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• Probate Court Mediation Initiatives

  • When
    May 02, 2019
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    University of Maine School of Law, Middle Classroom, Portland

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  Brown Bag Lunch Seminar on Probate Court Mediation Initiatives, Thursday, May 2nd, 12:00 to 1:30 PM at the University of Maine School of Law in the Middle Classroom, Portland. DIRECTIONS

  This program will be a panel discussion of recent initiatives and the benefits of introducing mediation into probate court matters and the unique attributes of mediation in probate matters.

  Panelists include:

  Paul Aranson, Judge of Probate, former Cumberland County District Attorney

  Deirdre M. Smith, Director of the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, Professor of Law

  Peter W. Schroeter, Chair of the Maine State Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and a past President of the Maine Association Of Mediators

  
  

  MAM members and Maine Law Students: FREE

  Non-MAM members: $15.

  MAM members and Law Students - please register so we know how many are attending. 

  1.5 CLE and CADRES Credit hours available.

  Remember to bring your lunch. Drinks and dessert will be provided by the Law School.

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• Agricultural Mediation Training

  • Start
    May 06, 2019
  • End
    May 07, 2019
  • Location
    Location TBD

  Family and Community Mediation is partnering with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in support of the Maine Agricultural Mediation Progam to provide training throughout the State. Please SAVE THE DATES, May 6 and May 7, if you are interested in attending the two-day, 16 hour AGRICULTURAL MEDIATION TRAINING which is a requirement for participating on the Agricultural Roster. This training is FREE.

  Registration will be through maineagmediation@maine.edu

  To learn more about the program visit: MAINE AGRICULTURAL MEDIATION PROGRAM

  To learn more about FCM visit: FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEDIATION - Website under construction

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• Family Law Mediation Training

  • Start
    June 03, 2019
  •  
    8:30 AM
  • End
    June 04, 2019
  •  
    4:30 PM
  • Location
    Westrum House, Volunteers of America Northern New England (VOANNE), Topsham

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  MAINE ASSOCIATION OF MEDIATORS (MAM) presents a Two Day Family Law course designed for new mediators who wish to get on the Family Law Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Services (CADRES) roster. Successful completion of the basic 40 hour mediation training is a prerequisite for attending this class. Training to be held at Westrum House, Volunteers of America Northern New England (VOANNE), 22 Union Park Road in Topsham, Monday, June 3 and Tuesday, June 4. 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM DIRECTIONS

  FAMILY LAW training provides fifteen (15) hours of family law instruction. Designed for mediators who want to be on the CADRES Family Matters roster or who encounter family law issues in their work, the training covers the three major areas of divorce and family law cases: children, property, and support. Topics include parental rights and responsibilities, marital property, child support, spousal support, post-judgment actions, and other family law issues. During the training, participants will be introduced to relevant statutes, court forms, and mediation agreements. Participants will also be determining child support obligations using the Maine Child Support Guidelines and statutes for a variety of scenarios.

  INSTRUCTOR: Patricia Weidler, Esq., is an attorney who practices as a Guardian ad Litem for Title 22 cases and volunteers as a Guardian ad Litem for Title 19-A cases. Patricia has taught for many years a variety of college, adult education, and high school courses. She has also taught family law and child support workshops for Maine mediators for several years. Prior to her current practice, Patricia practiced family law with an Auburn law firm.

  Registration and Fee must be received by May 28, 2019.

  Cancellation Policy: Fee will be refunded, less $50 deposit, if request is received by May 28, 2019. Later cancellations will be refunded only if space is filled.

  Fee includes light snacks and beverages. 

  Participants are responsible for bringing their own lunch to class each day.

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• Domestic Violence Screening for Mediators PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE

  • When
    June 12, 2019
  •  
    8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Portland or Topsham, Maine

  Domestic Violence Screening for Mediators

  Family and Community Mediation is offering Domestic Violence Training for Mediators, a course designed to help meet the requirements to apply to the Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Services (CADRES) roster.

  This course is designed to meet the eight (8) hour CADRES roster training requirement for domestic violence (DV). Through this course, mediators will learn how to:

  • define DV and its role in communication and screening;
  • help the mediator determine if there is a history of DV in the relationship
  • strategies for what and how to mediate if there is a DV history; and
  • designing a safety plan for before, during and after the mediation session.

  You must have completed a 40-hour mediation training to attend this training.

  Training to be held at Westrum House, Volunteers of America Northern New England (VOANNE), 22 Union Park Road, Topsham  DIRECTIONS 

  FINAL LOCATION TBD

  Registration Questions:

  Contact Karen Groat at Mainefcm@gmail.com or (207) 632-1111

  The cost of this training is $175.00.

  See the REGISTRATION FORM for more information and to register

  Registration is through Family and Community Mediation.

  
  

  
  

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• ANNUAL MEETING AND FALL CONFERENCE

  • When
    November 14, 2019
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, 46 University Dr, Augusta

  MAM ANNUAL MEETING AND FALL CONFERENCE - Thursday, November 14th at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center in Augusta. DIRECTIONS

  SAVE THE DATE!

  This will be a full day program with skill building workshops in the morning and an ethics segment in the afternoon. To be held at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center in Augusta.

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