2024 Small Practice MCPD & Networking Session #4

2024 Small Practice MCPD & Networking Session #4

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2024 Small Practice MCPD & Networking Session #4
Thursday, 7 November 2024 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | The Walkers Arms Hotel (In-Person only)
1 CPD unit (Professional Skills) 

Session:  Mediation Advocacy  
Format: In-Person Member-only event 
Presenter: Stephen Dickinson, Ansr, Dispute Resolution

The Law Society of South Australia invites sole practitioners and all practitioners from Small Practice to join us for the 2024 Small Practice MCPD and Networking Series. This popular event is a great opportunity to connect with your fellow practitioners and build a network to support you. A networking opportunity will follow after the session with canapés and drinks. 

This is the last of the 4-part series of this event with the CPD session on Professional Skills and will cover the following areas related Mediation Advocacy.
  • A misnomer?
  • mediator selection
  • preparing your client
  • creating a landscape for informed decision-making
  • identifying "the gold" and identifying "the key"
  • controlling the narrative
  • mediation position papers
  • pre-mediation meetings
  • setting the scene
  • use of language
  • swapping shoes
  • positional versus interests-based bargaining
  • timing and sequencing
  • working with your mediator 
This presentation is suitable for all practitioners who participate in mediation, including as counsel, advocate, or instructing solicitor, as well as those who conduct or are considering conducting mediations. 

Registration fees:  Member-only event
Members: $30
 

Please note, this is an In-person event only, there will be no webinar nor recording for this session 

Thursday, 7 November 2024

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM ACDT

The Walkers Arms Hotel
36 North East Road
Walkerville SA 5081
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