Winning the settlement – mediation advocacy
Listen to Ross talking about this session prior to 'kon gres 2011 >>
About Leut Ross McSwan, RANR Ross is a barrister, adjudicator and mediator who has chambers at Inns of Court - Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland. Ross was first called to the bar in 2007. He was admitted as solicitor in 1994 after completing two years as an Articled Clerk. Since 1995 Ross has worked extensively in the field of mediation and arbitration throughout the Northern Territory and Queensland. He has over 2000 hours mediation experience and has finalised over 700 arbitration decisions as a Senior Case Officer for the Commonwealth. Ross has been the coordinator of mediation programs for over 5 years and has employed and mentored lawyers, social scientists and indigenous people as mediators. Ross is a Navy Reserve Legal Office and one of the most experienced dispute resolution specialists in the Australian Defence Force. He has extensive experience in investigating and resolving matters in the Local Government arena and for State Government departments including Forestry, Education, and Disability Services. Ross is accredited as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner and a conference chairperson in Legal Aid family law conferences. He also lectures at Bond University and James Cook University and regularly appears in the Federal Magistrates court in family law matters.
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Monday 28 November 2011 5.30 for
5.45pm presentation
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LEUT Ross McSwan, RANR, barrister and mediator is the 2011 recipient of the Prince of Wales Award. The award enabled Ross to travel to London and Geneva in June this year. Ross participated in Pepperdine Universities Summer School Mediation and Arbitration course. Pepperdine University of Malibu, California has been the pre eminent ADR school in the USA for the past five years. Ross shares his insights from developments in ‘winning the settlement’ at mediation and how his learnings have influenced his mediation practise locally and in PNG.