32-Hour Mediator Training

Learn principles and techniques of conflict resolution.

Next Training: January 13 – 24, 2025

MetroMediation’s intensive training equips new and aspiring mediators with the foundational skills for conducting an effective, successful mediation. You’ll take part in engaging role plays, discussions, and interactive exercises with our expert faculty and receive individualized feedback to develop your mediation skills, gaining:

  • A deeper understanding of conflict and the range of responses
  • Strategies for managing a negotiation and the exchange of offers
  • Communication skills to build relationships, understanding, and agreement
  • Ways to address issues of power and power balance
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What’s Included

Each session provides 32 hours of training over two full days and four half days. Apply online or by mail. Applicants are accepted on a first-come basis. Participants receive:

  • Binder of training materials, articles, and handouts
  • Copy of The Mediator’s Handbook (List price: $29.95)
  • Opportunity to earn continuing education credits (CEUs)
  • Official MetroMediation certificate of completion (must attend all sessions)

As professional development, this training satisfies the training component of the provisions of the Rule 8 guidelines of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Uniform Rules on Dispute Resolution.

Tuition and Discounts

Tuition is $760. Full payment is due at registration.

We offer two tuition discounts:

  • Early Enrollment

    Save $115; Your tuition is $645 when you pay in full before the Early Enrollment Discount Deadline.

  • Bring-a-Friend

    • Save $50 each; your tuition is $595 when you and your friend both enroll and pay in full before the Early Enrollment Discount Deadline.
    • Save $100; your tuition is $660 when you and your friend both enroll and pay in full before the Final Application Deadline.

Scholarships available: For more information, contact MMS Director, Antonio P. Castro Aranda at antonio.castro@metromediation.org.

2025 Training Calendar

January 2025 (remote) – 13, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24 

May 2025 (hybrid) – 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16

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