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CME Requirements for California Mediators

Total CME: 4 hours
Ethics: 1 hour
Renewal Period: 1 year

Complete at least four (4) hours of approved Continuing Mediation Education (CME) credits annually. The CME must focus on mediation skills, process and standards, and at least one of the four hours must focus on ethical issues.
The one (1) ethics CME credit must be satisfied in a classroom or similar educational setting whereas the three (3) CME hours that focus on mediation skills, process, and standards may be satisfied in an educational setting or with sufficient recent mediation experience as follows: completing ten or more mediations of general civil cases in the 12 preceding months, which lasted at least two (2) hours in length. CME Credits may also be satisfied by facilitating a CME course that is at least two (2) hours in length. At least one (1) hour of the course must focus on ethics while the other hour may focus on mediation skills, process and standards.
On or before February 1, provide the Mediation Program Office with a declaration (and documentation if requested) of your successful completion of the CME requirement for the previous calendar year.

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