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How to Register as a General Civil Mediator with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution:

Step 1: Complete an approved 28-hour General Civil Mediation Training. Choose one of these approved trainers. If you were trained outside of Georgia, see this information.

Step 2: Observe or co-mediate 5 court-connected civil mediations in Georgia under a registered mediator. These observations/co-mediations can be of civil cases in superior, state, magistrate, landlord/tenant, or probate court. They must be civil cases (no divorce, custody, juvenile, deprivation, etc). Contact the director of the ADR program in your area or for which you would like to work and ask permission to observe. Make sure to document the observations on an form that includes the court name, case name, mediation date, mediation outcome, your name, and the mediator’s name and signature. You also have the option to take an approved 12-hour practicum course as a substitute for the 5 required observations/co-mediations. Don’t forget, all trainings expire within 18 months. If you do not apply for registration within 18 months of your completing your training (not your practicum), you will be required to take the training over.

Step 3: Either complete the registration application online or download, complete, and send in with copies of your training certificates and your observation forms.


How to become a Registered Neutral

1. Read Appendix B from the ADR rules on becoming a Registered Neutral: ADR Rules (PDF)

2. Download the latest PDF Registration Application here: Registration Application (PDF)


FAQs

Frequently asked questions after reading Appendix B on becoming a Registered Neutral:  FAQs

Information for out of state mediators: Out of State Mediators Note


These forms are downloadable PDF files. If you need a PDF reader, you may click below on "Get Adobe Reader" and download it for free.

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