Monday, 1 July 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Professional Skills
This program is based on NSW legislation
Professional Skills
Preparing Clients for Mediation and Steps to take to Ensure a Successful Mediation
- How best to prepare your client for Mediation
- Ways to use the mediator for a successful outcome
- The importance of the opening session
- Avoiding negotiating traps
- How to avoid some common pitfalls for practitioners
Presented by Kerry Hogan-Ross, Consultant, Kerry Hogan-Ross Mediations
Chair
Paul Lewis, Special Counsel, Ramsden Family Law; Accredited Specialist in Family Law and Dispute Resolution
*Original Content was created in March 2024
Presenters
Kerry Hogan-Ross, Consultant, Kerry Hogan-Ross MediationsKerry has been a legal practitioner since 1990 and was a partner in the litigation group of a large law firm (now known as DLA Piper) for 14 years. She has been an Accredited Mediator since 2013 mediating a wide range of cases including commercial, professional negligence, personal injury and historical abuse. Kerry also facilitates joint expert conclaves which are routinely order by courts.
Paul Lewis, Senior Legal Counsel, Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers
Paul Lewis is a Senior Legal Counsel at Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers where he leads the Family & Relationships Law team and acts as a Mediator in family law and other disputes. Paul also sits as a part-time General Member of NCAT in the Consumer and Commercial Division. Paul is an accredited mediator through the NSW Law Society’s LMA Scheme and is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and in Dispute Resolution through the Law Society. He currently serves on the ADR Committee of the Law Society and in the past has sat on the Family Law Committee, regulatory committees, and the Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee.
