Please click here for application and detailed information about this
BASIC MEDIATION COURSE
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NEXT PRESENTATION:

April, 2010

Two Weekends:
Day 1: 6:00 p.m. to 9:10 p.m., Friday, Apr. 9, 2010
Day 2: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Apr. 10, 2010
Day 3: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Apr. 11, 2010

Day 4: 6:00 p.m. to 9:10 p.m., Friday, Apr. 16, 2010
Day 5: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Apr. 17, 2010
Day 6: 8:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Sunday, Apr. 18, 2010

(Note: this schedule requires a minimum number of participants to register for the course. In case of a weather or health emergency which reasonably prevents MEDIATION DYNAMICS from conducting the training on the above dates, the dates for the training will be rescheduled.)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The MEDIATION DYNAMICS 40-hour Mediation Training is an Alternative Dispute Resolution course that provides participants with a thorough understanding of the principles, procedures, and practical techniques of dispute resolution through mediation.

The MEDIATION DYNAMICS 40-hour Mediation Training provides “40 hours of classroom training in mediation techniques” as specified by Texas law (Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 154.052). Following completion of the course, each course participant will be qualified as a court-appointed mediator able to perform mediation of all types of disputes (except that Texas law calls for additional training for mediation of disputes relating to the parent-child relationship—as frequently seen in divorce and post-divorce cases). The design standards of this course are also appropriate to comply with the mediation requirements of many other states. This course is designed to satisfy the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable’s standards for a 40-hour basic mediation course.

This course is designed for and targeted to attorneys. Also, professionals from many different disciplines have used this level of training to become qualified mediators who conduct formal mediation sessions. Participants have also used the dispute resolution techniques learned in this training to deal with many kinds of common workplace interactions and dispute situations.

Mediation Dynamics has been approved as a continuing education provider for licensed social workers by the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.

COLLABORATIVE EMPHASIS:
This course emphasizes the skills needed to facilitate agreement among emotional people who are meeting together in the same room. Participants learn to perform this more difficult “collaborative” or “facilitative” style in addition to the more structured “caucus only” model (in which the disputants are in separate rooms). Qualified mediators should be familiar with and capable of performing different styles of mediation. This course is very well suited to collaborative lawyers, collaborative professionals, human resource managers, supervisors, customer service specialists, and other professionals who need to help resolve confrontations between emotional and potentially hostile people.

MCLE:
This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 40 credit hours, of which 3 credit hours will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit. MEDIATION DYNAMICS is an accredited sponsor, approved by the State Bar of Texas, Committee on MCLE.

Click here for a pdf file of the official
STATE BAR OF TEXAS
Minimum Continuing Legal Education
NOTIFICATION OF ACCREDITATION OF CLE ACTIVITY

COST:
$720.00 per participant, payable in advance by cash, check, or money order.
(Meals are not included.)
Late registration fee: additional $50.00 if your application and payment is not received on or before Friday, April 2, 2010.

LOCATION:
The offices of Bob Leonard Law Group, PLLC
2800 South Hulen Street, Suite 210
Fort Worth, Texas 76109
Click on "Maps & Directions" at their website:
 www.BobLeonard.com

(Note: An alternate location in the Fort Worth/Dallas metroplex area may be used depending on the number and needs of participants in the course.)

CERTIFICATE:
After the course is paid for and completed, MEDIATION DYNAMICS will provide a certificate for each participant describing the nature of the training and indicating that the participant is qualified as a court-appointed mediator able to perform mediation of all types of disputes (except disputes relating to the parent-child relationship).

(Revised 2-23-2010)