Training and Development
We have worked, as lead trainer, with the European Training Team in training the Western Circuit Bar of England and Wales, and have directed Accredited Mediation Training for the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland. Nearer to home, we directed and lead the Bar Council of Ireland’s Accredited Mediation Training programmes 2004 – 2005, We delivered a range of Guest Lectures and Mediation Training Courses notably to the Law Society School of Education, the M.Phil in International Peace Studies in ISE – Trinity College , the Church of Ireland’s Mediation Scheme and at Continual Professional Development seminars.
At the invitation of CPD Seminars, we have directed and lead Accredited and Mediation Training to a number of business and professional people as part of their continuing professional development series.
A wide range of people interested in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) have sought to further their interest and knowledge in this area and have been included on the MFI panel. We have a rich resource of people versed in the principles and practice of Civil Mediation.
In addition to directing training and workshops in the practice of Civil Mediation, we have been engaged to devise mediation and redress schemes and implement them providing the necessary guidance on practice standards and review. We organised the training of over 130 Barristers, both senior and junior, which was conducted under a European Training Team banner which was an intensive training programme accredited by the Bar Council of Ireland.
In addition to advice and consultancy in relation to training, the audit of complaint handling processes, review, design and implementation of Mediation and Arbitration schemes, the Forum includes a network of qualified and accredited Mediators who are available for nomination by the MFI centre.
From the people on our network, there are those whose skills range 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 Forum aims to provide a channel for the exchange of information and dialogue and thus inform the on going debate as to how best to progress the use and effectiveness of ADRs and Mediation in particular. Your role in this is vital whether you are a business or other user who may need to access this service or whether you are a practitioner we welcome your comments and feed- back. Contact Mediation Forum Ireland
