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Reflections on the EUIPO IP Mediation Conference 2025
18 Dec 2025
October 2025 marks the 5th IP Mediation Conference hosted by The Boards of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). This hybrid event takes place in Malta, where...
17th ICC Commercial Mediation Competition: Calling All Volunteers!
08 Dec 2021
IMI and YMI jointly call all mediation enthusiasts, to be a part of the 17th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition taking place online from 7-15 February 2022. The competition week is...
International Investor-State Mediation Competition: Calling All Professionals!
03 Dec 2021
IMI and YMI jointly call all experienced mediators and mediation trainers to be a part of the world’s first International Investor-State Mediation Competition 2022 (IIMC), taking place from 10-16 January 2022, online. ...
17th ICC Commercial Mediation Competition: Calling All Professionals!
10 Nov 2021
IMI and YMI jointly call all experienced mediators and mediation trainers, to be a part of the International Chamber of Commerce’s largest educational event of the year. The 17th ICC International...
Upcoming event: Regional Conference ‘Promoting Cross Border Mediation in South East Europe’ on 27 October, 2021
22 Oct 2021
Regional Cooperation Council and CSSP – Berlin Center for Integrative Mediation, are organising a Regional Conference ‘Promoting Cross Border Mediation in South East Europe’, to be held on-line, on 27 October, 2021....
Queen Mary Team wins the CPR International Mediation Competition in their first-ever participation | Challenges and Key Learnings from Mediator, Counsel, Client and Coach
14 May 2021
Mooting competitions have become a common agenda for most of the aspiring lawyers of tomorrow across the world. The usual format of such competitions, however, takes the form of mock...
What’s Next for International Mediation in Europe?
01 Feb 2021
7 August 2019 marked the signing of the United Nations (UN) Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation in Singapore. With its 53 signatories to date, the Singapore Convention...
What is investor-state mediation?
17 Aug 2020
Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) has to date been dominated by arbitration. However, stakeholders have called for new mechanisms, such as mediation, to settle investor-state disputes. This article is designed...
Event—Mastering Your Skills: Mediation Do's and Don'ts
22 Aug 2019
IMI is proud to be a collaborating organisation for the upcoming ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s 17th Annual Mediation Institute in Houston, TX on November 15 & 16, 2019. IMI...
Advice for Negotiators: A Conversation with Tim Cullen
05 Oct 2018
After a conversation I had with Tim Cullen MBE, director of the Oxford Programme on Negotiation at the University of Oxford’s the Saïd Business School, I understood that a negotiation...
IMI: Looking Forward to the Next 10 Years
29 Sep 2017
IMI was formed in 2007 and over the past 10 years the organisation has developed a unique and important leadership role in amicable dispute resolution on a global level. IMI’s...
Six Month Marriage - Ten-year Law Suit
20 Sep 2017
A couple from Izmir, Turkey, who decided to get a divorce in the sixth month of their marriage, got a divorce in three years. Their alimony case that lasted for 10 years...
Three New Qualifying Assessment Programs Approved
17 Aug 2017
IMI welcomes three Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) which have been approved by the IMI Independent Standards Commission and looks forward to embracing new mediators assessed and qualified for IMI Certification. Australasian...
IMI Investor-State Mediation Task Force Pilot Project
03 Jul 2017
The first Investor-State Mediation Task Force Pilot Project was held on June 12-14 at ICSID in Washington DC, USA. The 3-day training, designed jointly by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), the International...
IMI Introduces Competency Criteria for E-Mediators
01 Jun 2017
The IMI ISC Online Dispute Resolution Task Force of the IMI Independent Standards Commission (ISC) has designed Criteria for programs qualifying competent e-Mediators to establish a professional and technical basis for enabling...
Changes to the Leadership of IMI
14 Mar 2017
IMI Board: Please join us in welcoming a new IMI Board member: László Molnár served as a career diplomat with the Hungarian foreign service for nearly two decades. A few of his assignments...
IMI Investor-State Mediation Task-force Pilot Project
12 Mar 2017
The Competency Criteria for Mediators in Investor-State Disputes will be launched in a Pilot project on June 12-14, 2017 in Washington, D.C. This 3-day interactive, practice-based investor-State mediator training, designed jointly...
Launch of the revised IMI Code of Professional Code of Conduct for Mediators
10 Mar 2017
The revised IMI Code of Professional Conduct is published on the IMI website. The Code was reviewed at length by the Ethics Committee of the IMI Independent Standards Commission (ISC) led...
Joint Program by UNCITRAL and the International Mediation Institute (IMI)
16 Jan 2017
as a side event on mediation at the occasion of the 67th sessionof the UNCITRAL Working Group on Dispute Settlement at the United Nations. February 8, 2017, 19:00 – 21:00...
Consultation on the relationship between informal justice and the courts
16 Jan 2017
The European Law Institute (ELI) and The European Network of Councils of the Judiciary (ENCJ) are in the process of working on a joint project on the relationship between informal...
IMI survey results overview: How Users View the Proposal for a UN Convention on the Enforcement of Mediated Settlements
16 Jan 2017
In February 2015, the U. N. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation) will meet in New York to consider the case for a Convention...
Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) Call for Papers!
16 Jan 2017
“Comparative and International Perspectives on Mediation in Insolvency Matters”. For further information, click here: www.transnational-dispute-management.com/news.asp?key=1648
Investor-State Mediator Training - Pilot Program
16 Jan 2017
12, 13, 14 June 2017, Washington DC, USA There is increasing interest in the potential for mediation to resolve investor-State disputes. Recent international treaties contain specific provisions on the use...
IMI Model Mediation Rules and Clauses
15 Jan 2017
In 2016 an IMI Board Committee drafted a set of Model Mediation Rules and Clauses to be approved by the IMI Board. Their aim was to provide a neutral set of rules and...
Invitation to Comment: European Commission Investment Dispute Resolution Policy
14 Jan 2017
Comments Period ends 15 March 2017 This is to invite members of the Mediation, Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution Community to participate in the European Commission (EC) consultation on investment dispute resolution policy....
New Qualifying Assessment Program from USA Approved
24 Nov 2016
IMI is pleased to announced that the Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) of The Institute for Dispute Resolution (IDR) at New Jersey City University has been approved by the IMI Independent Standards Commission....
Invitation to IMI Day in Zagreb, Croatia
08 Nov 2016
Wednesday November 16, 2016 Following a very successful and inspiring IMI Day in Paris, kindly hosted by ICC, we would like to invite you to the IMI Day in Zagreb on November...
Results Published - IMI 2016 International Mediation & ADR Survey
16 Oct 2016
We are pleased to share with you the results of the IMI 2016 International Mediation & ADR Survey, which are now published on the IMI Portal: 2016 Biennial Census Survey...
IMI Introduces Competency Criteria for Investor-State Mediators
19 Sep 2016
The Investor-State Mediation Task Force of the IMI Independent Standards Commission (ISC), has developed a comprehensive set of IMI Competency Criteria for Investor-State Mediators. The aim of the criteria is to assist...
IMI Day - New Jersey
05 May 2016
To register for IMI Day, please go to: http://njcu.edu/imiday IMI is also pleased to support: ADR Day XIX: ADR with an International Flavor – Expanding Your Practice in a Shrinking World June...
IMI Days in Brazil
03 May 2016
Dear Colleagues, Following the tradition of having IMI Days in different countries, the IMI Support Group in Brazil are delighted to invite those of you who will be in São...
Mediation Law passed by Brazilian Congress
10 Aug 2015
Congress has passed and the President has approved the first law on Mediation in Brazil. To read an article on this development, click here To read a translation of the new act, click...
Investor to State Dispute Mediation - European Commission asks Member States to terminate their intra-EU bilateral investment treaties
18 Jun 2015
The European Commission is taking action against the maintenance of intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties between EU Members States [read the press release…] This is the first time in official EU communication...
ADR and Mediation in the Insurance Industry
19 Nov 2014
A conference on mediation in the insurance industry, hosted by Trust Mediation and Expedite Resolution, was held in London on 30th October 2014. IMI Chair and former Vice President of...
Launch of the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI)
08 Nov 2014
November 5th marked the successful launch of the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI). SIMI is a mediation professional body, with a mission to be the vanguard of professional mediation in...
Enabling Early Settlement in Investor–State Arbitration
29 Sep 2014
ICSID OUP Article on Investor-State Mediation (Jan 2014) Von Kumberg, Lack & Leathes Wolf von Kumberg, Jeremy Lack and Michael Leathes Abstract—There is a growing recognition, among both companies and...
New QAP and ICQAP - SOMEDIARS (Russia)
01 Sep 2014
The Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) of the Center for Promotion of Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (SOMEDIARS) has been approved to qualify mediators for IMI Mediator and Inter-Cultural Mediator Certification. To...
New QAP - Albanian Foundation for Conflict Resolution and Reconcilitation of Disputes (AFCR)
01 Sep 2014
The Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) of the Albanian Foundation for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation of Disputes (AFCR) has been approved to qualify mediators for IMI Mediator Certification. To view the...
The Singapore Mediation Lecture 2014
06 Jun 2014
The Mediation Imperative: Why Successful Companies Cannot Afford To Ignore Mediation Bradford A. Berenson, Vice President and Senior Counsel for Litigation and Legal Policy, General Electric Company The third annual...
First Qualifying Assessment Program for Mediation Advocacy Certification approved
08 May 2014
The Mediation Advocacy Qualifying Assessment Program of ACB Foundation is the very first MA-QAP to be approved to qualify Mediation Advocates/Advisors for IMI Certification. President of ACB Foundation, Manon Schonewille, commented: “Companies...
New IMI Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) in USA
08 May 2014
The Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) of JAMS has been approved to qualify mediators for IMI Certification. The QAP will qualify JAMS Neutrals only. To view the JAMS Qualifying Assessment Program...
Investor-State Mediation Task Force Convened
28 Feb 2014
The IMI Independent Standards Commission has convened a Task Force to assist parties, their counsel and institutions to use mediation more effectively in investor-state dispute settlement. <Read More> Objectives of...
Time for Another Big Bang in Alternative Dispute Resolution: The World Needs a Global Pound Conference
23 Jan 2014
ADR is sleepwalking globally. It needs to be shaken out of its slumber. There is a way to do it. A truly Global Pound Conference! Although modern mediation originated during...
IMI 7-Year Anniversary Review
10 Jan 2014
The International Mediation Institute (IMI) began its life in early 2007. IMI was, and remains, unique. No other initiative has ever been undertaken, or even attempted, to forge mediation into...
IMI Certified Mediators Search Engine offered on Kluwer Arbitration Blog
09 Dec 2013
In response to the increased interest and activity in mediation, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business have decided to offer a select amount of practitioner-friendly mediation content on the Kluwer Arbitration...
Recommendations to develop International Commercial Mediation in Singapore
03 Dec 2013
On 3 December 2013, Singapore’s Ministry of Law unveiled key initiatives to transform and develop its international commercial mediation sector. Based on recommendations of a Working Group established in April...
IMI board members teach class at University of Stockholm's International Commercial Arbitration Law and participate in Stockholm Legal Business Summit
19 Nov 2013
On November 15, 2013, IMI board members Harold Coleman (VP of the American Arbitration Association) and Michael Mcilwrath (Associate General Counsel, GE Oil & Gas) co-taught a class at ICAL. The students, from...
Hal Abramson receives Andrew Thomas Peacebuilder Award
20 Oct 2013
IMI Independent Standards Commission member Hal Abramson, Professor of Law at Touro Law Center, New York, has received this year’s Andrew Thomas Peacebuilder Award for promotion of the field of...
Professor Nadja Alexander recognised for contribution to Mediation in Samoa
10 Sep 2013
IMI Independent Standards Commission Member, Professor Nadja Alexander, has been recognised by Chief Justice His Honour Patu Tiava’asue Falefatu Sapolu, for her role in the recent launch of Samoa’s Mediation...
Diana Wallis elected President of the European Law Institute
10 Sep 2013
Vienna IMI Board Director Diana Wallis, former Vice President of the European Parliament, has been elected President of the European Law Institute (ELI) based in Vienna. The ELI is a non-profit...
Leaders' Opinions
21 Aug 2013
Mediation Remains Elusive in Public Discourse Despite Its Ubiquity Professor Maria R. Volpe, Director of the Dispute Resolution Program and Dispute Resolution Consortium at City University of New York, discusses the...
IMI Introduces Mediation Advocacy Competency Criteria
29 Jul 2013
The competency of the parties’ advocates in mediations is widely recognized as a crucial factor in securing the best possible settlements. In order to establish a professional and technical basis...
New IMI Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) in USA
28 Jul 2013
We are pleased to announce that the Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) of JAMS has been approved to qualify mediators for IMI Certification. For further details on IMI Qualifying Assessment Programs, go...
New IMI Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) in Belgium
28 Jul 2013
We are pleased to announce that the Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) of the Association of International Arbitration (AIA) has been approved to qualify mediators for IMI Certification. For further details on...
Appointment of IMI Chair Elect and new Board Members
28 Jul 2013
Deborah Masucci has been appointed Chair-Elect of the Board of Directors of IMI. Ms Masucci, Lead for the Employment Dispute Resolution Program at American International Group, Inc. is the immediate past Chair...
Dispute-Wise Business Management - Second Study
28 Jul 2013
Latest Trends and Best Practices in Conflict Management from Corporate Law Departments FIDAL and ICDR/AAA have published the results of a study in France highlighting best practices and latest trends in law...
New QAPs in Italy, Ireland and Spain approved to qualify mediators for IMI Certification and Inter-Cultural Certification
18 May 2013
We are pleased to announce that the Qualifying Assessment Programs (QAPs) of: Beyond Conflict (Ireland) Concilia (Conflict Management and ADR) (Italy) University Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) (Spain) have been...
Empowering the Growth of International ADR: The supply side and the demand side can do it together
12 Apr 2013
Empowering the Growth of International ADR, article by Michael Leathes – Download Empowering the Growth of International ADR The supply side and the demand side can do it together Michael...
IMI ADR Users Survey Results
06 Apr 2013
Over 70 in-house dispute resolution counsel responded to the IMI ADR Users Survey. The Survey covered questions rarely asked of corporate users, including: Criteria that are used to select a...
Bringing Oxytocin into the Room: Notes on the Neurophysiology of Conflict
26 Mar 2013
By Kenneth Cloke “We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.”Anais Nin While people in conflict commonly refer to facts, behaviors, feelings, personalities, or...
CCIAG and IMI to collaborate
11 Mar 2013
The International Mediation Institute (IMI) and the Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group (CCIAG) have agreed to collaborate on international strategic and operational levels. The membership of the CCIAG, which was established...
Engineering Peace: Achieving the promise of mediation in the world's most difficult conflicts
28 Feb 2013
Engineering Peace article
Engineering Peace: Achieving the promise of mediation in the world's most difficult conflicts
28 Feb 2013
Engineering Peace article
The Medici Effect of Mediation
29 Dec 2012
The Medici Effect of Mediation – Article by Michael Leathes
JAMS joins IMI
21 Dec 2012
The Hague – New York, December 21, 2012 JAMS The Resolution Experts, one of the world’s largest providers of dispute resolution services, has joined IMI as a funding Platinum Patron. Ms...
Professional Family Mediation Organisation launched in US
20 Dec 2012
Practitioners of the Family Mediation field in the US have recently come together to form a new national professional membership organisation – the Academy of Professional Family Mediators. The founding...
IMI ISC Member Professor Dwight Golann receives ACCTM Lifetime Achievement Award
11 Dec 2012
Dwight Golann, IMI Independent Standards Commission member, IMI Certified Mediator, Professor and Director of the Center for Representation in Dispute Resolution at Suffolk University Law School, has been awarded the lifetime achievement...
Consultation on proposed IMI Mediation Advocacy Certification
14 Nov 2012
The Mediation Advocacy Task Force of the IMI Independent Standards Commission (ISC) has established Criteria for assessing effective mediation advocacy practice. The Criteria form the basis upon which appropriate organisations may apply...
Andrea Carlevaris, Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration, joins the IMI Board
07 Nov 2012
Andrea Carlevaris, who was appointed in September 2012 as Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration and as ICC Director of Dispute Resolution Services, has been elected to the Board of...
The Future of ADR in 2020
29 Oct 2012
Michael Leathes[i] This is an edited version of the Opening Plenary Keynote Speech at the Inaugural 5C’s ADR Conference held at the Supreme Court of Singapore on October 4-5 2012. ...
What’s In It for Me? Mediator Certification and the Laws of Supply and Demand
29 Oct 2012
What’s in it for me – Irena Vanenkova.
Hong Kong Mediation Ordinance to come into effect in January 2013
19 Oct 2012
Next Action Step: Implementation of the Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association The Hong Kong Government Gazette has announced that the Mediation Ordinance passed on June 22nd 2012 will come into...
Mediation Quality and Information: Implementing the Neglected Articles of the EU Mediation Directive
11 Oct 2012
Mediation Quality and Information, article by Michael Leathes
"Resolving conflicts; promoting harmony" - IIAM launches Community Mediation Service
07 Oct 2012
The Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation, with the Chief Justice of India, have recently launched the IIAM Community Mediation Service. This initiative aims to bring justice to the people...
UN Issues Formal Guidance on Effective Mediation
30 Sep 2012
On September 27, 2012, the UN formally launched new guidance to assist mediators as they help settle disputes and conflicts, a foundational document for UN mediation efforts. The Guidance had...
New QAP from USA can qualify Mediators for IMI Certification!
13 Sep 2012
IMI is pleased to announced that the Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) of the Erickson Mediation Institute (EMI) has been approved by the IMI Independent Standards Commission. Accordingly, this institution is empowered to...
First IMI Inter-Cultural Qualifying Assessment Program!
02 Sep 2012
IMI is pleased to announce that the Inter-Cultural Qualifying Assessment Program (ICQAP) of the ACB Foundation has been approved by the IMI Independent Standards Commission (ISC). This ICQAP is therefore empowered...
Young Mediators
28 Aug 2012
In this article, published in Mediate.com in August 2012, YMI Mediator William (Rob) Keller, addresses the question of why younger mediators struggle to prove themselves within the field of experienced mediators, and presents what he...
Final Report published by the Task Force on Mediator Credentialing of the American Bar Association ADR Section
22 Aug 2012
In October 2011, the Council of the ABA’s ADR Section appointed a Task Force to recommend whether the Section should adopt a policy on mediator credentialing. The Section Task Force...
Shell's Vice President, International Organisations, joins the IMI Board
01 Aug 2012
August 1, 2012 Doug McKay, Vice President International Organisations at Shell International has been appointed to the IMI Board. Mr McKay is responsible for Shell’s relationships and programs with key international organisations....
Professor Roger D. Fisher (1922-2012)
14 Jun 2012
Roger Fisher, a pioneer in the field of international law and negotiation and the co-founder of the Harvard Negotiation Project, died on August 25, 2012. A professor at Harvard Law...
New QAPs from Ireland can qualify Mediators for IMI Certification!
12 Jun 2012
June 2012 IMI is pleased to announce that two new Qualifying Assessment Programs (QAPs) have been approved by the Independent Standards Commission to qualify mediators for IMI Certification: The Mediators Institute...
Dispute Resolution Mules: Preventing the process from being part of the problem
29 May 2012
Dispute Resolution Mules – article by Michael Leathes
IMI Launch Inter-Cultural Competency Certification Criteria
17 Apr 2012
The Inter-Cultural Taskforce of the IMI Independent Standards Commission (ISC), has completed its development work on Criteria for the IMI Inter-Cultural Competency Certification of Mediators. This follows a series of in-depth meetings and trials spanning more...
Deborah Masucci joins the Board of Directors of IMI
11 Apr 2012
The International Mediation Institute has appointed Deborah Masucci as a full member of the IMI Board. Deborah is Vice President of Dispute Resolution in the Litigation Management Division of Chartis...
Diana Wallis joins the Board of Directors of IMI
11 Apr 2012
The International Mediation Institute has appointed Diana Wallis as a full member of the IMI Board with effect from 11th April 2012. For five years until January 2012, Diana Wallis...
Lawyers as a Catalyst for Change in Early Business Conflict Management
07 Mar 2012
By Ute A. Joas Quinn. Reprinted with permission of the authors and the Association of Corporate Counsel as it originally appeared: Ute A. Joas Quinn, “Lawyers as a Catalyst for...
A Perfect Storm is Gathering
21 Feb 2012
Jan Eijsbouts Hans Peter Frick Bengt Gustafson Marina Kaldina Wolf von Kumberg Michael Leathes Deborah Masucci Erik B. Pfeiffer Philip Ray Roland Schroeder Steve Weatherley R. Bruce Whitney The future...
New QAPs in Hong Kong and Spain approved to qualify mediators for IMI Certification
14 Jan 2012
We are pleased to announce that the Qualifying Assessment Programs (QAPs) of: The International Institute of Conflict Engagement and Resolution (IICER) (Hong Kong) andMediation International (Spain) have been approved to...
Stop Shovelling Smoke! Give users a classic definition of mediation
30 Aug 2011
The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature was Edith Wharton in 1921, for her novel An Age of Innocence. Addressing what is, and is not, classic, Wharton wrote: A classic...
Like Truth, Beauty and Contact Lenses...
21 Jun 2011
Mediator Competency is like Truth, Beauty and Contact Lenses… Why the fifth mechanism to assure users about mediator quality really works Michael LeathesDirector – International Mediation Institute truth–beauty—contact-lenses…–article-by-michael-leathes-
Tribute to Miryana Nešić
01 May 2011
The sudden death was announced in Australia on April 17, 2011 of Miryana Nešić, a leading international mediation educator, trainer, skills assessor, author, thinker and practitioner. Miryana was part Serbian, part Australian, and...
Italy’s Lawyers Plan Strike Over New Mediation Law
02 Mar 2011
An Italian Legislative Decree requiring mandatory pre-trial mediation of civil and commercial cases comes into effect on March 21, 2011. The decree is part of an initiative to reduce the...
IMI Launches 'Find The Right Mediator' Web App!
24 Dec 2010
In a unique development, and following strong user demand, the IMI ‘Find a Right Mediator’ Search Engine is now accessible with finger taps directly from mobile devices. A mobile interface...
2020 Vision
22 Nov 2010
2020 Vision – Where in the world will Mediation be in ten years? Read the article, then check out the comments below. Where will mediation be in 10 years time?Will...
Making Mediation Mainstream
02 Jun 2010
Mediation has come a long way, but still has much further to go. The field now needs to evolve quickly into a true profession. High minimum practice and ethical standards...
South African High Court obliges lawyers to go to mediation
01 Jan 2010
On 25th August 2009 the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg in the case of Brownlee v Brownlee held that the failure by attorneys to send a matter to mediation...
Conflict Leadership
29 Sep 2009
Michael Leathes In early 2009, a dozen General Counsel of international companies co-authored an article entitled The Perfect Storm. The factors feeding the storm were cited as economic and financial turmoil,...
The Unique Value of Becoming IMI Certified
02 Feb 2009
At first we hesitate to believe that a new thing can be done. Soon we see it can be done and hope it is. When it is done, we wonder...
Focus on IMI at the 12th UIA World Forum of Mediation Centers
30 Jan 2009
The World Forum of Mediation Centers was created in 2001 by the Mediation Commission of the UIA – Union Internationale des Avocats (International Attorneys Association). The aim of the Forum...
Melding Corporate Social Responsibility and Mediation - A New Interactive Resource On Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
07 Jan 2009
On 6 January 2009, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, Professor John Ruggie, announced the launch of BASESwiki: a new on-line resource that aims to advance...
The Mediator Directory opens online search engine of UK Mediators
05 Jan 2009
The publisher of The Mediator Magazine has created an online Mediator Directory. The Directory currently carries the resumés of over 70 UK mediators and these are fully searchable by anyone who registers...
UK's CMC Publishes Draft Registration Schemes for Mediators and Provider Bodies
20 Dec 2008
The Civil Mediation Council (CMC) in London has published for comment draft schemes for registering mediators and mediation provider organizations. The CMC is a non-profit entity established in 2003 at...
Changes to the IMI Board and Independent Standards Commission
19 Dec 2008
In line with IMI practice to rotate the Board Chair each year, Wolf von Kumberg of Northrop Grumman Corporation, who has served as the IMI Board Chair throughout 2008, will...
CEDR Awards for Excellence in ADR - Innovation & International
12 Nov 2008
MICHAEL MCILWRATH of General Electric, joint Vice-Chair of the IMI Independent Standards Commission, won the 2008 CEDR Award for Excellence in the Innovations Category for his International Dispute Negotiation podcasts...
IMI Presented at the 9th biennial Australian National Mediation Conference in Perth, September 9-12, 2008
09 Sep 2008
Irena Vanenkova outlined the upcoming IMI mediator competency certification scheme at a plenary session of the Australian National Mediation Conference, the first to be held since Australia introduced National Mediation...
Mediation Knol - Finding an International Mediator
29 Jul 2008
Finding an International Mediator is one of the first mediation Knols. Authored by Michael McIlwrath, a Vice-Chair of IMI’s Independent Standards Commission, the Knol raises the issue of identifying suitable...
Structure for IMI Certified Mediator Competency Scheme announced by Independent Standards Commission
14 Jul 2008
The Independent Standards Commission convened by IMI to draw up a global mediator competency certification standards has announced the structure of the Scheme, coupled to IMI’s proposed Mediation Information Program....
Certifying International Competency Standards for Mediators
11 Feb 2008
Certifying International Competency Standards for Mediators (Article by Michael Leathes) Download article here. Little did I know, after retiring from a career as an in-house corporate lawyer, that I would...
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