WELCOME TO THE
LANCASTER MEDIATION CENTER
Since 1981 the Lancaster Mediation Center has served all of
Lancaster County. It is located in downtown Lancaster with
free parking beside its offices.
Mediation at the Center is a process in which
impartial mediators help people in a dispute think better
about their own needs and communicate clearly with others in
the dispute. The mediators' goal is to help each person in
the dispute make their own decisions about what to do and
how they might resolve it.
People come to the
Center for help because they have an important dispute and
have not been able to resolve it themselves. Center mediators
respect the importance of their clients' decisions and work
hard to provide a good place for each person in the dispute to
work out their own future.
Our Mission Statement:
"To provide high quality mediation to individuals regardless
of ability to pay and to promote the use of mediation."
LANCASTER MEDIATION
CENTER NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
 Lancaster
Mediation Center, a provider of collaborative dispute
resolution services in and around Lancaster County, today
announced the hiring of an Executive Director. LMC has
provided mediation services and mediation training since 1981.
Alyson
Earl joined LMC as Executive Director on May 19, 2008. Ms.
Earl comes to LMC with more than 20 years of diverse
experience. She has worked in the government, education,
construction, and engineering sectors. She holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell
University.
Ms. Earl
works out of the 225 West King Street office in Lancaster.
Read press release...
ABOUT LANCASTER
MEDIATION CENTER
The
Lancaster Mediation Center is a resource for resolving many
types of disputes using mediation. The Center provides a way
of reaching decisions that allow each party to be heard and to
be an essential part of the decision-making process. The use
of mediation is limited only by the willingness of the people
involved to meet to discuss their differences.
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New
Mediation Training Offered
in 2008
LMC offers new 40 hour
basic mediation trainings that replace its former 24 hour basic
trainings. LMC bases its 40 hour divorce and custody mediation
trainings on materials for Pennsylvania, including its basic training
manual. Click here
for details.
The Lancaster
Mediation Center celebrated the first Lancaster County Peacemaker Celebration
in March of 2007. The celebration commemorated the Center's 25 years of service to
the community. Twenty-five honorees were chosen as Lancaster
County Peacemakers from all walks of life and all ages. Pictured
here is one of our Peacemaker recipients, Frank
Albrecht of Lancaster City
Schools.
View
all of our honorees...
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Volunteer Mediators Needed
The Lancaster Mediation Center has an immediate need for volunteer
mediators, especially men for divorce mediation. Divorce mediators
work in pairs to help clients through the hardships of a divorce or
separation.
The break-up of a marriage or other intimate relationship is an
incomparably painful experience. In the midst of this emotional
crisis, women and men are required to make decisions that may affect
them for a lifetime. The Lancaster Mediation Center's goal is to help
separating or divorcing partners address the difficult legal,
economic, and parenting issues without destroying themselves, each
other, or their children.
Mediators are asked to
commit to a particular time and day of the week to mediate. Write to
info@lancmed.org or call 293-7231.
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What problems can be
mediated?
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landlord/tenant disagreements
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parent/child and sibling
problems
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harassment and interpersonal
conflicts
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neighbor or roommate conflicts
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business and consumer disputes
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civil and "small claims" cases
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and more...
More than 80 percent
of the cases that come to mediation are resolved by agreement
between the people who previously had not been able to settle
the dispute. Mediators help them come up with workable
solutions.
Call us at (717) 293-7231 to
discuss your particular needs. All
contacts
and
all mediations are confidential.
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