MWI Mediation Training

Since 1994, MWI has been a leader in professional mediation training.  Here’s why:

• MWI’s Training Team:  MWI’s training faculty are full-time professional mediators who bring decades of experience to each program having trained hundreds of mediators and having mediated thousands of business, workplace and other types of cases.

• MWI’s Client Base:  In addition to providing nationally recognized mediation training programs, MWI also provides a full range of ADR services including mediation, arbitration and ombuds services to clients such as General Motors, Bose Corporation, Coca-Cola, BMW, Visa International and others.  MWI’s clients choose MWI for results - with our seasoned panel of mediators and our trainers who deliver impactful mediation and negotiation training programs.

• Opportunities to mediate following training:   Unlike many other training providers, MWI offers opportunities for participants to grow their mediation skill-set by mediating actual cases in court following successful completion of MWI’s Mediation Training Program.  Please contact MWI’s Director of Mediation Services, Josh Hoch at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 617-973-9739 x23 for more information.
  
  
• MWI Mentoring and Advanced Training Programs:  MWI offers a range of customized mentor and advanced training programs that focus on workplace and divorce as well as how to successfully market your mediation practice.
  

MWI offers two options for mediation training, both of which are designed to prepare professionals to effectively facilitate the mediation process.  Despite the similarities, MWI’s Executive Forty-Hour Mediation Training and MWI’s Forty-Hour Mediation Training offer participants two unique program options designed to meet individual interests.  MWI's mediation trainings meet the training requirement outlined in the Massachusetts Confidentiality Statute (MGL ch233 sec 23C) and Rule 8(c)(i) of the MA Supreme Judicial Court's Uniform Rules on Dispute Resolution.

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SAMPLE MEDIATION TRAINERS:

Chuck Doran

Diane Levin

Arline Kardasis

Tad Mayer

Moshe Cohen

MWI Advanced Training Programs

MWI offers a number of advanced mediation training programs that are designed to refresh and refocus experienced mediators who are looking to increase their capacity to mediate effectively.  The goal of each program is to optimize participants’ learning experience through lectures, demonstrations, interactive exercises, supervised role-plays and group discussions.  Participants will receive coaching, instruction, and opportunities to practice their newly acquired skills.

Please click on the programs listed below for more information:

• Divorce Mediation Training - MWI’s Divorce Mediation Training Program is a comprehensive twenty-four hour divorce mediation training designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to become effective divorce mediators. This program is for mediators who have completed at least 30-hours of mediation training and are interested in incorporating divorce mediation into their practice.
  
  
• Eviction Mediation Training - MWI’s Housing and Eviction Program is an advanced mediation training designed for mediators interested in helping tenants and landlords resolve housing and eviction disputes. This training will focus on the special considerations mediators face when mediating eviction cases including; homelessness and the challenge of property ownership; landlord-tenant relationships; protecting the rights of both parties and working with the law, agreement writing and mediating eviction cases in District & Municipal Courts.
  
  
• New Mediator Orientation - The purpose of the session is to welcome mediators who have completed MWI's Basic Mediation Training and to introduce them to court procedures, forms and MWI panel requirements.  We will also review the principles of mediation and specifics for writing court-based agreements.
  
  
• Refresher Mediation Program - MWI's Refresher Mediation Program is an eight-hour advanced mediation training program designed to refresh, recharge, and prepare mediators to effectively facilitate the mediation process.  This program is focuses on best practices for mediators, including mediator as negotiation consultant, dealing with challenging personalities, challenges to neutrality, and how to manage power differentials.
  
  
• Train the Trainer Institute - MWI's Train the Trainer Institute is a two-day seminar designed to prepare experienced mediators and other dispute resolution professionals to become effective mediation trainers and role-play coaches.
  

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For more information about MWI's Basic and Advanced Mediation Training Programs, please contact Chuck Doran at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 800-348-4888 to discuss your interest in becoming a mediator and how MWI can help you meet your professional goals.