Advanced Civil and Business Mediation Course for Mediators
A practical track for mediators who want to handle, with confidence, civil and business disputes, workplace conflicts and partnership crises – inside the international practice Nishri Mediators, based on the New Partnership method developed by Nadav Nishri.
At this stage, international students can only access recorded course units with voiceover or subtitles in their language. In the future, we plan to open in-person intensive cohorts outside Israel. Updates will appear on the Mediation School page and the Contact page.
Who is this course for?
The course is designed for people who already completed a basic mediation course and want to take their knowledge into the civil and business arena in a structured, clear way.
- Graduates of the basic mediation course at Nishri Mediators or any other institution, who feel ready for the next step.
- Mediators who want to expand into business mediation, workplace disputes, consumer disputes and family business conflicts.
- Lawyers, business consultants, accountants and managers looking for a mediation language that allows them to resolve disputes without “total war”.
- Professionals who encounter business disputes inside families – alongside family conflicts involving money, inheritance and joint businesses.
What you learn in the course Total: around 96 academic hours
The breakdown below reflects a typical course structure. Exact dates and schedule are coordinated with each cohort and shared during registration.
| Component | Format | Quantity | Total academic hours* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live skills workshops | Evening sessions with Nadav – process structure, tools and dynamics | 10 meetings | 35 |
| Recorded lessons – legal fundamentals for mediators | Expert lectures focused on civil and business law | 10 units | 30 |
| Simulation labs | Simulation days and intensive evenings with structured feedback | 4 simulation units | 31 |
| Approximate total | 96 | ||
*One academic hour is calculated according to the standard commonly used in Israel.
Foundations of civil and business mediation
First, we build the identity of the business mediator: someone who understands contracts and numbers, but never forgets that behind them stand people, stories and relationships.
- Mapping parties, stakeholders and decision-makers – who is really in the room and who is in the background.
- Separating positions from interests in contract disputes, partnerships and defamation cases.
- Managing emotions in a business environment – firm empathy instead of detachment or escalation.
- Preparing for pre-mediation meetings and setting realistic expectations with each side.
- Framing and reframing – shifting from “who is right” to “what reality do we want to create together”.
- Managing a session: speaking order, time allocation and prioritising issues for decision-making.
- Working with documents, reports and contracts without becoming “another lawyer in the room”.
- Generating practical options and assessing costs, risks and benefits for each party.
- Quality control for agreements – clarity, feasibility and reducing the risk of future breaches.
- Designing future mechanisms for continued cooperation or an orderly separation between partners.
- Writing interim summaries and emails that move the process forward instead of reigniting it.
- Ethics, role boundaries and cooperation with lawyers, experts and courts.
- Online business mediation – tools, structure and expectations for remote sessions.
- Planning multi-stage processes in complex disputes, including international companies.
Legal fundamentals for mediators (without becoming lawyers)
The course does not qualify you to practice law – it gives you enough legal understanding to speak the legal language, understand the framework your parties live in and adapt the mediation process to the legal reality.
- Contract law and reading agreements in civil and business disputes.
- Employment relations and workplace mediation – termination, role changes, toxic environments and harassment.
- Companies, shareholders and partnerships – typical conflict patterns and power structures.
- Consumer law and standard form contracts with businesses and large organisations.
- Professional liability and medical malpractice – when mediation fits and what to focus on.
- Real estate and property, and the link between family and assets (sharing, inheritance, joint property).
- Defamation, reputation and online conflicts.
- Tort law and compensation in the context of civil mediation.
- Mediation vs. arbitration and litigation – what changes for the parties and what must be clarified.
- Debts, guarantees and banking – how to talk about money under pressure and fear.
- Intellectual property and copyrights – entrepreneurs, creators and start-ups.
- Professional liability of experts and organisations – and where the mediator fits in.
The emotional dimension in civil and business disputes
Businesses, ventures and companies often collapse emotionally long before any lawsuit is filed. Behind contracts, spreadsheets and profit-and-loss reports there are fears, disappointments, feelings of betrayal and crises of trust.
- Identifying fear, anger and shame among business owners, partners and employees.
- Working with identity – “this business is me”, “this company is my family”.
- Balancing empathy with boundaries when one side feels cheated or exploited.
- Helping parties move from “I’ll get revenge” to protecting their future interests.
- Keeping the family out of the line of fire in family business disputes.
Course details
Below is a typical framework. Exact details for the upcoming cohort – hours, days and structure – are given in the introductory and suitability call.
| Total scope | Around 96 academic hours (workshops, legal fundamentals, simulations) |
|---|---|
| Format | A combination of in-depth workshops, recorded video units and guided simulations. For international students, access is currently via recorded lessons (with voiceover or subtitles in their language). |
| Location | At present, the course is delivered from Israel, with the option to participate online from other countries. In the future, intensive in-person cohorts will open outside Israel. |
| Group size | A small group, to allow practice, simulations and personal feedback for each participant. |
| Prerequisite | Completion of a basic mediation course (at Nishri Mediators or another institution), subject to team approval. |
Course cost and registration
₪ 13,800
- You can pay in up to 5 equal instalments – with no interest and no linkage.
- Registration requires a short suitability call to make sure the course fits your needs.
- Organisations can adapt the course content for their internal teams.
More from Nishri Mediators
If you are considering joining the civil and business mediation course, the following pages will help you get a broader picture of the method, the team and the areas in which we work:
- Home page · Mediators team
- About Nadav Nishri · New Partnership method
- Mediation fields: Civil and business mediation · Business mediation · Workplace mediation · Family business mediation
- Training: Basic mediation course · Divorce mediation practicum · Mediation School
- Content: Podcast · Books · Articles
- Contact – for questions about the course, language options, structure or collaboration.
From basic mediation to expertise in civil and business mediation
If you have already studied basic mediation and feel it is time to work with businesses, partners, companies and consumers – the civil and business mediation course with the New Partnership method is built to help you make this move safely, professionally and with full support.