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Family & Civil Mediation 40-Hr. Training Courses

  • Mar 30
  • 2 min read

ICLEF's 40-Hour Family & Civil Mediation courses provide an excellent learning environment with practical experience in mediation. Each program has a professional & informative approach to the psychological, legal, and business aspects of mediation. This course provides the 40-hour instruction certified as appropriate for mediation training by the Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education under the Indiana Trial Rule - ADR.


The Family to Civil Crossover Training provides 16 Crossover hours as well as 9 CLE hours and 3 Ethics hours and is designed for those that have already attended and completed an earlier Family Mediation Training session and now wish to complete the Civil Mediation Training.



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Wednesday - Sunday, June 3-7, 2026; 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

24 CLE / 6 E / 40 Civil Mediation Hrs.
Live In-Person Only at the ICLEF Conference Center, Indianapolis



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Wednesday - Friday, June 3-5, 2026; 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

9 CLE / 3 E / 16 Crossover Hrs.
Live In-Person Only at the ICLEF Conference Center, Indianapolis



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Wednesday - Sunday, August 19-23, 2026; 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

24 CLE / 6 E / 40 Family Mediation Hrs.
Live In-Person Only at the ICLEF Conference Center, Indianapolis


Primary Trainers:

Joy L. Colwell

Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Organizational Leadership, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond


Caroline Gilchrist

Attorney at Law – Mediator, The Mediation Group, Indianapolis


W. Douglas Lemon

Attorney at Law – Mediator, Lemon, Keirn & Rovenstine, LLP, Warsaw


Hon. Terry C. Shewmaker

Senior Judge, Mediator, Civil Mediation Services, Elkhart

Faculty:

Hon. Kelly M. Scanlan

Senior Judge, Indiana Supreme Court, Indianapolis


Melissa G. Arvin

Family Violence Resource Attorney, IOCS, Indianapolis


Christopher J. Barrows

Hamilton County Court Commissioner, Noblesville


Joseph Fischer

Indiana Office of Court Services, Indianapolis


Stephen Arthur Grill

Professor Emeritus, Grace College, Winona Lake


Dr. Michael J. Jenuwine, J.D., Ph.D

University of Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Forensic

& Clinical Psychology, LLC, South Bend



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