History of Mediation Services

Mediation Services was founded and established in 1995 by Dr. Julie Macfarlane and began as an extra-curricular pilot project of the University of Windsor Faculty of Law. It was the first community mediation service in the Windsor-Essex County area, and the first clinical mediation training program in a Canadian law school. The pilot project initially offered training in mediation skills to law students, through a series of weekend workshops.

The next step sought to offer these students an opportunity to practice their new skills in a clinical setting. As no community mediation service had existed in Windsor since the early 1980's, Mediation Services was established to provide clinical experience in mediation skills for law students while providing an accessible mediation and training service to the Windsor-Essex community.

Today, Mediation Services provides comprehensive mediation and conflict resolution training services for the community.