At La Trobe Law School, Dispute Resolution is now a requirement for all students in the first semester and an elective for others. Given that all lawyers will either be involved in drafting clauses in contracts, advising clients or representing them as advocates in DR/ADR proceedings, this is a very welome development. Particluarly in mediation, many lawyers have not learned the proper advocacy skills so this will help to change things going forward.
I also always recommend a meiation cours even if not for ccreditation, as the skills are the same for the most part.
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Donna Ross
International ADR Practitioner
Donna Ross Dispute Resolution
Melbourne VIC
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Original Message:
Sent: 13-12-2022 12:54 AM
From: Chinwe Egbunike-Umegbolu
Subject: ADR mandatory in Law Schools- New Zealand and Australia
"We should make ADR a mandatory subject for teaching lawyers- we should put it on the bar examination, so before you become a lawyer, you will have to study ADR. When you think about the popular media, what impression do people have of lawyers and conflict resolution? They see programmes about courtrooms and trials but do not see shows about mediators. There was a show in the US called 'fairly legal' that ran for three seasons and then died; it is a show all about mediators, but it seems that the popular chase finds conflict more entertaining than peace-making"-David .A. Hoffman, Excerpts from Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Podcast-Episode 24
a) What is your take on the excerpts mentioned above?
b) Is ADR mandatory in law schools in New Zealand and Australia?
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Chinwe Egbunike-Umegbolu
PhD | Part-time lecturer |ADR Blogger |Host and Producer of Expert Views on ADR (EVA)
University of Brighton
Brighton
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