Arbitration & Mediation

Mediator certification focus of latest episode of Cafe Mediate podcast series

By Diane Levin

Each month at Cafe Mediate a group of ADR professionals gathers for lively, unscripted discussion of topics relevant to the business, practice, and future of the field.

In the latest episode of this monthly podcast series professional mediator  and author Tammy Lenski, international business mediator Amanda Bucklow, commercial mediator Victoria Pynchon, and I begin a two-part discussion of a subject of particular interest to mediators: certification and credentialing for mediators in private practice. Joining us is pioneer and field leader Susanne Terry, an internationally respected dispute resolution practitioner, scholar, and ACR board member who is directly involved in shaping a national conversation on the issue of certification.

You can download or listen to Mediator Certification: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? (Part 1).

To enjoy this and earlier episodes of Cafe Mediate, you can:

• Stream the 45-minute audio from the Cafe Mediate site
• Download it from iTunes
• Subscribe to get notice automatically when new episodes become available

Next month drop by Cafe Mediate (motto: “where conversation, not caffeine, is the stimulant”)  for Part 2 of the discussion on certification for mediators. In the meantime, Tammy suggests further reading on certification. I second her motion:

• Tammy Lenski?s post, You Say You?re a Certified Mediator. Says Who?
• My post, Mediator Certification: Quality Assurance or Caveat Emptor?
• My post, Public Licensing and Regulation of Mediators: The Arguments For and Against
• The Case for Extended, Integrated Mediator Preparation, an ACResolution article authored by Susanne Terry, Alice Estey and Tammy Lenski

Full post as published by Online Guide to Mediation on March 30, 2010 (boomark / email).