Specialised mediation training offerings
Mediation is not a technique. It is strategy in motion, a discipline of process design, principled negotiation, and adaptive conflict management.
This program fuses legal rigour with real-world mediation intelligence. You will
navigate human conflict, map interests, evaluate BATNA and WATNA, and orchestrate resolutions that endure.
Where legitimacy begins.
Like roots anchoring a tree, you master:
• Mediation law, ethics, enforceability
• ADR jurisprudence and dispute system design
• BATNA, WATNA, and interest mapping
Firm roots cultivate credibility, trust, and principled presence.
Context shapes outcomes.
Every dispute grows differently:
• Civil and commercial disputes with strategic complexity
• Family and matrimonial disputes emphasizing relational repair
• Criminal and compoundable offences prioritizing restorative justice
• Corporate and workplace conflicts requiring multi-stakeholder alignment
You learn to diagnose, adapt, and tailor interventions to each ecosystem.
Flowing process in action.
Mediation moves like a river—structured yet responsive:
• Intake, issue framing, stakeholder analysis
• Joint sessions, caucuses, paraphrasing, reality testing
• Negotiation leverage, option generation, and settlement architecture
Learn when to guide the flow, when to destabilise rigid positions, and when to let parties discover solutions organically.
Systems-level perspective. From above, you see:
• Mediator as process architect, neutral facilitator, ethical guide
• Lawyer as negotiator, advisor, and risk translator
• Case manager as stabiliser and procedural guardian
• Power asymmetry, emotion, bias, and stakeholder dynamics
From the canopy, every role’s impact on the dispute ecosystem becomes
visible.
Stress-testing negotiation muscles.
High-intensity simulations expose you to:
• Resistance, destabilising tactics, and cognitive bias
• Deadlocks, emotional turbulence, and breakthrough moments
• Paraphrasing, reframing, and recalibration of strategy
Like wind shaping a tree, you develop resilience, presence, and adaptive skill.
Performance under pressure.
Refine:
• Mediation moot strategy, persuasive framing, and tactical execution
• Managing caucuses, high stakes negotiation, and BATNA evaluation
• Live evaluation, calibrated feedback, and iterative skill refinement
You learn to hold space, maintain process integrity, and deliver outcomes
under scrutiny.
Illumination through experience.
Eight live sessions with Meena P. Waghray and senior experts in Arbitration and Criminal Mediation cover:
• Advanced negotiation strategy and ethical judgment
• Multi-party dynamics, interest bundling, and complex dispute management
• Career pathways, court integration, and professional positioning
Why this training is different
• Led by a lawyer and a practicing mediator, criminal lawyer and mediator, and practicing arbitrator
• Deeply process-driven and skill-focused
• Blended learning using live sessions, simulations, and audio learning
• Designed for courts, corporates, institutions, and mediation moots
Why Mediation?
For today’s law student, mediation is no longer an add-on skill. Courts, corporates, and ADR institutions increasingly seek young legal professionals who can understand conflict, facilitate dialogue, and resolve disputes efficiently.
Taste of Mediation introduces law students to the mindset, process, and skills of mediation, clearly distinct from litigation and arbitration, through hands-on practice and real-world insight.
The program builds a strong foundation for mediation moots, ADR internships, and future specialisation in dispute resolution.
Understanding conflict beyond legal positions, interest-based negotiation, BATNA, WATNA, and ZOPA
Active listening, questioning and reframing, neutrality, emotion and power management
Opening to closure, joint sessions and caucus, managing impasse, resolution strategies
Basics of settlement drafting, confidentiality, voluntariness, ethical dilemmas
Performance feedback, mediation moots, ADR pathways and internships