Circuit Court Civil (CCC)

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant experience

Mediation Skills & Process (20 hours basic mediation training)

Advanced civil mediation training totaling at least 20 hours and covering these topics:  

Facilitation and Group Consensus Building (16 hours)

Mediating Complex and Multi-party Civil Cases (8 hours)
Preparing Memoranda and Agreements (4 hours)

Orientation to the Virginia Judicial System (4 hours introduction to how Virginia Courts work and where mediation fits in; may be taken out of order; requirement waived for current members of the Virginia Bar)

Observation of two circuit civil cases or 2 day Mediation Practicum: Federal & Commercial Role-Play training

Co-mediation of 5 circuit level civil cases totaling at least 10 hours of mediation

Primary scrivener for at least one mediated agreement

GDC certified mediators may "upgrade" their certification to CCC by:

Taking the advanced civil mediation training described above

Observing one circuit court civil case

Conducting two circuit court civil co-mediations