REGISTER NOW FOR TMCA'S 2025 SYMPOSIUM!
Current Credential holders, please click here to login and register.
Non-Credential holders, please click here to complete our online registration form.
WHEN: Saturday, October 25, 2025, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
WHERE: The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson Conference Center, 2405 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, Texas 78712
We Are Back in Austin! (Both LIVE and Via Zoom!*)
As promised, our Symposium is hybrid once again! And, notably, the TMCA Board voted unanimously to extend the same registration fee for this hybrid Symposium as charged last year for Zoom only. To start off a day packed with skills-based sessions is the energetic Alan Bush to help keep us “in line,” ethically, followed by the ever-popular duo, Justice Lehrmann and Hon. John Coselli, with the latest from the SCOT along with a live Q&A. You won't want to miss our featured speaker, Rebekah Ratliff, a former commercial claims professional turned mediator. Her pre-lunch session, “Middleman Mindset and the Psychology of Negotiating,” promises to be both interactive and experiential. After lunch, Rebekah will be back with “Ethical Optics: Exploring the Mediator’s Role.” Renowned for her high-energy and engaging facilitation style, Kendria Taylor will then illuminate for us “The Reflective Mediator” and Mark Nair, seasoned innovator and AI expert, will round off the day with the latest on “How AI Is Transforming Mediation.” Hope to see you in Austin!
Early Bird Registration fees (paid by 10/3/25):
- $100 for current Credential holders
- $125 for non-Credential holders
Registration fees after 10/3/25:
- $125 for current Credential holders
- $150 for non-Credential holders
For more information, click here.
*Though we would love to connect with you in person, for those who would prefer to watch our Symposium online, we will simulcast all sessions via Zoom and record the Zoom version for later viewing by paid registrants.
RENEW OR APPLY FOR YOUR 2025 TMCA CREDENTIAL NOW!
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TEXAS BAR JOURNAL CENTER-SPREAD ADVERTISEMENT
Watch for our center-spread ad in the June 2025 issue of the State Bar of Texas' Texas Bar Journal! Every year since 2007, TMCA has placed an ad in the Texas Bar Journal listing all current Credential holders. This exposure to more than 123,000 Texas attorneys helps fulfill TMCA's mission to "Promote Quality Mediation Throughout Texas."
TMCA'S 2024 SUPPLEMENT TO THE MEDIATION BENCHBOOK
Each year, TMCA mails our "Supplement to the Mediation Benchbook" to more than 1,200 County, District, Appellate, Federal, and Supreme Court judges across Texas. This Supplement includes all current TMCA Credential holders listed by county of primary practice. Our 2024 “Supplement to the Mediation Benchbook” is another way TMCA puts credentialed mediators at the fingertips of influencers and decision-makers while fulfilling its mission to promote quality mediation throughout Texas.
The Mediation Benchbook, Second Edition, mailed to the same judges, provides Texas judges and others that utilize mediation a resource that includes mediation statutes, a sample mediation order, TMCA credentialing criteria, information about TMCA's grievance process, and the Texas Supreme Court ethics orders. The Benchbook is funded by your dues and an educational grant from the James W. Gibson Fund.
TMCA'S OUTSTANDING CREDENTIALED MEDIATOR FOR 2024
Melanie E. Grimes
