Becoming a Mediator: An Insider′s Guide to Exploring Careers in Mediation - Hardcover

Lovenheim, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787950610 ISBN 13: 9780787950613

Publisher: Jossey Bass, 2002

Synopsis

Most mediators feel that helping people end conflicts is special work, and, they′re sustained by rewards beyond money, praise, or fame. But with no obvious career path and no prescribed courses to take or degrees to earn, how does one become a mediator? Whatever your background–whether in law, social work, teaching, psychology, business, homemaking, or parenting–you can become a mediator and find a satisfying career says Peter Lovenheim. Becoming a Mediator shows you how, offering a practical, nuts–and–bolts guide to breaking into the field and a no–nonsense approach to the reality of current professional opportunities. Drawing from the experiences of actual mediators, as well as from his own many years of work as an attorney and mediator, Lovenheim not only provides a vital resource but also conveys the sense of mission mediators feel for this emerging new profession.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Lovenheim, mediator, attorney, and writer, is the founder and president of Empire Mediation and Arbitration, a firm that offers dispute resolution services to businesses and individuals as well as mediation training to federal and state courts and bar associations. The author of Mediate, Don′t Litigate (1989) and How to Mediate Your Dispute (1996), he has appeared frequently on television, radio, and in popular publications.

From the Inside Flap

Becoming a Mediator offers an engaging, emotionally uplifting guide to career opportunities in this rapidly growing new field. Peter Lovenheim, a widely–known mediator and attorney, answers all the questions on the minds of those interested in exploring mediation as a career, including:

• What is mediation?
• When is mediation used?
• Where do mediators work?
• What are the personality traits of successful mediators?
• What is the best training for mediators?
• Where are the job opportunities in mediation?
• When is part–time work in mediation more appropriate than full–time work?

The book features a wealth of practical resources, including sample rules of mediation, sample memoranda of understanding, standards of conduct for mediators, national and regional mediation organizations and web sites, and a survey of various degree programs in conflict resolution.
Mediation continues to be a growth industry, with more and more businesses and individuals using it and more courts mandating it in place of costly and time–consuming litigation. Consequently, more lawyers, psychologists, and family therapists are converting their practices to include mediation. Since mediation is practiced in so many disparate professional disciplines, and since there is currently no standard or specific degree required, many individuals who want to enter the field don′t know where to begin. Becoming a Mediator is the perfect first step.
This book is a vital and inspiring resource for attorneys wanting to move their practice into mediation, psychologists and therapists who want to expand their professional skills and opportunities, counselors, clergy, human resource professionals, and students and individuals currently in other professions who are curious about getting into the field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey Bass
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787950610
• ISBN 13: 9780787950613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272