Mediations are now a standard part of practice as a lawyer.

While there are courses that can teach and qualify you to be a mediator, this course has been deliberately designed to develop your skills as a lawyer in mediations. After wide consultations with judicial officers, mediators and the profession, we have created the Piddington Mediation Program (PMP).

Chaired by Nikita Barsby (MDC Legal), this one-day session, crosses four key areas of lawyer skills in mediations: Psychology, Preparation, Process and Enforcement.

The course will be delivered by leading mediators and lawyers who are regarded as effective practitioners in mediations so that you will learn from some of the best in the game. Mixing insight with practical realities, the PMP presenters refer to real-world examples.

Part 1 - Psychology

Presented by Coroner Nelson and Registrar Danielle Davies (both Supreme Court of Western Australia), it will cover how to understand what lies beneath the legal issues, how to approach the mediation and skills for negotiations.

Part 2 - Preparation

Understand how to prepare your case and your client in order to best meet the needs of the process and the mediator.

Speakers: Senior Commissioner Rachel Cosentino (Western Australian Industrial Relations Commissioner) and Rebecca Roberts (Mills Oakley).

Part 3 - Process

You will be provided an overview of a 'standard' mediation and then hear from mediators from across jurisdictions and private providers on how their approaches differ, so you can better understand the paths that exist.

Presenters: Principal Registrar Prue Griffin (Supreme Court of Western Australia), Principal Registrar Brenda McGivern (District Court of Western Australia), Senior Member Stephen Willey (State Administrative Tribunal), Registrar Genevieve Smit (Family Court of Western Australia) with more to be confirmed. 

Part 4 - Enforcement

You have an outcome. Now bring in the law to make it stick.

Speaker Rein Squires (Francis Burt Chambers) and Registrar Jennings

Attendees will be able to claim six CPD points, 3.5 points in CA2 (Professional Skills), 1.5 points in CA3 (Ethics and Professional Responsibility) and 1 point in CA4 (Substantive Law).

Proceeds from all Piddington activities go toward our access to justice projects. These are: the Piddington PLT Fund, which supports the CLCs that host Piddington PLT graduates to complete their hours required for admission; the Piddington Justice Fund for CLCs, to cover costs that they otherwise cannot meet; and, Kaartdijin, our First Nations Legal Education Fund. We also fund the Christine Wheeler Scholarship and John Chaney Award for new law graduates and law students. Annually we are able to make contributions of more than $50,000 to the community through these projects.

Note:

Practitioner ID numbers are issued by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. Information from the Board is available here. We require these to issue CPD certificates. If you do not want a CPD certificate, please put '00000' in the box on the booking form.

This program is delivered by The Piddington Society, an accredited CPD Provider approved by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. CPD schemes in other Australian jurisdictions do not accredit or pre-approve providers or courses. As a result, practitioners outside Western Australia must self-assess this activity against the CPD rules in their home jurisdiction and determine whether it meets their professional development obligations. Certificates of completion are issued to assist with record-keeping, but the final decision as to compliance rests with the individual practitioner and their local regulator. Participants should also note that some jurisdictions impose caps on certain delivery modes (e.g. South Australia limits 5 units per CPD year for web-based/recorded programs).

Location

Mediation Rooms, Supreme Court of Western Australia
David Malcolm Justice Centre, 28 Barrack Street, Perth WA 6000

Contact Details

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