MEDIATION TODAY

Anca Costin holds a Bachelor of Laws (2003) from the Romanian – American University in Bucharest (Romania), a Diploma in Law from the Legal Practitioners Admission Board (University of Sydney) (2014) and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University (2014). Since 2018, Anca is also a committee member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee with the ACT Law So...

Dr Lola Akin Ojelabi , Associate Professor, La Trobe Law School, is an Australian Lawyer and a Nationally Accredited Mediator.  She is a full-time, ongoing academic at La Trobe Law School and has a PhD in Law with a focus on conflict resolution.  She has over 10 years’ experience as a practising lawyer before commencing a career in academia in 2005. She has taught dispute resolution, neg...

Welcome to Mediation Today.  In today’s episode my guest is Dr Rosemary HOWELL. Dr Howell holds a title of a Doctor of Judicial Science from the University of Technology Sydney, she is an Accredited Administrator under the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator scheme, an NMAS Accredited Mediator and Chairman of her company Strategic Action since 1985, to mention only a few of her achievements and activ...

In today’s episode I am talking with David PURNELL, a mediator and doyen in the area of alternative dispute resolution in Canberra and wider. David has practised mediation for several decades and has been involved in a number of national and international organisations that took leadership in looking and finding peaceful solutions to World problems. David is an experienced writer and researcher; m...

In today’s episode I am talking with David PURNELL, a mediator and doyen in the area of alternative dispute resolution in Canberra and wider. David has practised mediation for several decades and has been involved in a number of national and international organisations that took leadership in looking and finding peaceful solutions to World problems. David is an experienced writer and researcher; m...

this episode is PART 2 of my interview with Michael KLUG AM. Michael Klug AM is one of Australia’s pioneering lawyers in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and was a founding member of LEADR (Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution). Michael was also an original Director of the Australasian Disputes Centre and has served on numerous ADR committees and organisations nationwide. Michael...

Michael Klug AM is one of Australia’s pioneering lawyers in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and was a founding member of LEADR (Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution). Michael was also an original Director of the Australasian Disputes Centre and has served on numerous ADR committees and organisations nationwide. Michael has practised law for over 40 years and is a former managing...

Shirli Kirschner is an experienced mediator and alternative dispute resolution practitioner from Sydney, with a gentle, friendly personality. I loved interviewing Shirli as her rich experience comes through every word she utters.  In this, second interview with Shirli, we explore cultural aspects of mediation practice. Shirli talks about the role ethnicity plays in today's society and how it...

Rhian Williams provides a variety of services through her firm based in Canberra and they include: - Mediation - Facilitation - Dispute system design - Thought partnering, and - Research Services Rhian's website is designed to take the visitor through an outline of her specialty service areas: provision of direct client services, workshops delivery, blog about ‘travels with a triangle’ as well as...

As a Life coach in Canberra, ACT, Fiona McIlroy has over twenty-five years of experience teaching and working in the community sector with people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. This gives her the ability to respond to a range of learning styles and group or individual settings. Fiona is passionate about supporting others to make changes that reflect their true values and abilities through...

Today’s guest in my series of podcasts about all things mediation is Dr Hanna Jaireth, a long-term mediator and board member of several non-government environmental law organisations and law journals for many years, a volunteer with ACT ParkCare since 2001 and is a panel member with the Canberra Conflict Resolution Service, CRS. Hanna was the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Michael Klug Award, a...

Fiona KIRKMAN is the founder of an IT product, 'Family Property', and an Accredited Specialist in Family Law. She is a mediator, a FDR Practitioner and a Collaborative Coach and runs her own practice, Kirkman Family Law, which is focused on 'resolution without court'. Fiona's website states that she understands the challenges family lawyers and FDRP mediators face, particularly time and cost press...

Venita DIMOS is a mediator and a Conflict Coach. To manage conflict is not something most people have ever received education and training for. Most people have learned to deal with conflict ‘on the job’, through trial and error, through stress and damaged relationships. As a result, many people choose to avoid or fear conflict. Avoiding conflict resolves nothing. Being able to effectively resolve...

Dr Richard WHITWELL is a lawyer and a mediator, a professional who has worked right across Australia in his various roles, working as a high-ranked Government official as well as a private practitioner mediator in Canberra. Right up to 2019 Richard worked in Port Hedland, Pilbara Region, Western Australia. He was a Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, up to 2...

Bernadette (Berni) is an accredited Family Law Specialist as certified by the Law Society of New South Wales and a trained collaborative lawyer. She has been working as a Family Lawyer for over 25 years. Her work is exclusively dedicated to all aspects of Family Law and has a passion for achieving workable solutions for her clients whether that is through agreement or through a hearing at Court. “...

Eddie SENATORE is a Canberra-based mediator, practising in the area of business mediations.  We hear from his rich experience as well as about his involvements in a number of international mediation fora. Enjoy!

Shirli is the CEO of Resolve Advisors, a frontrunner of innovative and practical dispute resolution for the public and private sectors in Australia and internationally including Asia and the USA. Her professional expertise includes facilitation (including mediation ) and dispute system design . She has been involved in issues including water, energy regulation, telecommunications, land rights, fin...

Today I speak with Fiona KIRKMAN, CEO and co-founder of her family law mediation enterprise titled Family Property. Hear Fiona talk about her IT product, which aims at simplifying practitioners' effectiveness in dealing with family law matters and clients. See more at FamilyProperty - Separation simplified | Home Enjoy! Vesna Cvjeticanin NMAS Mediator Lawyer Founder and Producer of MEDIATION TODAY

Delcy is an Australian and International Mediator. With her rich practice and teaching experience in Australia, as well as her country of origin, Chile, and India and Vietnam, Delcy shares with us her unique learnings and strengths in the field of international mediation. Her involvement in the development of the Singapore Mediation Convention ensures Delcy's story is interesting, educational and...

In this episode of my podcast Mediation Today, I am chatting with Dr John WOODWARD, an Australian mediator who has completed his PhD on the topic of alternative dispute resolution, titled "LAWYER APPROACHES TO COURT-CONNECTED MEDIATION: A NEW CASE STUDY". Dr Woodward is an active mediator as well as an academic at Newcastle University's Law School (NSW, Australia). In the interview, Dr Woodward al...

Joanne Law, the Co-Founder of Interact Support and a leader at Mediation Institute Pty Ltd, talks about her mediation experiences, the novel approaches to training and the support that Interact Support provides to novice as well as established mediators in their practice.

In this episode of Mediation Today Vesna Flower Cvjeticanin talks with Linda Kochanski, an Australian academic and university lecturer, mediation practitioner and a member of numerous professional organisations and management boards.  Linda talks about her career, hints and tips about mediating relationships and gives us some important messages for a successful mediation practice. Enjoy!

Vesna Flower Cvjeticanin talks to Philip ARGY, an experienced Australian and International mediator, about his professional background, experiences in business and commercial negotiations and his ADROID Principles. Join us to hear our chat about all things mediation!

My guest in this podcast is Rosemary Dupont, a Canberra-based mediator. I decided to start this series of radio interviews with Rosemary as one of the well known and highly respected mediators in the ACT, NSW and also internationally. It is my absolute pleasure to have the opportunity to talk to rosemary about her practice. To start with, and to give our listeners an idea of how wide Rosemary's sp...