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Reflections on ADR, judging and non-adversarial justice: parallels and future developments
Podcasts, powerpoints and/or papers from the presentations are available to LEADR members and
Look at developments in dispute resolution through the lens of non-adversarial justice and explore the common elements.
The presentation will then explore the common elements: participation of parties, self-determination, respect, psychologically optimal and comprehensive processes. Finally Dr King will consider how insights from one vector of non-adversarial justice can assist in understanding or improving practice in another area, thereby leading to a process of cross-vector communication and mutual enrichment. Podcast: Listen to Dr King talk about this session pre-kon gres (5 mins) >> |
Dr Michael King, Magistrate for the East Kimberley, will speak about non-adversarial justice as a framework for understanding key developments in dispute resolution within and outside of the court system.
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The LEADR Michael Klug Award The LEADR Michael Klug Award was inaugurated in 2010 through the generosity of Michael Klug, a managing partner in Clayton Utz and LEADR’s Founding Vice-Chair. As well as being Vice Chair from 1989 until 1995, Michael Klug was Chair in 1996 and a Director for nine and a half years during the period 1989-2001. He is committed to lawyers embracing ADR and to the development of negotiation skills.
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Dr Michael King
LEADR Michael Klug Awardee 2011
Dr Michael King is Magistrate for the East Kimberley, Western Australia, where he has worked since July 2010, prior to that he worked in the Drug Court of Western Australia (2005-2007). In his academic role he has been a senior research fellow (for 12 months) and a senior lecturer (for two years) at Monash University. He maintains his connection with the Law Faculty as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer.
He has published extensively in Australian and overseas journals and via his blog on therapeutic jurisprudence, he reaches legal and ADR practitioners worldwide.
Before serving as the Perth Drug Court magistrate, Dr King worked as Geraldton magistrate between 2001 and 2005 where he was involved in developing three therapeutic jurisprudence court programs.
He is recognised internationally as an expert in therapeutic jurisprudence; his articles on legal practice, judging, problem-solving courts, therapeutic jurisprudence, offender rehabilitation, restorative justice, mediation, criminology and natural law have been published in peer reviewed journals in Australia, US and Europe.
He is the main author of Non-Adversarial Justice published in 2009 which outlines the key aspects of this growing trend. In 2009, Dr King also authored a bench book on solution-focused judging for the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration which is used by Australian and international judicial officers. Currently he maintains the Australasian Therapeutic Jurisprudence Clearinghouse as well as his blog on therapeutic jurisprudence published on the Cutting-Edge Law website.
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