Coun 507 Basic and Civil Mediation (36 hours)

This class prepares you to meet the requirements for the field of alternative dispute resolution. This course is a comprehensive introduction to negotiation, and basic and civil mediation, for those mediators who wish to do community, civil, public policy, and other types of disputes in public sector programs and services. It provides concrete skills grounded in a solid theoretical perspective. Specifically, participants build communication, negotiation, and mediation skills that enhance their ability to maintain standards of practice and ethical practice while in the midst of conflict.

This course meets the Oregon Justice Department court-connected mediator minimum qualifications rules. It also meets the requirements for the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Certification.

Coun 507 Domestic Relations, Custody, and Parenting Mediation (45 hours)

Learn skills necessary to provide mediation services for family disputes about custody and parenting time before, during, and after divorce and separation, as well as other family disputes that can utilize mediation. Effective mediators use successful techniques specifically aimed at helping families under stress. Through videotapes, role-plays, practice sessions, lectures, and discussions, gain a solid understanding of conflict divorce, financial and legal realities, and ethical and professional issues.

This course meets the Oregon Justice Department court-connected mediator minimum qualifications rules. It also meets the requirements for the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Certification.

Coun 507 Court System Training for Mediators (8 hours)

This course covers an introduction to the court system for people interested in working or volunteering in court-connected mediation settings and other interested parties. Topics include legal vocabulary, how to read a court file, confidentiality and disclosure, availability of jury trials, burdens of proof, basic trial procedure, the effect of a mediated agreement on a case, agreement writing, working with interpreters, and ADA requirements. In addition, we review the range of administrative and other dispute resolution processes, how mediators use legal information, and the unauthorized practice of law. Finally, students learn about working with represented and unrepresented parties, attorney-client privilege, Oregon State Bar disciplinary rules, and attorney fee issues, as well as motions, discovery and court rules procedures, and basic rules of evidence, contract, and tort law. This course meets the requirements of Court System Training for court-connected mediators under Chief Justice Order No. 05-028.