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in addition to any observations during the training program.
Source: This Rule is new.
REPORTER’S NOTE
Rachel Wohl, Esq., Executive Director of the Maryland
Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office, raised the issue of the
wording in subsection (a)(3) of Rule 17-104 concerning the eighthour
continuing mediation-related education requirement for
mediators. The current language indicates that the eight-hour
training sessions must cover the same topics as the 40-hour basic
training for mediators. The provision was intended to be broader
and include a wide variety of continuing self-improvement
training for mediators. The Rules Committee is proposing a
language change in subsection (a)(3) to achieve this goal.
Because of the complexity of cases in the Business and
Technology Case Management Program, the Committee proposes the
addition of a new section (c) to Rule 17-104 that sets forth
additional qualifications for mediators of cases in that Program.
The list of additional qualifications is based on the
recommendations of the Implementation Committee of the Business
and Technology Case Management Program.
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