Courses for Business Professionals
You don't need a law degree to be a great mediator. You need what you already have.
Business leaders, therapists, educators, HR professionals and engineers are among the most effective mediators working today. Your instincts for people, process, and problem-solving are exactly what this work requires
Why Non-Lawyers Thrive in Mediation
The most important skills in mediation aren’t legal ones, they’re human ones. The ability to read emotional dynamics, build trust across a table, reframe positions, and help people find solutions they didn’t see before. If you’ve spent your career doing that in business, therapy, education, HR, or engineering, you’re already practicing a version of mediation. EMA’s Mediation Skills Course teaches you how to formalize that instinct into a professional practice with a structured methodology, real-world training, and credentials that will open doors.
Where Non-Legal Mediators Work
EMA graduates from non-legal backgrounds work across a wide range of settings:
- Community and neighborhood mediation centers
- Workplace and HR mediation (one of the fastest-growing areas)
- Family and divorce mediation•
- School and educational conflict resolution
- Healthcare and patient advocacy mediation
- Court-connected programs in states that accept non-attorney mediators
…and many others.
What Edwards Mediation Academy offers
We understand that businesspeople have specific learning requirements – our courses for professionals reflect this. By enrolling in Edwards Mediation Academy, you will receive:
- All of this, though delivered by our faculty who are also experienced mediators with a good understanding of corporate settings.
- Hands-on learning, focusing on applied learning, through case study and role playing.
- Online, self-paced education for the busy professional who needs to fit it around their life.
- The ability to network outside those within your industry of mediation practice, a community of practice, and support.
By joining, you are not just learning skills — you are part of a movement to improve how mediation is used in business.
A note on career paths
Many non-legal professionals start mediation as an add-on to their existing practice. For example, a therapist who adds family mediation or an HR manager who builds an internal conflict resolution program. Others transition fully. The Career Development course (8 hours, available separately) is designed to help you figure out which path is right and how to build it step by step.
From Professionals Like You
“One of the best CLE courses I have ever taken. The shadowing experience was the greatest teaching tool. I found myself watching the video to catch every moment where the discussion points came to life in the mediation room. The experts were extremely knowledgeable, and the non-legal perspectives were even more compelling because they provided a real-world view that legal training alone doesn’t give you.”
— John Kevin Moore, Attorney
Mediation Skills Course
40 Hours | $997 | 29 CLE credits
Your foundation in professional mediation
Developing Your Career In Mediation
8 Hours | Available separately
Build your step-by-step career plan