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Francis Ojok

International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
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Uganda

Francis Ojok is a Ugandan-trained lawyer with experience in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (Negotiation and Mediation). He is a Certified Mediator and an International Mediation Institute Qualified Mediator. He co-founded Kuponya Peace & Justice Initiative, based in Uganda. Francis holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Caruso School of Law, Pepperdine University; a Master of Arts (MA) in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence from Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management; and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree from Kampala International University, Uganda. He has also completed coursework for a postgraduate diploma in Legal Practice from Uganda’s Law Development Center.

Francis has extensive experience working with culturally diverse teams across several geographical contexts. He began his career interning at the Chief Magistrate Court of Gulu, Northern Uganda, before joining one of Uganda’s top law firms (Onyango & CO. Advocates) as an Associate. His experience expands to working in academic institutions like Brandeis and Pepperdine University. He has also worked with NGOs in Uganda and America.

He is a member of the Association of Young Arbitrators and IMI’s Young Mediators Initiative (YMI) and a frequent public speaker on Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration, and Conflict Resolution. He also frequently writes and has published several articles on these topics. Currently, Francis consults with a Los Angeles-based Company.

Maximizing Values: Soft Negotiation Skills To Create Values And Make Your Counterpart Want to Work With You Again

Blog
Posted 9 Mar 2023
To most people, negotiation is a battle of words. They are all about reaching an agreement. They get blinded by the myth fueled by their biases that they are there to claim their client’s most significant percentage of the pie. That mindset prompts them to approach negotiation adversarially and aggressively.
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Nonverbal Communication in Mediation

Blog
Posted 3 Feb 2023
There is a continuous demand for mediation as a forum for settling domestic and international disputes. In America, a study of 449 cases revealed that mediation could resolve 78 percent of cases, regardless of whether parties had been compelled to mediate by a court or had voluntarily chosen it .
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Enhancing a Just & Peaceful Society: Use of mediation to interrupt the cycle of violence in Uganda

Blog
Posted 30 Dec 2022
Mediation is a process by which a neutral third person facilitates communication between parties to a dispute and assists them in reaching a mutually agreed resolution. . In Uganda, this is not a new form of resolving disputes. Since time immemorial, it was the only known form of dispute resolution at home, with elders serving as mediators, in the communities, with traditional leaders serving as mediators.
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Singapore
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Sezil Durmus

Attorney at Law & Mediator

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Turkey
Sezil Durmuş is an Attorney at Law registered in Istanbul Bar and a Mediator registered in Turkish Ministry of Justice. She focuses her practice on Contracts Law, Corporate Law and Employment Law by assisting her clients in structuring and negotiating legal transactions.
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Ana Maria Maia Gonçalves

Business leader in global organizations, educator, mediator and executive coach

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Portugal
Ana´s professional expertise in online dispute resolution (ODR) has focused on enhancing the quality of the mediation practice using ICT- information and communication technology.
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James Claxton

Mediator, Arbitrator & Law Professor

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Japan
James is a mediator, arbitrator, and law professor at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. He previously practiced international dispute resolution at law firms in Paris and was legal counsel at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes of the World Bank in Washington.
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Maria Francesca Francese

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Italy
Francesca is a civil and commercial mediator, with almost two decades of experience and thousands of mediated cases.
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Testimonials from our Mediation Training

Experiences with our training to become a mediator

Hear from our participants who are now part of our global network of mediators as IMC Fellows.

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Our participants have various professional und cultural backgrounds. After the successful completion of your training, you can be part of our huge IMC Fellows network meeting former participants from different working fields such as UN negotiators, NGO, WHO, judges of supreme courts, psychologists and more. Be ready for a very active and unique network of people based in more than 70 countries.

5/5
The teaching staff was very diverse, knowledgeable, and experienced. I found the course to be very informative and enjoyable – time just flew by! I also highly appreciate how IMC’s fair pricing system makes this training accessible for individuals with different economic backgrounds.
  • Zeina Skouti
  • Field Legal Officer
  • Syria
5/5
As a Peace Fellow I always wanted to develop a skill that was aligned with my field .12 weeks mediation training helped me achieve that goal and I also made new connections all around the world. The trainers were outstanding. Training with IMC was one of the best experience one could ever dream off.
  • Nauman Gul
  • Student of MS Peace and Conflict Studies , Researcher and Peace Fellow
  • Pakistan
5/5
Being part of IM Campus was an enriching opportunity actually it was an outstanding adventure. I was able to learn new techniques, improve my mediation skills & most of all made new friends from all over the globe. PROUD TO BE AN IMCAMPUS ALUMNI.
  • Rabih Sfeir
  • Attorney at Law
  • Lebanon
5/5
Having a diverse team of participants and especially the trainers coming from every place in the world, means they have their own ideas and points of view about mediation and this gave us a really wide variety of ideas to adopt for when we become mediators in the future.
  • Sepide Tabatabaee
  • Lawyer
  • Iran
5/5
Watching the mediators mediate is something missing in the market and IMC fulfils this!
  • Saner Ahmedov
  • Conflict Resolution Advisor & Mediator
  • Ukraine
5/5
I completed my qualification training with IM Campus and i really enjoyed the training, meeting with mediators from all over the world and learning about new skills . it was a very interesting journey
  • Salma Benayed
  • Assistant professor
  • Tunisia
5/5
It was such a privilege to meet such a wonderful group of people. Varied and exciting topic modules, carried out by very competent trainers with diverse backgrounds, have made mediation training a great pleasure. The self-study training sessions made the program super flexible.
  • Dania Shawwa
  • Mediator
  • Switzerland
5/5
The teachers were just amazing and it was a great, quality program! Thank you very much IMC, I really enjoyed the training sessions.
  • Cecilia Flores Rueda
  • International Dispute Resolution
  • Mexico
5/5
If you decide to take a course at IM Campus, you should be ready to:
– a high-level organization of the IMC team
– be taught by highly professional Mediators with a worldwide reputation
– make friends with your classmates
– get additional webinars as a bonus
– injoy the cource
  • Oleh Tiurin
  • Deputy Commercial Director
  • Ukraine
5/5
Being an IMCampus alumnus is one of my greatest achievements. I was given the opportunity to sublime my mediation skills thanks to professional and skilled mediators; but most of all IMCampus helped me to broaden my horizon becoming the “consensus bridger” that I am now. Thank you IMCampus!
  • Rabih S. Sfeir
  • Attorney at law & Mediator
  • Lebanon
5/5
Being an IMCampus alumnus is one of my greatest achievements. I was given the opportunity to sublime my mediation skills thanks to professional and skilled mediators; but most of all IMCampus helped me to broaden my horizon becoming the “consensus bridger” that I am now.
  • Rabih S. Sfeir
  • Attorney at law & Mediator
  • Lebanon
5/5
I had thought that I already knew about mediation as a lawyer. Nevertheless, with IMC, I experienced explorations that I had not previously considered in every session.
  • Megha Chaturvedi
  • Advocate
  • India
5/5
As a Peace Fellow I always wanted to develop a skill that was aligned with my field .12 weeks mediation training helped me achieve that goal and I also made new connections all around the world. The trainers were outstanding. Training with IMC was one of the best experience one could ever dream off.
  • Nauman Gul
  • Student of MS Peace and Conflict Studies , Researcher and Peace Fellow
  • Pakistan
5/5
I was looking for a course that could provide me knowledge as well as a certificate with which I could start working and IMC fulfilled these criteria!
  • Fernanda Jotz
  • Lawyer
  • Brazil
5/5
IMC’s mediator training was 20 weeks of constant learning! The support given to us throughout the course was highly notable and all the modules were well connected: we knew that with each module, we were building on the knowledge of the previous one in a very constructive manner.
  • Sharon Christians
  • Retired Corporate Executive
  • France
5/5
I really enjoyed being part of an international class with teachers/trainers from different national backgrounds. This was inspiring for me as whilst I don’t know where I want to live in the future, I now have an international network and know that I can practice mediation anywhere in the world.
  • Jolie Rochell
  • Community Engagement Manager
  • Germany
5/5
IMC presents a huge spectrum of the field of mediation with an enriching variety of speakers, approaches, thoughts, and insights along with simulations that range from family to peace negotiations!
  • Kerem Can
  • Actor
  • Germany
5/5
I was initially doubtful of using an online platform for a mediator training as I was not sure how we could practice the taught skills throughout the course in this manner. However, this was not the case at all, IMC’s international training worked so well!
  • Kit Ling Viriginia Hui
  • Customer Service & Logistics
  • Hong Kong
5/5
From the perspective of a student, my takeaway was, within this course, that it is not enough for you to study books alone. You have to do real practical sessions and the practices that we had in this training during these three months were really, really helpful for me.
  • Mazyar Javid
  • Attorney
  • Iran
5/5
Thank you, IMC, for making this mediator training so interesting! It has triggered inside me a desire to go beyond the course material and to start practicing mediation.
  • Romain Muller
  • EU Projects Officer & Embodiment Facilitator
  • Switzerland
5/5
I can’t think of one day where there wasn’t a direct clash with between IMC’s training sessions and my university classes. At the end, I skipped my university classes and instead joined the training sessions every single time because I learned so much more at IMC!
  • Ambarin Khambati
  • Lawyer & Mediator
  • India
5/5
I liked how flexible IMC’s training was: anyone at any age and profession can take part to learn about mediation and gain experience. It has changed my whole perception and experience of conflict. I am so glad that I can see a career for myself in this field!
  • Amrah Minzar
  • Law Student
  • Sri Lanka
5/5
Everything was so enriching and I loved this multicultural class. I think that was the main learning here because we learnt to be an international mediator because this is a huge cross-cultural mediation. When I need a co-mediator from another country, I will remember you.
  • Daniel Brantes
  • Researcher
  • Brazil

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