CDFA Mediation Course: May 2026

Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 05/04/2026 at 9:00 AM (EDT)

40-Hour Mediation Training for CDFAs® (Certificate Program)

This immersive 40-hour live virtual mediation course is designed for professionals who want practical, real-world mediation skills they can apply immediately. Taught by Kristine Reich, an experienced law professor who has taught mediation courses nationwide, this program combines academic rigor with hands-on skill development.

The course is delivered over a two-week intensive format, with live instruction on Mondays and Tuesdays and half-day sessions on Wednesdays during both weeks. Participants engage in extensive role-play exercises, guided feedback, and interactive discussions that reflect the realities of divorce and family-law mediation.

Because effective mediation training requires active participation and individualized instruction, enrollment is strictly limited to 24 participants. This small-group format ensures meaningful engagement, personalized feedback, and a high-quality learning experience.

While the course is designed with CDFA® professionals in mind, CDFA certification is not required to enroll. Financial professionals, legal professionals, and other divorce-adjacent practitioners seeking mediation training are welcome.

Course highlights include:

Live, instructor-led virtual training
Extensive, structured mediation role-play
Practical techniques grounded in real-world divorce scenarios
Small-group learning with individualized feedback
Intensive two-week format totaling 40 instructional hours

This course is ideal for professionals who want more than theory — and are ready to build confidence, competence, and credibility as divorce mediators.

Certificate Awarded

Upon successful completion of the full 40-hour program, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion verifying mediation training hours. Due to the role play requirements of the course, enrollment is strictly capped at 24 participants per class.

Kristine Reich

Founder

Restorative Law and Mediation PLLC

Specializing in mediation, collaborative divorce, and family and juvenile law matters, Kristine has over two decades of experience working with families and children experiencing difficult transitional life events. Borne of a deep appreciation for holistic, solution focused practice, Restorative Law and Mediation was organized in December 2014.

Kristine’s multi-disciplinary approach to practice is influenced by her legal education received from Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University (JD ’08), and Masters in Social work at Arizona State University (ASU) (MSW '93). Having practiced family law since 2011, she has worked as a faculty associate or in legal education since 2008, and was a child welfare social worker and therapist for fifteen (15) years prior to law school. Kristine has consulted with Maricopa County Juvenile Court in professionalizing child welfare dispute resolution. She is formerly the statewide Director of Training for what is now the Child Welfare Training Institute at the Arizona Department of Child Safety and the Director of Adoptions for Aid to Adoption of Special Kids (AASK).

Kristine is currently a Faculty Associate at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, teaching and leading training workshops in mediation and conflict resolution. She has trained professionals across legal, financial, and helping disciplines, bringing a practical, skill-building approach grounded in both academic rigor and real-world experience.