Membership on the Civil and Family Rosters has many benefits, including:

• Eligibility for appointment under British Columbia's Notice to Mediate regulations, including the Notice to Mediate Regulation for motor vehicle actions, the Notice to Mediate (Residential Construction) and Homeowner Protection Regulations, the Notice to Mediate (General) Regulation, and the Education Mediation Regulation. When parties are unable to agree on the selection of a mediator under these regulations, the Society appoints a mediator using the process contained in the regulations. (Available to Civil Roster members only.)
  
  
• Eligibility for appointment under Small Claims Rule 7.3 - Mediation for Claims Between $10,000 and $25,000. When parties are unable to agree on the selection of a mediator under Rule 7.3, the Society appoints a mediator using the process contained in the Rule. (Available to Civil Roster members only.)
  
  
• Eligibility to mediate personal injury claims involving the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC). In 2002, ICBC announced that mediators wishing to mediate ICBC claims would be required to be members of the B.C. Mediator Roster.
  
  
• Access to the professional liability insurance program established for the Society's Roster members. A professional liability insurance program, providing mediators and arbitrators errors and omissions insurance at a group rate, has been established for members of the B.C. Mediator Roster Society's Civil and Family Rosters and its affiliate members of the Child Protection Mediation Program Roster. For details, click here.
  
  
• Space for an individual entry on the Society's web site Directory of Mediators. Information about Civil and Family Roster members' contact points, background and mediation services is posted in their individual entry. All of the information in the on-line Directory is searchable, and can be updated through the Society office at any time. Individual members' photographs can also be accommodated in the Directory.
  
  
• Province-wide exposure, resulting from the Society's ongoing work to promote mediation and the Rosters. These promotional activities are described in the Society's semi-annual newsletter, The Roster Report. Past copies are posted in Newsletters.
  
  
• An individual listing in the Canadian Bar Association's (B.C. Branch) Lawyers Directory (Professional Services section).
  
  
• Practice Support:  The Society offers monthly teleconferences on best practice issues and periodic workshops for Roster members at no cost. Materials held in the Society's Conflict Resolution Library may be borrowed by members of the Society's Civil and Family Rosters located anywhere in the province. There is no charge to members, other than any costs incurred in returning the materials to the library. A current list of materials in the library, along with a description of each individual item, and a copy of the Society's Lending Policy are posted in the Members Only section.
  
  
• Promotional support:  Copies of the Society's pamphlet choosing mediation and bookmark, produced in partnership with British Columbia's Child Protection Mediation Program, are available free of charge to Civil and Family Roster members who are interested in promoting mediation or their own mediation services. A set of speaking notes, with accompanying handouts, is also available for members. The notes have been specifically developed by the Society to assist Roster members who are planning to speak about mediation to community, business, educational or professional groups in British Columbia. A copy of the notes is posted in the Members Only section.
  
  
• Notification of job opportunities and professional development opportunities:  Information received by the Society about employment or contracting opportunities and professional development opportunities relating to the field of conflict resolution is distributed via e-mail to interested Roster members.
  
  

For more details, please contact us.