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LEADR - Association of Dispute
Resolvers LEADR is an Australasian, not-for-profit membership organisation that promotes alternative dispute resolution including mediation. LEADR has members in Australia, New Zealand and throughout the Asia Pacific region. More about LEADR >> Narrative mediation workshop with Richard Cohen
For information on the workshop >> Listen to Richard talk about narrative mediation: Read an article by Richard on the development of conflict transformation. To read >> NMC registration open Registration for the National Mediation Conference in Sydney, 11-13 September is now open. Early bird ends 15 June and the standard registration fee is available until 31 August. LEADR Code of Ethics The Board is pleased to announce that it has adopted a new Code of Ethics. This Code replaces the Law Council Ethical Standards for Mediators which the LEADR Board had previously adopted in 2002. The new Code applies to ADR practitioners, including mediators, is written in plain English, aligns closely with the LEADR Constitution and reflects the commitment that LEADR holds to promoting high standards in the delivery of ADR services. With a similar commitment to high standards, the National Mediator Accreditation System requires mediators to adhere to the code of conduct or ethical standards prescribed by the organisation or association with which they have membership. The Board hopes that the new Code will inspire Members to reflect on their practice and serve as a guide for providing both an ethical and a quality service to participants in ADR. Read the new code of ethics here >> LEADR Compliments, Suggestions and Complaints policy If you have a compliment, suggestion or complaint about a LEADR service, a LEADR member or an ADR process, LEADR wants to hear about it. Our new Compliments, Suggestions and Complaints policy encourages feedback and documents LEADR’s commitment to respond sensitively, to address the matters promptly and even-handedly and to learn from the feedback. CEO attends IAM Conference, Washington
Conflict re-storying through narrative mediation
LEADR WA Chapter will host Professor Winslade for an event: Narrative mediation: Mediator questions and interventions in situations of entrenched conflict on Tuesday 15 May. More info >> Registration fee – nationally accredited mediators As of the 1 March 2012, the MSB has introduced a registration fee of $100 (including GST) payable at the time of accreditation or re-accreditation and thereafter every two years on each succeeding re-accreditation. Registration fees will be used to establish and maintain a register of nationally accredited mediators. As your RMAB, LEADR is collecting the $100 for the two year period of your national accreditation. LEADR retains $10 to contribute to the administrative expenses of collecting these fees and remits the remaining $90 to the MSB. To find out more about the MSB registration fee >> Leymah Gbowee: keynote speaker
Cognitive neuroscience in decision-making course The Master Mediator Institute Immersion Course, 'The Science Behind the Sense: Exploring Cognitive Neuroscience in Decision Making', May 3-6, 2012, features leading neuroscientists, economists and social scientists from Duke University, North Carolina, USA. South Africa introduces compulsory mediation New court rules make mediation compulsory for all civil and commercial litigation. A pilot will run in the second quarter of 2012 at all high courts and nine regional civil courts. Public participation in the financial DR design process in Hong Kong The use of civic engagement in policy decision making in Hong Kong has increased with deliberative methods being used for example in the establishment of a Financial Dispute Resolution Centre. New edition of Professor Sourdin's title
LEADR presence at ABA's dispute resolution conference
LEADR NZ member, Jessica Carter will co-present on ethics and trust in telephone mediations. For more on the Conference. >> LEADR hosts Japanese delegation
LEADR to run first collaborative family law coaching workshop in Australia LEADR is offering a special pilot of the CINERGY® collaborative family law coaching (CFLC) in Melbourne on 26-27 March.The two day workshop provides ongoing professional development for lawyers and their associates, mediators, psychologists and other practitioners involved in the collaborative family law process. Registration form and flyer >> Mediating with Aboriginal families
LEADR member first Australian EU mediator
This qualification enables Paul to mediate cross-border civil and commercial disputes in the EU. Additionally, the qualification is recognised for mediations in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Russia, Romania, Slovenia, Ukraine, Portugal, Spain, Egypt and China. LEADR congratulates Paul on this certification ‘kon gres – a resounding success
Again, the conference provided a wonderful opportunity for networking, for learning from one another, for being inspired and for invigorating mediator practice. It was jam-packed with thought-provoking (and thought-stilling) sessions and presenters and participants all engaged with great enthusiasm in ‘the conversations’. Click here >>
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Richard Cohen, one of the original contributors to narrative mediation, will give a two day workshop in Sydney, 2-3 August incorporating narrative and transformative perspectives into a process which can heal as well as resolve. "Narrative mediation assists parties to get beyond negative and destructive patterns of interaction," says Richard. "It develops empathy, deeper understandings, reflection and strength."
As part of exploring potential for cooperation with LEADR, the International Academy of Mediators (IAM) invited LEADR CEO Fiona Hollier to attend the upcoming IAM conference in Washington DC. The three conference sessions, Applying neuroscience to mediation, Mediation opportunities in the EU, and Religion, beliefs and culture-drivers or solutions in international conflict mediation, as well as the opportunity for collegiate discussions, should prove stimulating and informative. LEADR’s connections with IAM have been initiated by LEADR members Alan Limbury and Geoff Sharp who are also members of IAM. 
With his stimulating blend of theoretical rigour and practice-based teaching, Professor John Winslade will lead this exploration of re-storying conflict through narrative mediation.
Workshop in Perth, 16-17 May 2012.
2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Leymah Gbowee will be keynote speaker at International Association for Conflict Management's conference, July in South Africa as well as ACR's in September in New Orleans
The 4th edition of Prof Tania Sourdin's, Alternative Dispute Resolution, includes new material on judicial and decisional dispute resolution; obligations to use ADR including the latest legislative reforms and the Civil Dispute Resolution Act 2011 (Cth); and analysis and recent case law reviews of confidentiality and admissibility. 
LEADR member, Lorraine Lopich (right) with Dr Ross Sydney will present on 'Dispute resolution design 2.0 – A systems engineering framework for ADR processes in complex disputes' at the American Bar Association's Conference in Washington DC, 18-21 April. 
LEADR recently hosted two Japanese judges, Kazumi Ohama and Minoru Sonoda in Sydney researching alternative dispute resolution for the Supreme Court of Japan
Relationships Australia Family Relationship Centre in Alice
Springs has developed a model of practice to help achieve better mediation processes and outcomes for Aboriginal people.
Member of the LEADR NSW Chapter executive, Dr Paul Gibson has become Australia’s first European Union (EU) qualified mediator having completed the European Mediation Training for Practitioners of Justice (EMTPJ) in October. The 12 day theoretical and practical training is a special project of the European Commission and was conducted by the Association for International Arbitration based in Brussels.
‘kon gres 2011 was a great success. Many left physically and socially exhausted while being professionally energised – surely the sign of a successful ‘assembly for promoting matters of common interest’.
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