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Course Description

This intensive training program equips participants with knowledge and skills essential for successful employment mediation. A comprehensive blend of substantive law and training in mediation process skills prepares participants to become qualified mediators for employment disputes.

By the program’s completion, you will be well prepared to become a qualified employment law mediator. The Employment Law Mediator Training program focuses first on employment law that is applicable to employment mediation, then on in-depth role-playing to help you learn and practice the skills to facilitate the process. Instruction is now available online for the one-month asynchronous knowledge building, followed by the synchronous five-day online training.

Faculty Author

Richard Fincher; Sarah Miller Espinosa

Benefits to the Learner

  • Overview of employment law, including:
    • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
    • Age Discrimination in Employment Act
    • Americans with Disabilities Act
    • Family and Medical Leave Act
    • Fair Labor Standards Act
    • Whistleblower discrimination
  • Examine employment mediation process:
    • Pre-Mediation Intake
    • Opening Session
    • Caucuses
    • Exploring Interests
    • Working through Impasse
    • Framing the Settlement
  • Practice Development

Target Audience

  • Mediators and those aspiring to build a career in mediation
  • Arbitrators
  • Attorneys and lawyers
  • Independent consultants
  • Union representatives and labor relations professionals
  • HR professionals
  • Entrepreneurs who want to mediate
  • Recent graduates interested in becoming mediators/arbitrators
  • Anyone looking to start their own practice as a mediation/dispute resolution professional

Accrediting Associations

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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Type
Instructor-Led
Dates
Feb 04, 2026 to Mar 24, 2026
Total Number of Hours
36.0
Course Fee(s)
Regular Price $2,195.00
Section Notes

Instruction is online for one-month asynchronously (on your own time) for knowledge building, followed by the synchronous (live) five-day online training.

There will be whole group sessions on Monday and Friday of the synchronous week (March 2-6). All participants are required to attend these sessions. Times may vary, but students should plan to be available from 12:00-2:30pm.

The simulation breakout groups will run Monday-Thursday of the synchronous week (March 2-6), at various times. Participants will only need to attend the sessions that they will play a role in. Each of these sessions will last one hour. The schedule for these will be sent out to participants approximately one to two weeks before the session begins.

Type
Instructor-Led
Dates
Apr 08, 2026 to May 26, 2026
Total Number of Hours
36.0
Course Fee(s)
Regular Price $2,195.00
Section Notes

Instruction is online for one-month asynchronously (on your own time) for knowledge building, followed by the synchronous (live) five-day online training.

There will be whole group sessions on Monday and Friday of the synchronous week (May 4-8). All participants are required to attend these sessions. Times may vary, but students should plan to be available from 12:00-2:30pm.

The simulation breakout groups will run Monday-Thursday of the synchronous week (May 4-8), at various times. Participants will only need to attend the sessions that they will play a role in. Each of these sessions will last one hour. The schedule for these will be sent out to participants approximately one to two weeks before the session begins.

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