Short Course Description
Course Credit: 4 CME – Ethics
Instructional Runtime: 240 Minutes (4 Hours)
Delivery: Self-paced, on-demand online course
Open enrollment: Anyone may purchase and enroll. After payment, sign in to your student account to begin, pause, and resume the course at your own pace during your 90-day access period. No simulator admission, cohort placement, coach assignment, or instructor approval is required. Complete all ten modules and the stated instructional-time requirements to finish the course.
Provider: ADR Academy
Audience: Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediators, including lawyer and nonlawyer mediators
Course Description
This comprehensive 2026 Florida mediator ethics update covers the Florida Rules for Certified and Court-Appointed Mediators, current MEAC guidance, confidentiality and privilege, conflicts of interest, self-determination, impartiality, process management, settlement formation, UPL boundaries, forms, fees, referral practices, marketing, discipline, sanctions, reporting duties, and practice-risk controls.
The course includes guided lessons with natural narration and full reading text, an embedded Florida Bar/DRC “Ethically Speaking” program, and guided Florida Supreme Court/WFSU and Florida Channel case-study segments.
How to follow this course
After selecting Start Course or Continue Course, open the course player and choose Begin Module 1 or Resume Module. The course overview shows your saved position and which modules are complete.
- Learn: Listen to the narration and work through short reading sections. Module 10 contains the official video.
- Review & apply: Review the cited authorities and linked case materials, then consider the reflection prompts. No written submission is required.
- Wrap up: Check your active study time, return to the lesson if needed, or continue to the next module.
Your ten course modules
Part 1 · Foundations
- Regulatory Framework and the Mediator's Role — 20 minutes
- Self-Determination, Participation, and Impartiality — 20 minutes
- Conflicts of Interest, Relationships, and Demeanor — 20 minutes
Part 2 · Mediation practice
- Confidentiality, Reporting, Lawsuits, and Immunity — 20 minutes
- Process Management, Settlement Formation, and Court Duties — 20 minutes
- Information, Legal Advice, Forms, and UPL Boundaries — 20 minutes
Part 3 · Professional responsibilities
- Fees, Referrals, Fee Splitting, and Business Practices — 20 minutes
- Marketing, Professional Identity, and Concurrent Standards — 20 minutes
- Discipline, Sanctions, Reporting, and Practice-Risk Controls — 20 minutes
Part 4 · Video and course wrap-up
- Florida Bar / DRC Video: Ethically Speaking — 60 minutes
You may revisit any module. Moving ahead does not award completion: complete all required materials and active study time, then follow the course evaluation and final completion instructions in My Courses.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply Florida mediator ethics rules and relevant MEAC guidance.
- Protect self-determination, impartiality, confidentiality, and meaningful participation.
- Recognize conflicts, UPL risks, improper fee and referral practices, and professional role boundaries.
- Assess disciplinary decisions, sanctions, reporting duties, and professional risk controls.
Course Includes
- Ten guided visual lessons totaling four instructional hours
- Embedded public Florida court and professional-program media
- Complete narration transcripts and accessible media controls
- Downloadable participant handout with rules, checklists, and notes pages
- No quizzes or assignments
Educational use only; not legal advice. Verify current authorities.
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