Advanced Mediation Training - In-Person ONLY
An advanced, interactive workshop training for experienced mediators.
The Advanced Mediation Training was created in response to your requests, and this training can help you take your mediation skills to the next level. This three-day course will teach you to handle the most challenging disputes. For this advanced course, the instructor assumes that all participants have completed a 40-hour training in mediation and have participated in mediation sessions.
• Explore Effective Models for Resolving Conflict
• How to Move Beyond Conflict to Settlement
• Learn to Ask the Right Questions, Use Your Expertise, and Add Value
• Managing Ethical Dilemmas and Toxic Discussions
• Using Effective Techniques for Negotiating Money
And much, much more!
If disability accommodations or special assistance are needed, please contact us at [email protected]. Requests must be made at least two weeks prior to the scheduled program.
The program will be submitted for CLE accreditation in Colorado. If you need to seek accreditation in another state, please review the process and requirements for that individual state. CBA-CLE staff can provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance, and it is the attendee’s responsibility to complete the accreditation outside of Colorado.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
A refund of your tuition, less a $100 administrative fee, will be issued until Monday, September 30, 2024. After September 30th, no refunds will be issued, but you may transfer your registration to someone else.
Day 1, Tuesday, October 8, 2024
8:30 am – 8:45 am
Welcome and Introductions
8:45 am – 8:50 am
Course Overview and Expectations
8:50 am – 10:15 am
Four Levels of Resolution
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am – 10:45 am
Roles of Dispute Resolvers: Now and in the Future
10:45 am – 11:45 am
Models for Analyzing the Conflict and Preparing Parties for Mediation
• The Dimensions of Conflict
• The Johari Window
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Lunch (on your own)
12:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Effective Models for Resolving Conflict
• Defining and Addressing Boundaries
• Mediating Cases where there is no Trust
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Challenges and Pitfalls of Mediating Legal Cases
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
The Power of Inquiry: Three Levels of Questions
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Inquiry Exercise
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Day 2, Wednesday, October 9, 2024
8:30 am – 8:35 am
Review and Preview
8:35 am – 9:00 am
Framing Legal Issues for Mediation
9:00 am – 9:30 am
The Conflict Analysis
9:30 am – 10:15 am
Why Parties Won't Settle
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am – 12:15 pm
Mediation Simulation I (guided by experienced mediators)
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Effective Techniques for Negotiating Financial Settlements
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Helping Parties to Turn their “No’s” into “Yes’s”
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Mediation Simulation II (guided by experienced mediators)
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Day 3, Thursday, October 10, 2024
8:30 am – 8:35 am
Review and Preview
8:35 am – 9:45 am
Managing Ethical Dilemmas
Submitted for 1.4 Ethics Credits
9:45 am – 10:15 am
Managing Toxic Discussions
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lessons from our Successes and Failures
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Mediator Styles: What is Your Style and How Can You Expand It?
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
How Does the Mediator Add Value at the Table?
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Working with Substantive Experts in Mediation
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Enhancing Your Dispute Resolution Practice
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Wrap up and Evaluation
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $1146.00 |
| CBA Member | $1086.00 |
| CBA Dispute Resolution Section Member | $688.00 |
| MAC Member | $688.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Member | $543.00 |
| Active Military | $543.00 |
| Public Service/Government | $543.00 |
| ELITE Pass Holder | $411.00 |
- General Credits: 25.00
- Ethics Credits: 1.40
- EDI Credits:
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