We also offer mediation training for anyone who wants to add mediation as a tool to expand their practices and advance their careers. Our law office offers courses in different locations in Maryland. The Ellicott City Mediation Center, Maryland, provides mediation and collaborative law services to clients in Ellicott City, Baltimore, Catonsville, Arbutus, Woodlawn, Elkridge, Columbia, Randallstown, Towson, Parkville, Eldersburg, Pikesville, Annapolis, Hagerstown, Frederick, Glen Burnie, Perry Hall, Owings Mills, Reisterstown, and Severn. The firm provides representation in all communities in Howard County, Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, and Baltimore County.
The Howard County Mediation and Dispute Resolution Center provides free or low-cost mediation and other dispute resolution services to provide people in conflict with an opportunity to be heard, to understand each other better, and to develop their own solutions. These processes provide neighbors, schools, government agencies, religious communities, organizations, and families with a constructive way to respond to conflict. Headquartered in Washington County, this program can also provide remote and potentially in-person services to individuals and communities in Allegany County. We provide a variety of mediation and conflict management services to Baltimore City organizations and residents. Mediation services are subsidized and free to the community, while our other services are offered on a sliding scale.
All services have the capacity to transform lives and bring power back to people. Court mediators must receive specific training. In Massachusetts, mediators do not apply directly to the court; the court contracts approved programs to provide mediators. It is the responsibility of these approved programs to ensure that their mediators meet the requirements of the Massachusetts Guidelines for Implementation and the qualification standards for neutrals. General requirements for court-related mediators include having completed at least 30 hours of basic mediation training, at least one observation of mediation, and mediation with a qualified mentor or under the supervision of a qualified mentor.
Cindy currently holds the position of regional manager of ADR programs in the Maryland District Court's ADR Office that administers programs in Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, Frederick and Washington counties. A 40-hour basic mediation training, a 20-hour advanced family mediation training, six hours of initial training on domestic violence and child abuse, and four subsequent hours of domestic violence and child abuse training every two years. To be recognized by the Kansas Judiciary, court-approved mediators must complete basic mediation training for 16 to 24 hours (including conflict resolution techniques, agreement drafting, case evaluation, and laws governing mediation), mediate or be supervised by an approved mentor mediator in three cases, have good moral character, and be mentally and emotionally able to participate in the active and ongoing practice of mediation. In this position he is responsible for quarterly scheduling more than 300 ADR volunteers across the state for mediation programs and conferences to reach an agreement on Judgment Day. Wendy has advanced training in mediation and negotiation from the Negotiation Program at Harvard Law School; conflict counseling through conflict guidance issues; training on parenting plans and complaints against the police through Maryland community mediation; and basic transformative mediation through the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation.
The Baltimore Community Mediation Center teaches and uses conflict resolution skills to provide a framework for people to have difficult conversations and make plans about issues that are important to them. At least 40 hours of “practical” training in specific mediation skills and general mediation training are also required. For example in New Jersey the general criteria for admission to the list of court mediators include 40 hours of basic mediation training; five hours of tutoring; and a bachelor's degree. According to the article How To Become A Certified Mediator published by the Florida Dispute Resolution Center; to become certified as a mediator in a county; family court; district court; dependency court; or appellate court in Florida; the mediator must be at least 21 years of age; have good moral character; if they are not licensed to practice law they must have mediated more than 25 disputes or participated in more than 500 hours of dispute resolution. The requirements for mediators who wish to serve on a panel in Nevada include 10 years of civil experience as attorneys or practicing judges or at least five years of experience as mediators. The mediation session for re-entry takes place at the HCDC; all participants and mediators must comply with the HCDC rules and regulations while at the HCDC facility.
There are no statewide certification requirements or standards for mediators related to courts in Wyoming. Have a bachelor's degree or higher degree; at least five years of managerial or administrative experience in a professional; business or government entity; and experience as a mediator in at least 10 mediations. For example while civil and commercial mediators must complete a minimum of 24 hours of mediation training; divorce and family mediators must complete at least 40 hours of training in family mediation and divorce. Community mediation provides a non-profit framework for ensuring access to mediation services at the community level while maintaining control and responsibility for conflict resolution in the community.
