Recommended Training and Experience for Professional Mediators

PDF File: Recommended Education Training and Experience for Professional Mediators(2006 approved, effective 2009)

This report includes recommendations that are intended to provide guidance to: 1) aspiring and practicing mediators in Colorado; 2) mediation trainers; and 3) consumers and those selecting mediators, such as program administrators, courts and other referral sources.

*to qualify as a new professional mediator with CCMO you will need to submit the following form to record your Recommended Education on file with CCMO. Professional Mediator Application.

*to submit continuing education credits please use this Report Form

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Link (an older version of the above document):
Recommended Education Training and Experience for Professional Mediators(pre 2006)

Unauthorized Practice

PDF File: Report: Recommended Guidelines Regarding Unauthorized Practice of Law Issues in Mediation (2005)

This is the 2007 final report prepared by a subcommittee of the Colorado Bar Association (CBA) ADR Section on the Unauthorized Practice of Law and Mediation. The committee consists of Samuel Gordon, Susan Demidovitch, Cynthia Savage, Anthony Van Westrum, James Coyle and Mike Ruderman. This report has been worked on for two years and is in its final form and now being submitted to the CBA Executive Council.

While this report does not have the force of law, following the advice contained within should help non-lawyer mediators avoid the probability of being liable for the unauthorized practice of law while engaging in appropriate mediation conduct.

If anyone has questions or comments they may direct them to Michael Ruderman at mike@mikeruderman.com

Code of Conduct

PDF File: Mediators Revised Code of Professional Conduct (2005)

The Colorado Council of Mediators ("CCMO") has adopted the August 2005 Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators prepared by the Joint Committee initiated by the American Arbitration Association, the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and the Association for Conflict Resolution.. CCMO gratefully acknowledges the work of this group.

Resource Guide

PDF File: Mediator Resource Guide

*this file was last updated in April of 2005, CCMO does not have a more recent edition of this file.

CCMO produces an annual Mediation Resource Guide that contains information on interest to mediators and to those considering joining the mediation field. Included are the following:

• General information on the field of mediation, where it is used, making a living as a mediator, and training;
• Recommended guidelines for mediation education and training;
• Organizations that offer mediation training in Colorado;
• Organizations that offer mediation internships as well as administrative internships in ADR management;
• Organizations which use volunteer mediators;
• Lists of Journals, periodicals, and books related to mediation and conflict resolution; and
• National business and professional organizations related to conflict resolution.