Uniform Mediation Act 2001: to promote consistency between the policies of the States, and to create a standard, nationwide framework for protecting the confidentiality of mediation communications and create more certainty for participants in the process but it avoids altogether any definition of the mediator standards or qualifications for mediators, which the legislation has ‘left to program-specific statutes or rules’.
The United States Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) which has since merged and is part of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) has proposed some basic eligibility requirements for mediators relation to minimum traits, abilities, education, skills, experience, training and demonstrated competencies.
The United States Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) which has since merged and is part of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) has proposed some basic eligibility requirements for mediators relation to minimum traits, abilities, education, skills, experience, training and demonstrated competencies.