The New York State Council on Divorce Mediation (NYSCDM) is offering a sale with a $150 discount through June 21, 2026 on their NYSCDM 60-Hour Divorce Mediation Training.
The training program includes the following:
- Live Classes for the Summer Cohort Starting on July 13, 2026
- Part-146 Approved for 40 Hours
- 40 CLEs Provided to Attorneys
- Free One-Year Membership in NYSCDM
- Free One-Year Participation in a Special Peer Group for NYSCDM Program Graduates
- Free Participation in the Pathway Partners Program
- Scholarships are available
To learn more, click this link. The program consists of:
- Part 1 (20+ hours) go-at-your-own-pace, online training on essential legal, mental health, and financial subjects featuring various experts.
- Part 2 (40 Hours) Live Divorce Mediation Skills Training online with Expert Trainer and Experienced Coaches.
The trainer for the Summer Cohort is Lara Traum, Esq.:
- An experienced family and divorce mediator, author, trainer and Past President of NYSCDM.
- A partner at Roytberg Traum Law and Mediation, P.C. and works with NY, interstate, and international families.
- Frequent mediation and ADR trainer mediation for professional organizations, bar associations, and educational institutions.
- Co-author of the ABA book: Effectively Representing Clients in Family Mediation (coauthored with Forrest S. Mosten and Hon. Elizabeth Potter Scully) and her second book, coauthored with Forrest S. Mosten, is Family Lawyer as Peacemaker.
NYSCDM’s Summer 2026 Live Mediation Skills Training (Part 2), via Zoom, will be:
7/13 – 9:30am-3:30pm (half hour lunch, 12:15-12:45)
7/14 – 9:30am-3:30pm (half hour lunch, 12:15-12:45)
7/15 – 9:30am-3:30pm (half hour lunch, 12:15-12:45)
7/16 – 9:30am-3:30pm (half hour lunch, 12:15-12:45)
7/27 – 9:30am-3:30pm (half hour lunch, 12:15-12:45)
7/28 – 9:00am-3:30pm (WORKING LUNCH) – ROLE PLAY DAY
7/29 – 9:30am-3:30pm (half hour lunch, 12:15-12:45)
7/30 – 9:30am-3:00pm (half hour lunch, 12:15-12:45)
Also includes morning mini breaks and afternoon mini breaks.
Register & Start Training TODAY by clicking here.
After completion of the program, you will receive:
- Free One-Year Membership in NYSCDM — You will have full access to numerous member-only benefits including: a 24/7 online directory promoting your services, repository of templates, agreements and forms, a members-only Google Group, educational peer groups throughout New York, free and low-cost educational trainings, and more!
- Free participation in a Special Peer Group for program graduates, led by expert mediators.
- Free participation in the Pathway Partners Program, which connects trainees with experienced mediators/guides.
- Support from the NYSCDM Mediation Family, via other peer groups, educational programming, networking and more!