Court-Approved Mediation Training Programs

The following Training Programs are approved for the Law Division, Probate Division, and Chancery Division Court-Annexed Mediation from February 2024.

Please contact the institution for tuition rates and class schedules.


Center for Conflict Resolution

11 East Adams Street, Suite 500
Chicago, IL 60603-6301

Contact Information
Contact Person: Jenna Silver, Training Director
Email: jsilver@ccrchicago.org 
Phone: (312) 922-6464 ext. 212
Website: www.ccrchicago.org
Course Title: “Performance Based Mediation Skills Training” 


De Paul University

College of Law Center For Dispute Resolution
25 East Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1161
Chicago, IL 60604-2201

Contact Information
Contact Person: Professor Katheryn M. Dutenhaver
Email: kdutenha@depaul.edu 
Phone: (312) 362-8368


Dispute Resolutions, Inc.

Broward County Bar Association Conference Center
1051 S.E. Third Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316-1107

Contact Information
Contact Person: Mr. Perry S. Itkin
Email: perryitkin@mediationtrainingcenter.com 
Phone: (954) 567-9746


Harvard Law School

Harvard Negotiation Institute at PON
1563 Massachusetts Avenue, #513
Cambridge, MA 02138-2903

Contact Information
Contact Person: None provided
Email: hni@law.harvard.edu 
Phone: (617) 495-1684
Website: www.pon.harvard.edu
Course Search: “Mediation Workshop” 


Illinois State Bar Association

424 South Second St
Springfield, IL 62701-1779
Phone: 1 (800) 252-8908 or (217) 525-1760
Fax: (217) 525-0712

Contact Information
Contact Person: Jeanne B Heaton
Email: jheaton@isba.org 
Website: www.isba.org
Course Title: "40 Hour Mediation/Arbitration Training"
Location: Chicago, ISBA Regional Office, 20 S Clark St, #900, Chicago, IL


ICLEF (Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation)

Contact Information
Contact Person: Lara Lemon
Phone: (317) 637-9102 ext. 238 
Course Title: “Civil Mediation Training”
Location: Contact ICLEF


Mediation, Inc.

P.O. Box 16205
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-6205 

Contact Information
Contact Person: Ms. Celia O'Briant
Email: info@mediationincnc.com
Phone: (800) 842-6157 or (919) 636-5697
Website: www.mediationinc.com
Course Title: “Civil Superior Court Mediation” 


Miller, Andy B Mediation Skills, Inc.

P.O. Box 578186
Chicago, IL 60657-8186 

Contact Information
Contact Person: Mr. Andy Miller
Email: imediatel@aol.com 
Phone: (312) 342-4031
Fax: (312) 276-8140
Course Title: "40-hour Skill Based, Performance Based Mediation Skills Training with Andy Miller"


National Judicial College

Judicial College Building, MS 358
Reno, NV 89557

Contact Information
Contact Person: Ms. Muriel M. Bartlett
Email: registrar@judges.org 
Phone: (800) 255-8343
Website: www.judges.org
Course Title: “Civil Mediation” 


Northwestern University

Loop Campus
210 South Clark Street, 10th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604-1401

Contact Information
Contact Person: Mr. Matt Hlinak
Phone: (312) 503-0714
Website: sps.northwestern.edu
Course Title: “Mediation Skills Training”  


Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution Pepperdine University School of Law

24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263-3999

Contact Information
Contact Person: Ms. Lori Rushford
Email: lori.rushford@pepperdine.edu 
Phone: (310) 506-6342
Website: www.straus.pepperdine.edu
Course Title: “Mediating the Litigated Case”
Location: Irvine, CA