Benjamin S. Mackoff. The Mediation Council of Illinois is one of the oldest organization in the country. We organized in 1982. Mediation is a process which permits people in conflict to create their own outcome and solution with the assistance or an impartial third party. The mediator is trained in various techniques, methods and interventions which make possible a process of negotiation.
Mediation is used throughout the country and in Illinois to resolve differences.
Other non-family situations where mediation is being used is employment, American with Disabilities Act claims, civil rights, neighborhood justice, victim offender, personal injury, commercial and other civil disputes. The Mediation Council's referral service makes available mediators trained in a variety of areas. Our mediators have been professionally trained, are experienced, meet our continuing education requirements, and subscribe to our Professional Standards of Practice. Mediators handling divorce and other family disputes have also been trained in screening for domestic violence, substance abuse and other impediments to mediation. Mediators in Illinois are not certified or licensed by the state or any other authority.