Training and Development
We have been involved with the European Traing Team in training the Western Circuit Bar of England and Wales, and we have directed training for the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland. Nearer to home, we have given a range of Guest Lectures and presentations notably to the Law Society School of Education and at Professional CPD courses around the country.
At the invitation of CPD Seminars, we have provided Guest Lectures and Mediation Training to a number of business and professional people as part of their CPD Seminar series. As a result a substantial number of people have undergone the two part training scheme and have been accredited by MFI . As a consequence, we have a rich panel of people proficient in the principles and practice of Civil Mediation.
We have expanded the training and workshop resources and services to include bespoke training courses. We have been engaged to devise mediation and redress schemes and implement them providing the necessary guidance on practice standards and review. We have organised the training of over 130 Barristers both senior and junior which was conducted under a European Training Team banner which is a specifically designed faculty and course for legal practitioners, in association with a UK alliance, which is accredited by the Bar Council of Ireland.
Our service in addition to advice and consultancy in relation to training, the audit of complaint handling processes, review, design and implementation of mediation schemes includes a network of qualified and accredited mediators who are available for nomination and appointment by the MFI centre.
From the range of people on our network, there are those whose skills range in relation to specialisms from commercial mediation, to community type mediation, restorative justice processes, human resource conflict management systems, workplace facilitation to evaluative mediation and expert determination.
There are a large proportion of barristers, who now have the Bar Council Accreditation as Mediators who would be competent to act as Chairpersons of a Mediation conference in personal injury cases and who have expressed their interest in being so nominated for this and other Mediations for which they would be appropriate.
Under the banner of Mediation Forum - Ireland which encompasses the services which are provided and reflects the diversity of the public which it sets out to reach, this web site aims to develope and will also provide a channel for the exchange of information and dialogue and inform the on going debate as to how best to progress the use and effectiveness of ADR and Mediation in particular. Your role in this is vital whether you are a business or other user who would need to access this service or whether you are a practitioner so we welcome your comments and feed- back. Contact Mediation Forum Ireland
