DR: Future of Family Practice: Models, Participation & Flexibility in Family Law

Registration
1.00pm

Chair's Opening Remarks
1.30pm

New DR offerings – Looking to the future - who is doing what differently?
1.40pm

Speakers from each new DR service will be asked to tell us about it

• what they have done
• why they have created it
• how it works
• why it was needed
• looking to the future

How to work in DR ways - complementary skills and practice
2.25pm

How the DR offerings are conducted and what they need from lawyers, especially those not trained in mediation – myth busting and practice development. There is a need for practitioners, especially those not qualified in mediation, collab law or arbitration to feel that they can refer into all of the DR options and not lose work.

• Concerns
• Options – solicitor-present mediation and neutral evaluation -
• How to get involved when not DR trained, DR Basics

Refreshment Break
3.20pm

Deal-Making
3.40pm

• DR negotiations
• Pros and cons of FDR
• Different models of DR
• Choosing your arbitrators or private judges
• Uncouple combines all DR options – exciting times

Complimentary Professionals – bringing other professionals into the DR offerings
4.25pm

How other professionals are brought into the process – how they can work with us in the DR process.

Chair's Summation & Close of Event
5.15pm

Drinks Reception
5.20pm