Paul H. Ladehoff, M.S., J.D.
CSDR Training Program Coordinator
Director, MU Campus Mediation Service

Paul Ladehoff is training coordinator for the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution at the MU School of Law and director of the MU Campus Mediation Service. Paul is an honors graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law and served as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

He is an honors graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law and served as a trial attorney in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.  An experienced mediator and mediation trainer, Paul came to MU in 2004 from the Mediation Center in Lincoln, NE, where he provided training, conflict resolution workshops for community organizations, and continuing education for mediators.

As a trainer, Paul sees his role as eliciting and facilitating participant’s own learning.  Thus, workshops emphasize participation and learning from experience while conveying a composite of theory, methods, skills and attitudes.  In this active learning approach, he uses discussion, activities, exercises and role plays in addition to brief presentations. He has provided a variety of trainings to numerous groups including the following examples:

•    Basic Mediation Trainings (30 - 45 hours) for the MU Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, the Nebraska Office of Dispute Resolution, Nebraska Continuing Legal Education and the University of Nebraska College of Law;
•    Large Group Facilitation Trainings (16 hours) for the MU Extension Service and Nebraska Office of Dispute Resolution and workshops on facilitating dialogue as a project leader for the MU Difficult Dialogues Project;
•    Negotiation Training (4 to 16 hours) for the MU Office of Sponsored Programs, Farmer’s Insurance
•    Restorative Justice Trainings (16 hours) for ODR;
•    Fee Dispute Mediation and Arbitration (12 hours) for the Missouri Bar Association;
•    Conflict Management Workshops (2 to 16 hours) for organizations including Missouri Department of Corrections, TierOne Bank, Nebraska Commission on Public Service (AmeriCorps), and the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department;
•    Workshops on Cooperative Problem Solving (2 to 16 hours) for the Missouri Department of Health and participants in local human services agencies;
•    Process Skills Workshops providing advanced training for practicing mediators on topics such as Ethics, Power Disparities, Impasse, Mindfulness, Cross-Cultural Issues, etc., at conferences such as the Heartland Mediators Conference and the Association of Missouri Mediators annual conference;