Please note: This course will not be added to Courses on Demand. Courses involving professional speakers and skills-based workshops generally do not get added to Courses on Demand.
Who should attend: All those wishing to enhance their mediation skills and understanding. This course is essential for new family mediators.
Learning level: Intermediate/Advanced
The third course in CLEBC’s Family Law Mediation curriculum, this program will give you a better understanding of family dynamics and power in mediation. You will also learn about process design options and have the opportunity to enhance your interview skills through role-play and exercises.
Finally, you will hear about how to document and record sessions, agreements, and memorandums of understanding to give you a better understanding of the nature and source of conflict in the context of family dispute resolution, as well as the role and objectives of a mediator.
For those wishing to become Family Law Mediators under the Family Law Act, this is the third of four courses in our 80-hour curriculum.
This course will count for 24 hours of mediation training and will include exercises and role-plays in mediation settings.
Please note: This course is offered remotely through a Zoom platform. A device equipped with a camera and microphone will be required to participate.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Family Dispute Resolution, and Family Law Mediation Fundamentals or equivalent training.
Qualify as a Family Law Mediator: 80 hours of Family Law Mediation Training including Screening for Family Violence Training!
Register for all 5 courses and receive 25% off the regular price*
*Contact Customer Service to take advantage of this offer.
1. Introduction to Family Dispute Resolution
hursday and Friday, September 14 and 15, 2023
2. Family Violence Screening Training
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 26 and 27, 2023
3. Family Law Mediation Fundamentals
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, November 1, 2, and 3, 2023
4. Intermediate Family Law Mediation
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, January 17, 18, and 19, 2024
5. Advanced Family Mediation
Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 26, 2024
*DISCLAIMER: Learners are required to participate fully in the course. “Full participation” is in the faculty’s sole discretion. Activities such as reading the paper, watching videos on the computer, not being present, engaging in phone calls, and disrupting the class with irrelevant activities will demonstrate a lack of full participation.
| THE CHAIRS OF THIS COURSE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOKE [MEDIATION] ACCREDITATION TO DISTRACTED OR “NON-PRESENT” INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN THE COURSE. |
Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 24 hours (including a minimum of 2 hours pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)
Course Chairs
Carol W. Hickman, KC — Virgin Hickman, Vancouver
Arlene H. Henry, KC — Arlene H. Henry Law Corporation, Vancouver
| Pricing |
EARLY BIRD Register by Dec. 20/23 |
Regular Price After Dec. 20/23 |
| Webinar | $1,574 | $1,749 |
| Are you an Indigenous lawyer or community member? Click here for special pricing. Unable to attend a course without financial assistance from CLEBC? Want to register for a course now, but prefer a monthly payment plan? Registration includes an electronic copy of the workshop materials. |
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CLEBC Program Coordinator
Darsey Meredith
darseym@cle.bc.ca