"This is one of the best professional courses I have undertaken. It has broadened my appreciation of mediation and bettered my adjudicating skills."

"Absolutely exceeded my objectives ... Having mediated cases hundreds of times in my career, I found the shadowing experience very accurate – it didn't feel staged. That is what a real mediation looks like"

"Bruce is the real deal in high stakes mediation........Nowhere else that I know of can you get the type of insight into the specialist world of mediating complex cases."

"This was my third "advanced" mediation course within the past five years, and it was by far the best course I've taken."

Advanced Mediation Skills Course

$2,997.00

The Advanced Mediation Skills Course is designed for dispute resolution professionals who are intent on taking their skills and practice to the next level. This training course is organized around a real-world, multi-party mediation, deconstructs the mediation process into nine modules, with guidance and expertise from industry pioneers.

Learn to appreciate and embrace the unique challenges presented by complex cases…and how to plan for and turn them to your advantage. This Advanced Mediation Skill Course is designed for experienced mediators and practitioners moving into a commercial mediation practice.

Includes a one-hour post-course consultation with Bruce Edwards.

After this course, you will:

Handle complex, multi-party cases with confidence, from convening through signed agreement
Recognize and manage the emotional dynamics that derail high-stakes negotiations
Apply advanced negotiation strategies the way top practitioners actually use them in the field
Design a mediation process that adapts to the unique pressures of complex commercial disputes
Earn 37.5 CLE hours approved by the California State Bar, with reciprocal approval in many other states
Receive a print-ready 45-hour certificate from Edwards Mediation Academy upon completion
Join a community with lifetime access to quarterly webinars and monthly office hours

How you’ll learn:

Shadow Bruce Edwards through a complete multi-party commercial mediation, unscripted and unedited
Watch 14 world-class practitioners break down the decisions that change outcomes
See advanced strategy applied in real time — not in a staged role play
Learn on any device, on your schedule, with full 6-month access

What you’ll learn:

How to convene and manage complex, multi-party disputes from the first contact
Advanced negotiation strategy for high-stakes commercial cases
How to read and redirect emotional dynamics at the table
Communication techniques that build trust even with the most difficult parties
How insurance, liability, and late-stage impasse shape real commercial outcomes
The process decisions that separate competent mediators from exceptional ones

…and much more

Learn at your Own Pace on any Device

45 Hours of Instruction

14 Expert Instructors

“Being in the room” virtually when Bruce mediates a case from start to finish

Assessments and Feedback

6 Month Course Access

CLE Credits

Discounts

Learn at your Own Pace on any Device

45 Hours of Interactive Instruction

14 Expert Instructors

Be in the Room

Assessments and Feedback

6 Month Course Access

Discounts

CLE Credits

Principles of Mediation – The essential building blocks for a successful dispute resolution process

Convening Techniques in Mediation – Those activities designed to create a willingness to participate in a dispute resolution process

Opening Techniques – Create an environment of safety and hope

Communication Skills – Build trust, understanding, and commitment through verbal and non-verbal communication techniques

Emotions in Mediation – Further the emotional competency of the parties and the mediator to advance the process

Early Stage Negotiation – Explore the art of the possible by encouraging flexibility and promoting innovation

Mid Stage Negotiation – Keep the parties moving forward

Late Stage Negotiation – Overcome moments of impasse and ensure the foundation for a durable agreement

Insurance in Mediation – Understand and apply insurance knowledge to the dispute resolution process

“Extremely interesting to me, The possibility to have a glance into expert facilitating techniques was fantastic. The examples were excellent, providing the possibility to learn about communication techniques, dealing with emotions, managing an apology process, as well as negotiation techniques."
- Mediator from the US

"They made me contemplate on my own experience, and in many cases in the way I did not analyze it before. So it was very useful for raising my competences - some conclusions / answers are more clear now, and even more important, some questions that are still open are more clear now, directing me toward further learning."
- Mediator from the US