Meredith Cohen, Certified Mediator
Divorce by Mediation
605 East Robinson Street
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: 407-977-0021
FAX: 407-641-8390
PRO SE DIVORCE MEDIATION
An Advanced Seminar and Workshop
MEREDITH J.
COHEN, DRC-APPROVED PRIMARY
TRAINER/CO-PRESENTER
DANIEL K. WARNER, FORMER
PRESIDENT FAPM/CO-PRESENTER
Orlando – Friday, April 30, 2010, 9-5; Saturday, May 1, 2010, 9-12:30
Credit 12 hrs
CME; 12.00 hrs C.L.E.R., 8.00
Certification Family Law including 1 hr
ethics.
This Seminar has been attended by hundreds of family mediators over the past eight years.The content of the presentations and the handout materials have changed and improved. Previously attendees of this Seminar will receive a reduction of 30% in the registration fees.
By request of attendees a second, half-day, session has been added on Saturday morning, having the goal of teaching both new and experienced family mediators the tools, tactics, and techniques needed to achieve full resolution of all divorce issues when the parties have no attorney representation. The challenge of this type of mediation is to help parties having limited knowledge of the law to make informed, voluntary decisions that will be acceptable to the Court without giving either party legal advice. Based on thousands of successful such “pro se” family mediations, the instructors will teach you the “nuts and bolts” of how to do this. They have over 60 years combined legal experience and over 25 years of pro se divorce mediation experience. Dan Warner has also taught mediation for ten years at an accredited law school.
FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
| 8:00 a.m. -9:00 a.m. | Registration and free continental breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. -9:50 a.m. | Fact gathering by telephone and in the mediation session with worksheets and forms |
| 9:50 a.m. -10:40 a.m. | Drafting the Financial Affidavits (budgeting) and the Marital Settlement Agreement |
| 10:40 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. | Break |
| 10:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Court documents preparation with forms and checklists. |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch (On your own) |
| 1:00 p.m.- 2:40 p.m. | Handling spouses during Pro Se Mediation with Dan Warner, past President, Florida Academy of Professional Mediators |
| 2:40 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Ethics for Pro Se Mediators |
| 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. | Break |
| 3:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Marketing. Dan Warner will discuss marketing strategies which have contributed to his successful full time pro se divorce mediation practice. |
SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Registration and free continental breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. | Workshop on free telephone conference |
| 10:50 a.m. -11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. | Workshop on Mediation Session for pro se divorc |
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