Frequently Asked Questions and How-To's
Nashville Conflict Resolution Center
The Nashville Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC) seeks to improve the lives of Nashville-area residents, particularly those in under-served communities or otherwise disadvantaged in the judicial system, by providing a broad range of no- or low-cost mediation services and teaching effective, non-violent conflict resolution skills.
NCRC Programs:
- General Sessions Civil Court Mediation Program*
- Restorative Justice Program*
- New Americans Program (bilingual mediation for Spanish speakers)*
- Family Mediation Program
- Rule 31 Panels for Listed Mediators Conflict Resolution & Mediation
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*Program-specific trainings will follow the Basic Conflict Resolution & Mediation Training and are required to serve in an NCRC program.
Currently NCRC Certified Mediators are present in the general session's courts everyday of the week. Bilingual mediators are in the courts mostly on Mondays. Bilingual mediators are not interpreters; they are in the courts to serve as a mediator only.
You don't have to wait until you have a court case pending to try mediation; mediation is great alternative to resolve conflicts without having to go to the courts. You may call our office to schedule mediation.
Registration Information to become a certified mediator:
The next training for certified mediators will be tentatively scheduled for late September, and require about 30 hours for completion. If you are interested in becoming a mediator, contact NCRC, 315 Union ST STE 800, Nashville, TN 37201-1401, ncrc@nashville-adr.org, or fax 615-242-9272. You will be contacted by phone. NCRC takes applications and registrations on a rolling basis and maintains a waiting list after each class fills up.
Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested
in the training as a mediator or if you want to know more about
Nashville Conflict Resolution Center.
For further information, contact Déan Bass or Maria
Valentin-Pridgen at 615-242-9272 or ncrc@nashville-adr.org.
NCRC, a Tennessee nonprofit corporation, began as an outreach effort
of the Nashville Bar Association. NCRC relies on the generous support
of private individuals, corporations, and grant foundations, including
The Frist Foundation, The Memorial Foundation, Community Foundation
of Middle Tennessee and the National Association for Community Mediation.