Mediated Settlement Conference (MSC) N.C. Superior Court Training, 40 hours

Join The Mediation Center's training team for a 40-hour, in-person Mediated Settlement Conference (MSC) Superior Court Mediator training. The training will fulfill the 40-hour training requirement for the NC Dispute Resolution Commission's Superior Court mediator certification process. The training will take place from Monday, October 26, through Friday, October 30, from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM.

The weeklong training includes 24 hours of NC CLE credit. This is two full years of CLE: 4 hours of ethics/professional responsibility, one hour of technology, and one hour of professional well-being credit.

The first two days of the training – Monday and Tuesday - are approved by the NC Dispute Resolution Commission as the MSC 16-Hour Supplemental Training. You may qualify to meet the MSC training requirement with only the 16-hour supplement if one of the following applies to you:

• You are currently a certified North Carolina FFS mediator wanting to become an MSC mediator (no DRC pre-approval required)
• You are a lawyer who previously completed another state's 40-hour MSC training and would like approval in NC (DRC pre-approval letter required)
• You were previously certified as a North Carolina MSC mediator, and your certification has lapsed by more than three, but less than seven, years (no DRC pre-approval required)

Before registering, please review the threshold requirements for education and work experience here. You may register for the training right away if you are a licensed attorney with at least five years of legal practice experience. Non-attorneys must provide a provisional pre-training letter from the NC Dispute Resolution Commission to The Mediation Center before registering. Mediators certified in other states should contact the DRC to determine if the 16-hour supplement is adequate, or if the 40-hour course is required.

Contact the NC DRC to learn more about mediator certification requirements and approval processes.

Registration fees include lunches and light refreshments.

All proceeds benefit The Mediation Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit that provides community mediation and family visitation services in Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania, and Polk counties.