Intermediate Family Law Mediation

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Friday, January 27, 2023
9:00 am – 5:30 pm (all days) via webinar

Please note: This course will not be added to Courses on Demand. Courses involving professional speakers and skills-based workshops generally do not get added to Courses on Demand.

Who should attend: All those wishing to enhance their mediation skills and understanding. This course is essential for new family mediators.

Learning level: Intermediate/Advanced

The third course in CLEBC's Family Law Mediation curriculum, this program will give you a better understanding of family dynamics and power in mediation. You will also learn about process design options and have the opportunity to enhance your interview skills through role-play and exercises.

Finally, you will hear about how to document and record sessions, agreements, and memorandums of understanding to give you a better understanding of the nature and source of conflict in the context of family dispute resolution, as well as the role and objectives of a mediator.

For those wishing to become Family Law Mediators under the Family Law Act, this is the third of four courses in our 80-hour curriculum.

This course will count for 24 hours of mediation training and will include exercises and role-plays in mediation settings.

Please note: This course is offered remotely through a Zoom platform. A device equipped with a camera and microphone will be required to participate.

Prerequisites: Introduction to Family Dispute Resolution and Family Violence Screening Training or equivalent training and Introduction to Family Mediation or equivalent training.

Qualify as a Family Law Mediator: 80 hours of Family Law Mediation Training including Screening for Family Violence Training!
Register for all 5 courses and receive 25% off the regular price*
*Contact Customer Service to take advantage of this offer.

1. Introduction to Family Dispute Resolution
Thursday and Friday, September 22 and 23, 2022

2. Family Violence Screening Training
Monday and Tuesday, October 3 and 4, 2022

3. Family Law Mediation Fundamentals
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, December 7, 8, and 9, 2022

4. Intermediate Family Law Mediation
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, January 25, 26, and 27, 2023

5. Advanced Family Mediation
Thursday and Friday, April 20 and 21, 2023

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 24 hours (including a minimum of 2 hours pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chairs
Carol W. Hickman, KC — Virgin Hickman, Vancouver
Arlene H. Henry, KC — Arlene H. Henry Law Corporation, Vancouver

Pricing	EARLY BIRD Register by Dec. 28/22	Regular Price After Dec. 28/22
Webinar	$1,574	$1,749
Are you an Indigenous lawyer or community member? Click here for special pricing. Do you need financial assistance? Click here for bursary information. Experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19? You may be eligible for further reductions in our course prices. Please contact Customer Service for more information. Registration includes an electronic copy of the workshop materials.

Pricing

EARLY BIRD
Register by Dec. 28/22

Regular Price
After Dec. 28/22

Webinar

$1,574

$1,749

Are you an Indigenous lawyer or community member?
Click here for special pricing.

Do you need financial assistance?
Click here for bursary information.

Experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19?
You may be eligible for further reductions in our course prices.
Please contact Customer Service for more information.

Registration includes an electronic copy of the workshop materials.

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CLEBC Program Coordinator
Mary Kingston
mkingston@cle.bc.ca

Course Chairs
Carol W. Hickman, KC — Virgin Hickman, Vancouver
Arlene H. Henry, KC — Arlene H. Henry Law Corporation, Vancouver

About the Course Chairs

Carol Hickman, KC has practiced family law in the Greater Vancouver area for 25 years. She has experience at all levels of court, including the BC Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. She has extensive experience in complex family law matters, including property division, maintenance, and custody and access disputes. A Law Society of BC bencher from 2004 to 2011, Carol is now a Life Bencher and chairs the Family Law Task Force which was responsible for developing the Regulations for Family Law Mediators, Arbitrators, and Parenting Coordinators.

For the past 10 years, Carol has been a family law mediator, collaborative family lawyer, and family law arbitrator. She is one of the pioneering members of the Collaborative Family Law Group. In 2012, Carol established West Coast ADR Law Group which focuses on ADR options, including mediation, arbitration, and collaborative law. Carol has been a frequent instructor and coach for CLEBC, including five times at the biennial Family Law Conference from 2001 to 2011. In addition, Carol assisted CLEBC to develop the Family Law Arbitration course in BC.

Carol received her LLB in 1987, and her LLM in Alternate Dispute Resolution in 2014. She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2010.

Arlene H. Henry, KC is a lawyer, mediator, parenting coordinator, adjudicator, instructor, and dispute resolution coach. She has been mediating since 1998 and is particularly interested in the restructuring of families. Arlene trained at both the Justice Institute of BC and CLEBC and is a certified comprehensive family mediator with Family Mediation Canada. She is a former member of Mediate BC's Board and Roster Committee, current member of the Civil and Family Rosters, and has a special interest in children and youth participation in dispute resolution processes. Arlene recently completed more than eight years on the boards of each of the BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society and the BC Hear the Child Society and is actively involved in the development of each discipline within BC. She has taught family and civil mediation courses for CLEBC and other advanced education agencies annually since the late 1990s. In addition, Arlene is a training instructor for the Med-Arbitration, Family Law Arbitration, and Family Violence Screening courses in BC.

Arlene is also experienced in working with Indigenous Nations, assisting with the implementation of each of the Tsawwassen and the Maa-nulth First Nations' Treaties. She is a former member of the Employment Assistance Appeal Tribunal and former roster mediator for the Police Complaint Commission.

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