When I first moved home from New York City, I instantly investigated mediation training programs in Illinois. I have a mediator heart and wanted to ensure I had the requisite training to be approved on the various court rosters. However, I live in Champaign, Illinois and the closest mediation training that I could find was in Chicago. I’m a single girl …
Did you know that the US Department of Agriculture administers agriculture mediation programs organized at the state level to help mediate right-to-farm and federal farm program disputes for free? You can find the fact sheet for the program here. I am on the agriculture mediation roster for both New York and New Jersey, and pending admission on the Illinois roster. …
Champaign County Bar Association’s Family Law Committee is teaming up with the Dispute Resolution Institute, Inc. to hold a 40 hour mediation training via Zoom. The first 20 hours will be the basic civil mediation training and the second 20 hours will be focused on family law mediation. This has been approved by the Sixth Circuit in Illinois and may …
I’m very proud to be a part of a nimble profession who is able to adjust during these unprecedented times. I have been conducting meditations online via Zoom and GoToMeeting for family law disputes (including child issues and divorce matters). I took it up a notch in the month of May and completed a 20 hour training via Mediate.com. Rincker …
Boy, life has changed in the last month. A client told me that it happened like an avalanche and I could not agree more. I have been conducting meditations via Zoom and GoToMeeting and it has been working great. I have also been referring clients to virtual/online and they have had nice experiences so far. Pandemics force us to change …