The Mediator's Forum - Mentoring Groups for Mediators of all Levels

Lee Jay Berman 

It is often said that the mediation profession suffers from a lack of mentoring.  Mediators receive training, and while some training includes a clinical study segment, most do not include ongoing mentoring.  Mediators who struggle to make ends meet in their practice, often wrestle with difficult issues such as marketing and business operations behind a mediation practice.  The other missing element is having someone to ask questions about difficult mediations or difficult parties. Mentoring is the answer for all of these challenges. Shorten your ramp up time to success by dedicating three hours a month to your career development.

Groups are now forming for mediators to receive mentoring in small groups.  These groups will be lead by Lee Jay Berman, full-time mediator since 1994, founder and President of the American Institute of Mediation, former director of Pepperdine Law School’s “Mediating the Litigated Case” program (2002-2009), and national chair of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Training Committee (2003-2007).

While the mentoring groups will be facilitated and will determine their own focus and agenda based on the group’s priorities, some of the popular subjects will likely include:

• Moving from doing paperwork to getting cases
  
• Transitioning from another practice to a mediation practice
  
• Dealing with difficult people at the table
  
• Overcoming obstacles that can lead to impasse
  
• "I couldn't settle this, what was I missing?"
  
• Ethical dilemmas and disclosure challenges
  
• Getting more business as a mediator (worth mentioning twice!)

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Groups are limited to 12 people.

PLEASE NOTE: The In-Person course will take place at The Mediation Offices of Lee Jay Berman located at 3055 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550 - Los Angeles, CA 90010.