Superior Court Observation – Via Video!
By
Ketan Soni
If you really want to skip everything I’m going to say below and get to the trailer, click here! The password is “mediation.”
Think back to the days that you had to connect with another mediator to get your observations done to become certified as a Superior Court Mediator by the DRC. For attorney mediators, there were two observations. For non-attorney mediators, there were five observations. If you don’t recall how difficult that was, I have the distinct memory of sending no less than 15 emails over the course of 18 months to every single mediator in the Charlotte region, to no avail. Finally, thanks to Judge Richard Boner and the esteemed Ray Owens, I became Superior Court Certified 1.5 years after I had actually taken the class.
Through the ongoing efforts of the NCBA Dispute Resolution Section over the past few years and in the spirit of compromise and working together with the Dispute Resolution Commission, a number of Section members volunteered their time and effort to create a video that qualifies as an Observation for Superior Court purposes! See link above for the trailer.
The full video qualifies as an observation to anyone who completes a Superior Court Mediation training moving forward. By the way, the DRC’s appreciation was expressed formally in a letter from Tara Kozlowski, the Executive Director.
“On behalf of the Dispute Resolution Commission, I would like to thank the NCBA Dispute Resolution Section for their most generous gift of the Superior Court observation video. We are so grateful for the section’s donation of resources and the member’s time and talent!
Your gift will help future applicants achieve the threshold requirements set forth by the Supreme Court of North Carolina for certification in the Superior Court program. This video, more so now than ever, will relieve much of the stress each applicant experiences when attempting to complete the observation requirement for certification.
Thank you for providing an opportunity for applicants to streamline the application process for certification. We are so grateful to you all for your hard work and dedication to dispute resolution.
Sincerely,
Tara Kozlowski, Executive Director.”