Coaching Emotional Positivity During Mediation & Dispute Resolution

​​For Mediators, Collaborative Professionals, Attorneys, CPAs, Financial Planners, Therapists, Child Advocates, Parenting Coordinators, Human Resources, Social Workers​

2019 (at Crilley Mediation Center) - To Be Determined

  • ACR Approved 40-Hour Family Law Mediator Training

  • 16-Hour Parenting Coordinator Training

  • 14-Hour Collaborative Law Training

  • Advanced Mediation Training

Presenter: Christine L. Crilley, JD 


Christine L. Crilley is a nationally approved mediation trainer and mediator in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area. Her law office and mediation center is located in Hiawatha, Iowa.  Ms. Crilley is also a general practice attorney with over thirty years of experience.  Additional credentials and memberships include:


  • Certified Mediator by the Iowa Association of Mediators

  • Advanced Practitioner Nationally qualified by the Association for Conflict Resolution

  • Nationally approved Mediation Trainer by the Association for Conflict Resolution

  • Member of International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

  • Member of the Collaborative Lawyers of Eastern Iowa

As an Advanced Practitioner member of the Association for Conflict Resolution as well as a Linn County Family Law Roster Mediator, Christine mediates in a variety of different areas of the law and disputes, including but not limited to family law, real estate, construction disputes, probate disputes, organization conflicts (workplace, office, school, churches) business agreement disputes, and civil litigation.

Ms. Crilley’s mediation training received national approval in 2011 from the Association of Conflict Resolution (ACR).  She received her mediation training in 1999 from the Iowa Peace Institute; earned her J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Iowa in 1983 and her B.A. degree from the University of Northern Iowa in 1979. Also in 2011, Christine became a member of the Academy of International Collaborative Professionals as well as a member of the Collaborative Lawyers of Eastern Iowa.

Christine has sat on numerous Boards including the Iowa Mediation Services of Eastern Iowa and is Chair of the Linn County Fee Arbitration Committee.  Ms. Crilley previously served on the Board of Directors for the Iowa Association of Mediators (IAM); she is a current or past member of various mediation / dispute resolution organizations . She is a member of the Linn County Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association and former Contract Mediator for the City of Cedar Rapids.

Ms. Crilley speaks to and trains various organizations on a variety of law and dispute resolution related topics and in the Fall of 2009 began presenting seminars and mediation training at her Mediation and Law Center in Hiawatha, Iowa. She has mediated over 1,500 cases since she began mediating in 1999.  In addition to being a mediation trainer, mediator and attorney, Ms. Crilley is also a former adjunct professor at Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she taught a general course in dispute resolution. Christine is also a Christian Conciliation Mediator and a Large Group Facilitator.

You can visit Christine's blog "There Has To Be A Better Way" by clicking on the following link:  There Has To Be A  Better Way

Crilley Mediation Services & Mediation Training - 320 Miller Road, Hiawatha, IA - Phone: 319.363.5606

16-Hour Parent Coordinator Training

​Two-Day Training Program for Parenting Coordinators, Mediators, Custody Evaluators, Attorneys, Judges, Therapists, Parent Educators, and Other Professionals Who Work with High Conflict Families

SPRING Session: May 2-3, 2019

Christine is an Advanced Practitioner member of the Association of Conflict Resolution and is a Nationally Approved Mediation Trainer as well.

Self Determination In Mediation:
Does It Really Exist?

​This training will be held in a workshop setting and will examine the Ethical Rules and Guidelines under which we practice mediation and point to the importance and absolute requirement of Party Self Determination.

2019 (at Crilley Mediation Center) - To Be Determined


Christine L. Crilley is a nationally approved mediation trainer and mediator serving the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area and surrounding communities.  She has presented numerous seminars/ training and development events in the legal and dispute resolution fields. Ms. Crilley is also a general practice attorney with over thirty years of experience.

Advanced Mediation Training

Crilley Mediation Services Now Offers Parenting Coordination
& Co-Parent Coaching


For more information on these
dispute resolution services
please click on the links below:

Parenting Coordinator

and Co-Parent Coaching


2019 (at Crilley Mediation Center) - To Be Determined​

14-Hour Collaborative Law Training

Two-Day Training For Mediators, Collaborative Professionals, Attorneys, CPAs, Financial Planners, Therapists, Child Advocates.

​*This training meets the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Minimum Standards for a Collaborative Basic Training,
which is a requirement for membership in many local
​Collaborative Law organizations.​​

Training for a Better Way   to Dispute Resolution 

Christine is a member of the Academy of International Collaborative Professionals as well as a member of the Collaborative Lawyers of Eastern Iowa.

ACR Nationally Approved 40-Hour Family Law Mediation Training

Training is for Mediators, Collaborative Professionals, Attorneys, CPAs, Financial Planners, Therapists, 

SPRING Session: April 8-12, 2019​


Crilley Mediation Services Collaborative Training
Crilley Mediation Services Mediation Training
Crilley Mediation Services and Parent Coordinator Training


Christine L. Crilley, JD

Mediator, Mediation Trainer, Collaborative Lawyer, Attorney at Law & Parenting Coordinator

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