Current Offerings

40-Hour Comprehensive Mediation Training: Level I and Level II

16-Hour Advanced Mediation Training

Currently Scheduled Courses

		Comprehensive Mediation Training (40-hour Certificate of Completion)—June 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12, 2010 (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) Offered once a year. Participants learn mediation from the inside out, come away with valuable conflict-resolution skills, gain an understanding of best practices, and learn how to build a successful career in the field. San Rafael, Marin County, California; lodging information is available upon request.
		Advanced Mediation Training—November 4, 5, and 6, 2010 This is an innovative, in-depth course designed to develop advanced mediation skills and enhance your professional standing. It combines an independent-study component of your choice with advanced coursework. Please contact Teresa Carey to discuss the details if you would like to participate.

Conflict Management: Theories and Practices—April 24 and May 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2010
Participants learn the theory and practice of managing and resolving conflict in a variety of contexts and forums, explore the sources and nature of conflict, and develop essential practice skills. University of California, Berkeley. Two (2) semester units in Business Administration; 30 hours MCLE credit. (U.C. Berkeley Course No. EDP 323865; registration details at www.extension.berkeley.edu.)

Level I

Level II

•	Essentials of conflict-resolution theory
•	Negotiations
•	Interest-based mediation
•	Spectrum of mediation styles
•	Essential communication/people skills
•	Emotional and psychological considerations
•	Face-to-face mediation and caucusing
•	Moving through impasse
•	Cross- and intercultural issues in mediation
•	Negotiating monetary settlements
•	Reaching effective agreements
•	Ethical rules and interesting dilemmas

•	Effective mediation of business, workplace, labor/employment, healthcare, real estate, construction, land-use, intellectual-property, personal-injury, probate/trust, intercultural, and organizational disputes
•	Premediation and follow-up procedures
•	Attorney advocacy and fee issues
•	Insurance issues and representatives
•	Communication and coping skills: managing deadlocks, difficult people, and emotionally charged situations
•	Career options and resources
•	Managing and marketing your business

Continuing Education

The full 40-hour training (resulting in a 40-hour Certificate of Completion) has been approved by the State Bar of California for 32 MCLE credits, including Ethics (2), Stress Management (1), and Elimination of Bias (1). Approval for BBS, MCEP, and CFLS continuing-education credits is pending.

Tuition

	Standard	Early Registration*
Comprehensive Mediation Training—both Level I and Level II (for 40-hour Certificate of Completion)	$1,495	$1,295 by 3/31/10
Level I only (a two-day course)	$750	——
Level II only (a three-day course)	$750	——
Advanced Mediation Training	$900	——
Conflict Management: Theories and Practices (U.C. Berkeley Course No. EDP 323865)	$995 [details at extension.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-4111]	——

*See Registration page for early-registration details.

Notes

Participants who cannot attend on one of the above dates may be able to attend a subsequent session.

Certificates of Completion will be given only to those who attend the full 40 hours of the program.