This 3-and-a-half day advanced course is specially designed for those who want formal recognition of their mediation skills. You will engage in highly interactive exercises, group activities, class discussions and role plays during the course. There will be three assessments at the end of the course, including a one-hour role play simulation as mediator. Upon successful completion of the course and assessment, you will be accredited as an Associate Mediator of SMC.

Learn more about our Associate Mediator Scheme and its Membership Benefits & Privileges.

What You Can Expect to Learn:

• Concepts in interest-based conflict management
• SMC’s model of interest-based mediation
• Managing the Mediation Process
• Drafting Settlement Agreements
• Advanced Communication Skills for Mediators
• Legal and Ethical Issues in Mediation

Eligibility :

You must have completed the 2-day Mediation: Strategic Conflict Management for Professionals workshop or a 2-day SMC workshop on mediation (not including the Mediation Advocacy: How to be an Effective Lawyer during Mediation workshop) or conflict resolution within the last 2 years preceding the commencement of the Associate Mediator Accreditation Course.

Law students from the National University of Singapore who have completed the Mediation elective will be eligible to attend the Associate Mediator Accreditation Course without the need to attend the 2-day Mediation: Strategic Conflict Management for Professionals workshop, within 2 years from the date of conferment of their degree.

Candidates who have completed the Mediation skills elective at the Preparatory Course leading to Part B of the Singapore Bar examinations will be eligible to attend the Associate Mediator Accreditation Course without the need to attend the 2-day Mediation: Strategic Conflict Management for Professionals workshop, within 2 years from the date of completion of the elective module.

Language Proficiency:

You are required to have a good command of the English language.

An applicant, whose mother tongue is not English or whose medium of instruction at tertiary level is not English, must provide evidence of proficiency in English language. The requirement of English language proficiency is as follows:

Continuing Professional Development Points (CPD):

The Singapore Institute of Legal Education has accredited this workshop as follows:

Participants who require CPD Points should indicate their ‘Admission as Advocate and Solicitor Number’ (AAS No) on the registration form.
For more information on the CPD Scheme, please visit: www.silecpdcentre.org.sg

Workshop Information:

Course Date	Early Bird Registration Deadline
6 to 8 & 11 March 2013	11 February 2013
3 to 5 & 8 July 2013	3 June 2013

Registration Fee* (inclusive of GST)
Regular S$2,000.90	Early Bird S$1,819.00

Time	Venue
Day 1 to 3 (Course) 9:00am – 5:00pm	Mediation Chambers 1 Supreme Court Lane Level 2
Day 4 (Assessment) 8:30am – 3:00pm

* Law students who have read the Mediation elective at the National University of Singapore and candidates who have completed the Mediation skills elective at the Preparatory Course leading to Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations will be entitled to a 25% discount off the published rates when they register and attend the Associate Mediator Accreditation Course (within the timelines stipulated above). Please contact SMC for assistance to register.

Notice:

Please note that SMC retains the right to cancel a workshop and to make changes to the details published without prior notice.