Judith Saul

Judith A. Saul has over two decades of experience in mediation, facilitation, and training. She founded the Community Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (CDRC) based in Ithaca, New York in 1983 and served as its Executive Director for over 25 years. CDRC developed programs to respond to community and organizational conflicts and to accept cases from civil, criminal and family court cases. In addition to running the organization, Ms. Saul directed the center’s training of community volunteers and developed conflict education curricula for young people, adults and professionals. Under her leadership, CDRC became a nationally-recognized leader in the community mediation field. Ms. Saul is a Certified Transformative Mediator and a Fellow and Board member of the ISCT. She is also certified as a mediation trainer by the New York State Unified Court System for both basic mediation and advanced training in mediating visitation and custody cases. She has designed and implemented basic and advanced training for mediators as well as mediator coaching and assessment processes. She is an adjunct faculty member at Hofstra University School of Law, where she teaches basic and advanced mediation. She has trained mediators in Australia, China, England, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, New Zealand, and Norway.