Week 9- November 21st

For this week's time at CMS I focused on expunging cases, finding mediators, locating offenders, and observing my first intake. It was an exciting week. I am very excited to be able to follow a case from beginning to end. This case also happens to have several offenders and will be able to offer me a good grasp of what actually happens in mediations in RJ. The mediators are experienced and will show me many techniques that I can choose to use for myself. I was also happy to have worked with the school to track down an offender we have been trying to find for weeks. Today I was also able to allot a mediator to a new case that came in last week. I am so eager to get in there and learn. I am also going to be closing more cases and expunging their files.This process is nice, it reduces the paperwork down to the necessities. Overall, I had a very informative and eventful week. I hope there will be many more like it!