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Legal Skills Professor, Robin Davis, under the auspices of the Institute for Dispute Resolution, teaches and supervises second and third year law students in the Mediation Clinic. The first part of the course is an intensive mediation training seminar with instruction in mediation theory, skills and strategies. The training complies with Florida Supreme Court requirements for mediator certification eligibility. In the second part of the class, students work toward fulfilling the mentorship requirement for mediation certification by attending Small Claims Court on Friday mornings at the Alachua County Courthouse, accompanied and supervised by Professor Davis. During the mentorship students observe and co-mediate actual small claims disputes such as landlord/ tenant, auto repairs, credit card and other debts, and neighbor disputes. After completing this Clinic, the students may qualify to become certified County Court Mediators, upon application to the Florida Supreme Court.
Robin Davis
Associate Director, Institute for Dispute Resolution
Legal Skills Professor
PO Box 117626/ Gainesville, FL 32611-7626
e-mail davisr@law.ufl.edu
352-273-0800 / Fax: 392-0414
