One goal for 2017 is to create brochures that APFM members can use for educating
the public about family mediation.
The mission of this committee is to educate
the public about family mediation.
The primary goal of the Website Committees is to maintain a mobile - responsive, attractive, engaging website that informs and educates
the public about family mediation and serves the needs of current and prospective APFM members.
Not exact matches
Most important, due to the increased awareness of the
public through the press and
mediation success stories from friends and coworkers, clients are asking
about mediation and expect their
family lawyers to be
mediation - friendly, knowledgeable, and competent.
The
public was as likely to confuse
mediation with meditation, and consumer use of
mediation was limited to those with the courage and foresight to find out
about mediation, locate someone who would mediate, and withstand pressure from
family lawyers and well - meaning friends and
family who equated
mediation with other risky innovations such as natural childbirth and homeopathic medicine.
We have already made good progress, producing a
public information video and leaflets
about family mediation as well as a toolkit for mediators to use to promote themselves locally.
Concerned
about the issue of the unmet legal needs of the
public, I served on the boards of legal services programs, created referral programs for the Massachusetts Bar Association and the National Lawyers Guild, started an association of legal clinics, and served as president of a
family mediation association.
The authors are all attorney / mediators at Skylark Law &
Mediation, PC and our goal is to provide legal information
about these issues to help educate the
public and other professionals
about family law in Massachusetts.
MCFM serves the general
public of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its members by providing information
about divorce and
family mediation.
The
Mediation Council of Illinois is a professional membership organization that provides the general
public with information
about family mediators throughout the state of Illinois.
The
public was as likely to confuse
mediation with meditation, and consumer use of
mediation was limited to those with the courage and foresight to find out
about mediation, locate someone who would mediate, and withstand pressure from
family lawyers and well - meaning friends and
family who equated
mediation with other risky innovations such as natural childbirth and homeopathic medicine.