Divorce Mediation Apprenticeship
Seeking APM Members to serve as Mentors and Graduates of the 40 hour divorce mediation training as Apprentices.
NJAPM’s new Divorce Apprenticeship will begin in early 2012. If you are an APM member who is willing to serve as a mentor or if you are a graduate of the 40-hour Basic Divorce Mediation training who is interested in getting hands-on mediation experience under the supervision of an experienced mediator, please see below for further information on how you can
participate in this exciting new training.
Mentors must be APM members in good standing. They must be willing to provide a total of 18 hours of co-mediation and supervision in their own office with one or more apprentices. Mentors must agree to participate in an initial briefing (via conference call) and must complete an evaluation of each apprentice with whom they are paired. They must be willing to accept the clients assigned to them, subject to a screening for domestic violence issues. Participation in this program will provide credits toward APM renewal requirements.
Apprentices must provide proof of completion of a 40 hour basic divorce mediation training. Hands-on mediation experience is helpful, but not required. Apprentices will be expected to participate in an initial one hour pre-meeting at a scheduled location in the New Brunswick area. They will pay the course fee of $1,150 ($1,300 for non-members) and agree to attend
mediation sessions at the office of the APM to whom they are assigned. (We will attempt to pair apprentices with a mediator as close as possible to their office or home.) Apprentices will observe and participate in 18 hours of mediation in the office of the APM to whom they are assigned and will prepare the MOU for each case under the supervision of the APM. They also
agree to complete an evaluation of the process at the conclusion.
NJAPM will supply the couples, each of whom will pay $150 per hour at each mediation session. The APM will receive an additional $50 per hour from NJAPM for all mediation time up to 18 hours upon submitting their written evaluation of the apprentice(s) whom they supervise.
Interested APM members and apprentices should request an application from Risa A. Kleiner (risa@rkleinerlaw.com) or Anna-Maria Pittella pittellalaw@verizon.net ).