(b) QUALIFICATIONS. To qualify for certification as a mediator, a lawyer must establish:
(2) membership in good standing in The Florida Bar and the Middle District bar, and
(3) completion of the Florida Supreme Court’s certified-mediator training and certification by the Florida Supreme Court of good standing as a circuit court mediator.
(d) COMPENSATION. Unless the parties and the mediator agree otherwise, the parties must pay the mediator a reasonable fee, and must bear equally the cost of mediation. No mediator can charge a fee to, or accept anything of value from, a source other than the parties.
(e) PRO BONO REQUIREMENT. If asked by a judge, a mediator must conduct at least one mediation a year in which the judge determines that a party lacks the ability to pay the mediator.
