Search Terms

Listed below are common terms mediators use to describe areas in which they have experience or specialize. In searching for a mediator a potential client can identify terms listed below and enter them in the search box in the Find a Mediator page. To the degree mediators have included the terms in their “Member’s Description of Practice” mediators with specific experience or expertise can be found.

Remember, WMA does not evaluate or certify the “Member’s Description of Practice.” The description is a statement by the mediator and clients are advised to ask questions to confirm experience or expertise.

Commonly Used Terms

Business / Commercial

  • Agriculture
  • Bankruptcy
  • Construction
  • Consumer
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • Manufacturing
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Real Estate
  • Religious organizations
  • Retailing
  • Technology
  • Science
  • Service
  • Telecom
  • Transport

Domestic / Family

  • Guardianship
  • Property division
  • Divorce / Dissolution
  • Elder
  • Estate/probate
  • Parenting Plans
  • Parent – Teen
  • Trust
  • LBGQT

Government

  • Administrative
  • Criminal Justice
  • Education
  • Public Policy
  • Regulatory

Intercultrual

  • Multilingual mediation
  • Cross cultural
  • International
  • First nations
  • Immigrant

Real Property / Land Use

  • Real Estate
  • Land Use
  • Environmental
  • Construction
  • Landlord tenant

Workplace

  • Employment
  • EEOC
  • Labor
  • Management

General

  • Civil litigation
  • Training
  • Personal injury
  • NGO
  • Restorative justice
  • Disaster
  • Neighbor disputes
  • Antiharassment