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Certified Mediators as a career option
Posted on 4/13/17 at 9:45 am
Posted on 4/13/17 at 9:45 am
I have a friend about to leave the military and she wants to be a certified mediator. While she says the career doesn't require a law degree she is going to law school just to be best qualified for the job. What can you tell me about this career and the need to go to law school?
Also would you recommend Tulane or LSU law school?
Also would you recommend Tulane or LSU law school?
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Posted on 4/13/17 at 9:48 am to rebeloke
She will need to have incredible insider court connects. Many of those spots are on lock.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 9:50 am to rebeloke
why not just become a lawyer?
Posted on 4/13/17 at 9:52 am to tke857
She thinks she likes the job. The good news is that at least she will have options with a law degree.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 9:54 am to rebeloke
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While she says the career doesn't require a law degree
Oh good, let's forego the legal education and try to assist in the legal decision making process.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 9:59 am to FearTheFish
Just stating the fact that to be an arbitrator working as a certified mediator doesn't require a law degree.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:03 am to rebeloke
I have a friend that is a mediator. He gets the jobs because he is good buddies with all of the judges in his area. He works about 20 hours per week at most and that includes the time he spends as the lawyer for a water district.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:04 am to rebeloke
I'm not sure how it works in your area, but around here the only mediators being used are old lawyers and retired judges. Anyone can be a mediator. Very few can find business as a meidator.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:04 am to rebeloke
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The good news is that at least she will have options with a law degree.
LOL
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:07 am to rebeloke
LOL at anyone using a mediator wo isn't a lawyer with significant experience.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:11 am to Damone
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LOL at anyone using a mediator wo isn't a lawyer with significant experience.
My point exactly. If I walked in to a mediation and found out the "mediator" wasn't a practicing/retired lawyer or a former judge, I'd walk right out.
Not wasting my time with that BS.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:12 am to Damone
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:15 am to rebeloke
[quote]She thinks she likes the job. The good news is that at least she will have options with a law degree.
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Uber is hiring. She can mediate while she drives.
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Uber is hiring. She can mediate while she drives.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:41 am to rebeloke
Mediation is a specialty niche of alternative dispute resolution... in Louisiana you don't have to be an attorney, but in most states you have to be a practicing attorney for a minimum of five years to be certified.
When opposing attorneys decide to take their case to mediation, they're looking for individuals who have great reputations/experience in the area of law their case encompasses... which typically means attorneys (because why would lawyers hire someone not an expert in that field when the point is to find a common agreement requiring an expertise in that law?).
Most mediators, like someone mentioned, are typically seasoned attorneys and former judges who started mediating on the side of their practice and their success and reputation have allowed them to practice as mediators full time. Those who mediate exclusively as a career are rare, while most attorney-mediators supplement their practice with mediation.
FWIW
When opposing attorneys decide to take their case to mediation, they're looking for individuals who have great reputations/experience in the area of law their case encompasses... which typically means attorneys (because why would lawyers hire someone not an expert in that field when the point is to find a common agreement requiring an expertise in that law?).
Most mediators, like someone mentioned, are typically seasoned attorneys and former judges who started mediating on the side of their practice and their success and reputation have allowed them to practice as mediators full time. Those who mediate exclusively as a career are rare, while most attorney-mediators supplement their practice with mediation.
FWIW
This post was edited on 4/13/17 at 10:49 am
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:42 am to rebeloke
i don't know how you can be a litigation mediator without a lot of experience of actually litigating cases
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:46 am to SlowFlowPro
There are a decent amount of people in labor law mediation who I think rarely practiced or aren't even attorneys. These seem to be old contract negotiators, labor reps, or academics. But, it would be difficult to just take some classes and do that.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:49 am to SlowFlowPro
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i don't know how you can be a litigation mediator without a lot of experience of actually litigating cases
I know here in SC you don't have to have a legal background to be a mediator, but not sure on the restrictions. My fiance was certified, but she mainly did it because it was free and thought it would help her job as HR Director. She hasn't actually done any mediation though. I do know most of the stuff she sat in on/participated in during the certification was basically family dispute type stuff. Several fights over paying money back and such.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:50 am to Allyn McKeen
quote:Sounds like a bum.
He works about 20 hours per week at most and that includes the time he spends as the lawyer for a water district.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 10:53 am to Bunk Moreland
My firm doesn't think it's God's gift to law, but we use about 5 mediators for 95% of our mediation. I think 4 of them were long time judges. These represent the top 2-3 guys at 2 big mediation services. The guys we don't use were often judges or magistrates and prominent attorneys.
Point being, I don't know who uses those other guys (who are very accomplished, btw), much less who would use inexperienced mediators or non-lawyers.
That said, there are some Courts and tribunals (think social security, VA, unemployment, etc.) that use mediators who appear younger and less experienced. I have no clue if they're private or employed by the entities that use them, but I assume it's not nearly as lucrative.
Point being, I don't know who uses those other guys (who are very accomplished, btw), much less who would use inexperienced mediators or non-lawyers.
That said, there are some Courts and tribunals (think social security, VA, unemployment, etc.) that use mediators who appear younger and less experienced. I have no clue if they're private or employed by the entities that use them, but I assume it's not nearly as lucrative.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 11:03 am to Pettifogger
My first thought was wedding crashers
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