The course is 40-hours long and can be completed over three different time-frames:

• 5 days (full-day sessions everyday Monday-Friday)
• 5 weeks (one full-day session every week)
• 8 weeks (one four-hour session every weekend)

Our staggered courses allow professionals the flexibility to become mediators without compromising on important work commitments.

Our standard mediation training course initiates trainees with different kinds of disputes including civil/commercial, work-place, family and inheritance. Accordingly, trainees from any background can use the course to specialize as mediators in their respective fields or choose to develop a more general practice. 

Yes. At present, there is no uniform regulatory scheme governing the practice of mediation, and, unlike other professions, such as law or medicine, there is no formal licensing or credentialing of mediators. However, the Dispute Resolution Program Act (DRPA) California underlines minimum educational and training standards for mediators. Similarly, different court programs provide their own requirements.

This course complies with all DRPA training requirements including the length of the training and necessary content. It also fulfills training requirements for individual court programs.

Each court program in California provides its own requirements for mediators. Once you have completed the Phoenix Training Program, you will fulfill all necessary training requirements. Experiential requirements vary between courts but usually consist of the mediator to have completed anywhere between two to ten mediations as a mediator or co-mediations of at least 2-hours length.