You have something that is very valuable, something that a
lot of lawyers would pay good money for…. And you don't
even know it. With just a little effort, you can have a
very good part time income, on your day off, without even
straining yourself. If you are fluent in English and any
other language, if you are part of an ethnic community and
can get the word out, you can make money translating for
divorce mediators. Think about it, how many people tell you
their personal problems. Some of them come to you just
because you speak their language. They trust you and they
don't know what lawyer to use when they want to divorce.
They need help and can pay for it.
Do you know how many couples are still together just
because they don't know how to navigate the American legal
system? They have heard the horror stories about nasty
divorces and they don't want to get involved in an ugly
court fight. Those kinds of couples are PERFECT for
mediation. If you don't know those people, you want to find
them. You want to ask around the community and see who fits
this description. Now it is time to find a mediator.
Find a good phone book and look under Divorce Assistance or
Mediation. Call around and interview the lawyers. Tell them
that you are looking to establish a referral relationship
with a great mediator. Ask them how many mediations they
have done and what their success rate is. Ask them how long
a mediation usually takes and how much they charge. Ask if
they are predominantly mediators or if they also do
litigation. Ask them if it would be worth $250 for you to
bring them a couple and do the translation for the day. You
may have to negotiate your translation fee but you are
worth at least $150! Just to compare, I have done over 185
mediations and have 100% success rate. I only do mediation,
nothing else. On average it takes me between 4-7 hours to
do a mediation. I have very special skills that most
lawyers don't have in that I was a special education
teacher for many years and have a Masters in teaching
severely emotionally disturbed children, so I have yet to
meet a couple I couldn't work with. But there are a lot of
skilled mediators who are dying for new business. It is
best to work with a lawyer who is a mediator, that way they
can do all the legal forms and get everything done for the
couple. But you need to watch out for lawyers who say they
are mediators but are really just trying to cash in on a
good thing. Make sure that at least half their practice
involves mediation. With just a little work, you can have a
steady stream of clients to translate for and you can help
others and yourself at the same time.
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Ms. Rachman has been a family law attorney since 1996 and
has become so disheartened by our adversarial legal system
that she walked away from a successful law practice and now
only works with couples doing mediation. She is always
looking for business in under served communities. If you
live in Southern California and can do high level
translation, call this office. For more information on how
mediation works and what kind of couples do best in
mediation listen to an audio on the differences between
litigation and mediation at
http://www.divorce-inaday.com
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