma, parent dynamics, ethical issues, and the legal framework of CPS cases. This course fulfills the requirements of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable for mediators doing court-ordered CPS mediation. Course Materials provided.
Prerequisite: Basic and Advanced Family Mediation Courses

The 2019 Annual Spring Conference will be held on April 10-13, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Whether you are new to dispute resolution practice or have been practicing for decades, the 2019 ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference has something for you.

This course is offered to the public, attorneys, counselors/social workers, educators, and HR staff. This course is designed to give individuals the skills and credentials they need to serve as mediators in the State of Texas. This course meets the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable standards as required by the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association. All Course materials will be provided including THE WORKBOOK-a practical and up to date reference which includes forms and the materials you need to start a practice.
Receive $100 off this class with coupon code Summer2018 upon checkout.

This is a 3-day intensive training course fulfilling the Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Act requirements for mediators doing court-ordered family mediation and following the standards set by the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable. The sessions include family law, family dynamics, domestic violence (meeting the new Civil Practice and Remedies Code requirement), child development, ethical and practical considerations and finances in family cases. Working lunches all three days. There is a $50.00 Discount for participants who took our basic class.
PREREQUISITE: BASIC MEDIATION COURSE

The Future of Family Justice: International Innovations

Twenty-first century families live in a time of rapid change, economic uncertainty, unprecedented diversity in household living arrangements, and a justice system that, all too often, struggles to meet the needs of those it is designed to serve. Numerous innovative programs and processes have emerged but are often unknown to those who need them the most. This conference will convene the best of our global partners to share pioneering efforts taking place world-wide. Join AFCC in Ontario, Canada as we explore these and other challenging topics.

With cosponsors the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and Texas A&M University School of Law

June 20-22, 2018

Participants choose one of the following workshops to attend:

• STAR: A Systematic Approach to Mediation Strategies – Faculty: Tom Stipanowich and Jim Craven
• Advanced Mediation Skill Development: Perfecting Our Craft (Revised Course!) - Faculty: Nina Meierding and Bruce Edwards
• It’s All so Real: Real Problems for Real Mediators in Real Time – Faculty: Tracy Allen and Eric Galton
• Apology, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation - Faculty: Peter Robinson
• Family Law Mediation: When Time is Not on Your Side – Faculty: Irwin Joseph and Don Saposnek
• The Art of Facilitating Dynamic and Difficult Groups – Faculty: Donna Silverberg and Charles Wiggins
• Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication and Micro- Interventions – Faculty: Don Philbin and Doug Noll
• Practical Mindfulness: Clear and Calm in the Heat of Conflict – Faculty: Len Riskin and Rachel Wohl
• Strategic Negotiation Skills – Faculty: Randy Lowry and John Lowry
• Conflict Resolution Consulting: Using Mediation to Improve Organizational Communications, Team Building, Leadership, Change, and Systems Design – Faculty: Ken Cloke and Joan Goldsmith
• Cross-Cultural Negotiations and Mediation – Faculty: Sukhsimran Singhand Deep Basaron