Course Details
40-Hour Basic Mediation
November 30 - December 4, 2009 and May 24-28, 2010
This intensive five-day program is designed to provide individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to mediate a variety of everyday disputes. This course emphasizes the importance of practical experience in becoming an effective mediator. During frequent role-plays, each participant will mediate a variety of disputes with expert feedback.
This course is designed to satisfy the 40 classroom hours of training required to mediate court-referred disputes as indicated in the Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Act § 154.052, Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. This course also meets the Texas Mediator Trainers Roundtable's requirements.
What you will learn:
- General principles of the mediation process
- Identification and practice of communication skills used by mediators
- Introduction to the negotiation process including methods and styles of negotiation
- Ethical considerations associated with mediation
- Your mediation technique - one day of videotaping mock mediations for purposes of providing constructive feedback to the participants
- Application of mediation techniques in complex multi-party disputes
Feedback from Participants:
This course removes the mystery of mediation. It is 'hands on' and 'how to'.
-Former Governor Ann RichardsLeave your lawyer mind at the office.
You don’t have to be a litigator/attorney to be a good mediator. Having participated in this program I now have a broader perspective of the mediation process and I was impressed with the insights and knowledge gained.
It was a great learning experience to try to put aside coming up with a resolution and allow the parties to do it themselves.
The skills learned here can help outside the mediation room – there are a lot of life skills here.
This program has given me effective tools not only for mediation, but also general strategies for dealing with difficult individuals and situations.
This training was wonderful, informative and the diverse group of attendees allowed for realizing all of the many useful applications mediation can provide in diverse professions.
Instructor:
Kimberlee Kovach is the author of Mediation: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition (West Group). She has over twenty-five years of experience in mediation as a practitioner, educator, and researcher. Ms. Kovach is a distinguished lecturer in Dispute Resolution at South Texas College of Law and is a former University of Texas School of Law professor in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. She also started the UT Law School's mediation clinic. She is a former chair of the ABA 's ADR Section and the State Bar of Texas ADR Section. She teaches mediation and other conflict resolution procedures nationally and continues to publish articles in the dispute resolution field.
Program Schedule (times may be subject to change):
Monday through Friday – 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fees:
The fee including notebook materials, breakfast, and afternoon snacks is $1,095. Employees of government and non-profit organizations will receive a reduced rate of $945. The text book, Mediation: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition, purchased through the Center is $42.50 (price is subject to change based on the publisher).
MCLE:
MCLE has been requested through the State Bar of Texas.
Skills Enrichment Institute
July 28-30, 2010
Downtown Austin
Please watch our website for upcoming information.
Sponsorship:
If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, please contact Betty Gilmore at bgilmore@law.utexas.edu.
