| You are not paid what you are worth and you have | | | | them how long a mediation usually takes and how |
| skills that lawyers would pay big bucks for! The fact | | | | much they charge. You will want ot know if the |
| that you speak 2 languages fluently and that you have | | | | majority of their practice is mediation or if they are |
| ties to an ethnic community proves that with a little | | | | really litigators in sheep's clothing. Ask them if it would |
| effort, you can have a good part time income on your | | | | be worth $250 for you to bring them a couple and do |
| days off. All day long you hear your clients talk about | | | | the translation for the day. You may have to negotiate |
| their problems. Some of them want to divorce but | | | | your translation fee but you are worth at least $150! |
| don't know who they can trust. They trust you and if | | | | So that you can compare their answers to mine, I |
| you can introduce them to a divorce lawyer, all of you | | | | have 100% success rate with over 185 couples. I only |
| can benefit. | | | | do mediation, nothing else. On average it takes me |
| Do you know how many couples stay together | | | | between 4-7 hours to do a mediation. I have very |
| because they are so intimidated by divorce court? | | | | special skills that most lawyers don't have in that I was |
| They have heard the horror stories about nasty | | | | a special education teacher for many years and have |
| divorces and they don't want to get involved in an ugly | | | | a Masters in teaching severely emotionally disturbed |
| court fight. Those kinds of couples are PERFECT for | | | | children, so I have yet to meet a couple I couldn't work |
| mediation. If you don't know those people, you want to | | | | with. But there are a lot of skilled mediators who are |
| find them. You want to ask around the community and | | | | dying for new business. It is best to work with a |
| see who fits this description. The last step is to find a | | | | lawyer who is a mediator, that way they can do all the |
| mediator you want to work with. | | | | legal forms and get everything done for the couple. |
| Mediators can usually be found in the phone book | | | | But you need to watch out for lawyers who say they |
| under Divorce Assistance. Call around and interview | | | | are mediators but are really just trying to cash in on a |
| the lawyers. Tell them that you are looking to establish | | | | good thing. It is important that at least half their practice |
| a referral relationship with a great mediator. Ask how | | | | involves mediation. With just a little work, you can have |
| many couples they have helped with mediation and | | | | a steady stream of clients to translate for and you |
| what percentage of those cases have settled. Ask | | | | can help others and yourself at the same time. |