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  • 1.  Civil Mediation Training Course 5-Day (40 Hour) | In-Person & Webcast | Jan. 7 - 16

    Posted 01-05-2023 09:44 AM
    Good morning Family Law Section members,

    From January 7 to 16, NJICLE in cooperation with the Justice Garibaldi ADR Inn of Court and the NJSBA Dispute Resolution Section will present a 5-Day (40 Hour) Civil Mediation Training Course In-Person and Webcast:
    Sat., Jan 7, 2023 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    Mon., Jan. 9, 2023 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    Wed., Jan. 11, 2023 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    Fri., Jan. 13, 2023- 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    Mon., Jan 16, 2023 - 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    Expand your practice - Become a Court Approved Mediator!
    The NJ Supreme Court mandates that certain complex cases be sent to mediation, using court approved mediators. The program includes ALL New Jersey counties. Pursuant to Court Rule 1:40-12, those individuals who have been trained in basic mediation skills and who meet other requirements will be placed on a court-approved list and selected to mediate these cases. After the first two free hours on each case, court-approved mediators will be able to set market-rate fees for their services.

    FACULTY
    Moderator/Speaker:
    Robert E. Margulies, Esq.
    Past Chair, NJSBA Dispute Resolution Section
    Executive Director, Justice Garibaldi ADR Inn of Court
    Jeydel Award for Excellence in ADR 2011
    Boskey Award, Practitioner of the Year 2003
    Member, Supreme Court CDR Committee
    CEDR Accredited and IMI Certified Mediator
    Schumann Hanlon Margulies LLC, Jersey City

    Speakers:
    Jennifer L. Brandt, Esq., M.A. Diplomacy & International Relations
    Member Board of Directors of Foundation for Sustainable Rule of Law Initiatives
    Mediation Trainer in Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, India and Republic of Georgia
    Charter Member NADN (National Association of Distinguished Neutrals)
    Roster of Court Approved Mediators in Civil and Family Law
    Former Member of the Board of NJAPM
    Member Garibaldi ADR Inn of Court
    CEDR Accredited & IMI Certified Mediator
    Brandt Law & Mediation, LLC, Watchung, NJ

    Theodore K. Cheng, Esq.
    President, Justice Garibaldi ADR Inn of Court
    Past Chair, NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section
    Past Director, NJSBA Dispute Resolution Section
    Boskey Award, ADR Practitioner of the Year 2020
    New York Law School, Adjunct Professor
    ADR Office of Theo Cheng, LLC, Princeton Junction

    Laura A. Kaster, Esq.
    Former President, Justice Garibaldi ADR Inn of Court
    Fellow College of Commercial Arbitrators, CEDR Accredited & IMI Certified Mediator
    Past Chair, NJSBA Dispute Resolution Section
    Boskey Award Practitioner of 2014
    Jeydel Award for Excellence in ADR 2018
    Laura A. Kaster LLC, Princeton

    Suzanne M. McSorley, Esq.
    Former President, Justice Garibaldi ADR Inn of Court
    Recipient, ADR Practitioner of the Year Award
    Boskey Award Practitioner of the Year 2021
    Former Chair, NJSBA Dispute Resolution Section
    Former Member, New Jersey Supreme Court CDR Committee
    Stevens & Lee, PC, Lawrenceville

    Terri R. Reicher, Esq.
    Past President, Justice Garibaldi ADR Inn of Court
    Jeydel Award for Excellence in ADR 2016
    Charter Member NADN (National Association of Distinguished Neutrals)
    Professor of Law, NJAPM Trainer and CEDR Accredited

    Richard H. Steen, Esq.
    Past President, New Jersey State Bar Association
    Past President, Justice Marie L. Garibaldi Inn of Court
    Past Chair, NJSBA Dispute Resolution Section
    Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators
    Member, Supreme Court CDR Committee
    Jeydel Award for Excellence in ADR, 2017
    ADR Practitioner of the Year (Boskey Award), 1998-1999
    Richard H. Steen, LLC, Princeton

    What is required to become a court-approved mediator?
    Eligibility for inclusion on the court's civil mediator roster is determined by a subcommittee of the Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution. Pursuant to Court Rule 1:40-12, all applicants must be mentored by an experienced court roster mediator (who has been approved to serve as a mentor) for at least five hours in at least two Superior Court cases. Educational and experiential requirements are also necessary, as well as completion of an application form.

    What do I have to do to meet the training requirements?
    In just full 5 days with NJICLE, you can complete the basic training requirement. A distinguished panel of professionals highly experienced in mediation skills will lead you through a series of lectures, demonstrations, exercises, and role playing. You'll gain the knowledge you need to effectively manage conflict, enhance your communication and negotiation skills, and learn strategies for dealing with the problems you are likely to encounter during the mediation process. The course includes personal professional feedback.

    Approved roster mediators are also required to attend four hours of continuing mediation-related training annually, commencing the year following your initial training.

    This seminar also satisfies the U.S. Bankruptcy Court basic bankruptcy mediation training requirements in D.N.J. LBR 9019-1(c). Mediation: Mediator Qualifications and Compensation which requires that prospective mediators satisfy a mediation training course.

    How do I register?
    If you are planning to attend, please register as soon as possible. Registration is limited. You can register by phone, web or fax to NJICLE.

    CLE Credits (40 hours): 5 Day Training course
    NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 48.8 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 7.2 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism, and 1.2 diversity and inclusion credits.
    CLE Credits: (40 hours)
    NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 48.8 credits (50 minute hour) including 7.2 ethics/professionalism and 1.2 diversity and inclusion credit
    PA CLE: 32.5 substantive and 7.0 ethics credits pending ($160 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of each day)
    NY CLE (nt): 39.0 professional practice, 4.0 ethics and 1.0 diversity and inclusion credit

    The tuition for NJSBA members is $1,350. The general tuition is $1,595.

    Click here to register for Civil Mediation Training Course.
    Click here to register for Webcast - Civil Mediation Training Course.

    For questions or to register by phone, please contact an association representative at 732-214-8500, or by email at [email protected].

    All the best,
    Barb

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    Barbara Straczynski
    Director of New Media and Promotions
    New Jersey State Bar Association
    New Brunswick NJ
    (732) 937-7524
    [email protected]
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  • 2.  RE: Civil Mediation Training Course 5-Day (40 Hour) | In-Person & Webcast | Jan. 7 - 16

    Posted 01-05-2023 11:32 AM

    Good morning!  I would like to do the four hour session and need direction as to whether part of this program will satisfy the requirement?  I completed the original training as well as the Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers Mediation Workshop...I would like to be on the roster once again!  I can be reached at 609-977-8899.

     

    Lydia Fabbro Keephart, Esquire

    A Member of the Firm

    PELLETTIERI, RABSTEIN AND ALTMAN

    989 Lenox Drive, Suite 101

    Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

    Phone: 609-520-0900

    Fax:  609-896-1265

    www.pralaw.com

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  • 3.  RE: Civil Mediation Training Course 5-Day (40 Hour) | In-Person & Webcast | Jan. 7 - 16

    Posted 01-05-2023 11:42 AM

    What about the mentoring requirement? I did everything and was then told that I had complete five hours of mentoring. This was during covid, so obviously, nobody was willing to mentor anyone.

     

     

    Best regards,

    Anabela Dacruz-Melo, Esq.

     

     

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  • 4.  RE: Civil Mediation Training Course 5-Day (40 Hour) | In-Person & Webcast | Jan. 7 - 16

    Posted 01-06-2023 02:48 AM
    Hello,

    I left my position as an AS4 with the Judiciary in September. At the time, part of my responsibilities were to conduct FD and FM mediations. I completed my mediation training with the AOC and was mentored by another AS4 before being released to do mediations.

    I would just like to confirm that if I want to be placed on the roster, my training and mentorship from my employment satisfy the requirements and if anyone has a copy of the form I need to complete?

    Thank you

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  • 5.  RE: Civil Mediation Training Course 5-Day (40 Hour) | In-Person & Webcast | Jan. 7 - 16

    Posted 01-06-2023 08:48 AM
    the mediation roster forms and information is on the judiciary website. nj courts online 

    Alice M. Plastoris, Esq.
    (973) 538-7070

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