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Changing the Paradigm of Who We Are: The Tensegrity of Mediation
This seminar addresses how we can repair and restore the legal system, not by adding more rules but by understanding and improving how we communicate. Live Zoom webinar by attorney Janet Seitlin, Salmon & Dulberg Dispute Resolution, a Florida Supreme Court-Certified Mediator and Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Law. Course number 9047 is approved for 1 CLE. Originally presented on May 9, 2025, this program is approved for credit until November 30, 2026. Buy it online:
Find out more about how a mediator balances the pulls between the parties to provide leverage and support to the process, allowing the parties to reach their own decisions. Learn how to better uphold Confidentiality, Neutrality, and Self-Determination together as a foundation for lasting resolution. Let us rethink the framework of mediation and elevate how we support the people we serve.
Janet Seitlin, Florida Supreme Court-Certified Mediator, Adjunct Professor, University of Miami School of Law. Janet Seitlin has been a full-time mediator since 1988, initially working with the Mediation and Arbitration Division of the 11th Judicial Circuit. Among the first mediators certified in Florida, her multi-disciplinary experience allows her to deal effectively with a wide range of matters and personalities. She is an expert negotiator and problem-solver.
Janet is a Certified Facilitator, having worked with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) as an intergovernmental liaison handling Public Policy Facilitation. She also served as an Adjunct Mediator for Workers Compensation with the State of Florida Dept. of Labor and Employment. As a pioneer in South Florida mediation, she helped develop and run the Victim Offender Mediation Program in Dade County. For twenty years, she paired with Psychiatric Social Worker Mark Schusheim as tandem mediators in difficult family cases.
Janet is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Law, where she teaches the Mediation Skills Workshop to both JD and International Law students.
She mediates the range of commercial, personal injury, insurance, homeowner, and property issues, and anything else two people can argue about.