ADRA

ADRA CPD Event - Dr Amanda White
2023-04-24 16:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | The Law Society of NSW, 170 Phillip St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
ADRA will be hosting an event with Dr Amanda White, President, ANZAPPL (New South Wales) as guest speaker. Attendance to this event allows you to earn 1 CPD point. The topic for this event is “Cognition, mental disorders and capacity in the legal context”

This presentation aims to explore the role of cognition and mental disorders when examining questions of legal capacity. Discussion will focus on how these factors may be relevant to various aspects of the law and related processes including instructing lawyers in proceedings, executing decisions and an individual’s capacity to partake in mediation.Dr White will explain some of the neurological and psychological factors including autism spectrum disorder and personality disorder which may influence an individual’s cognition and capacity and provide information and basic strategies as to how to work with these presentations within this context.

Dr White is an endorsed Forensic Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychologist with extensive training and experience in the preparation of forensic psychological and neuropsychological reports. She is skilled in the comprehensive assessment of cognitive, behavioural and psychological impairments associated with complex histories, multiple comorbidities and a range of conditions, including acquired brain injury, neurodegenerative disorders, psychological and psychiatric illness, neurological conditions, intellectual disability, substance use disorders and forensic matters including risk assessment. She has extensive experience conducting assessments and reports surrounding decision making and capacity evaluations. She has appeared as an expert witness in the NSW courts and various tribunals.

Note that the preferred attendance for this event is via Zoom (link will be on your ticket). The Law Society has seating for only 8 attendees

2023 - ADRA Monthly Meeting
2023-04-24 18:15 - 19:15, 2023-05-23 18:15 - 19:15, 2023-06-27 18:15 - 19:15, 2023-07-25 18:15 - 19:15

ADRA CPD Event - Geoff Charlton
2023-05-23 16:30 - 17:15
ADRA will be hosting an event with Geoff Charlton as guest speaker. Attendance to this event allows you to earn 1 CPD point. The topic for this presentation will be “What I have learned in 30 + years of mediating”

The presentation will cover the following talking points:

After initial training, grab every opportunity that arises

Use your negotiation training

Hold a preliminary Conference

Do not rush to conclusions based on briefed material

Make parties comfortable from the outset

Use a structure initially

Be flexible with process

Identify Ideas and Suggestions

Summarise often

Allow parties / lawyers to identify terms of agreement

Familiarise with various mediation formats

Be aware of differing dynamics with various mediation subjects.

Semi-retire with an ADR body that does all the organising.

Geoff Charlton spent 30 plus years working as an experienced commercial lawyer. After trained in mediation in 1992, Geoff adapted his negotiation skills to become a successful mediation specialist now with over 30 years plus ADR experience and over 2000 matters conducted.. He is a Co-Author of the leading mediation skills textbook, The Mediator’s Handbook (3rd Edition). Geoff is now semi retired conducting 1 or 2 Legal Aid parenting and property mediations a week.

ADRA CPD Event - Allan Parker
2023-06-27 16:30 - 20:00 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-cpd-event-4/
ADRA will be hosting an event with Allan Parker as guest speaker. Attendance to this event allows you to earn 1 CPD point. The topic of this event is “Managing brain chemistry through mediation processes and skills”

Allan Parker OAM is a Micro Behavioural Scientist and Negotiator who usually introduces himself as an eccentric Micro-Behavioural Neuroscientist, International Negotiator, and Educator. He works as a negotiator/facilitator of large-scale multi-party negotiations and disputes. Within government and private organisations, he trains in negotiation, dispute prevention and healthy considered conversations. Allan has presented, facilitated, and moderated in over 60 different countries around the world and has had participants from 192 countries in his audience at one time at the United Nations-World Investment Forum.

ADRA CPD Event - Professor Gabriel Appleby and Joanne Selfe
2023-07-25 15:30 - 19:00 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-cpd-event-5/
ADRA will be hosting an event with guest speakers Professor Gabrielle Appleby and Joanne Selfe. Attendance to this event allows you to earn 1 CPD point. The topic for this event is “The Voice Referendum: Where are we and what’s ahead?”

Professor Gabrielle Appleby is a Professor at the Faculty of Law & Justice of UNSW Sydney. She researches and teaches in public law, with her areas of expertise including the role, powers and accountability of the Executive; parliamentary law and practice; the role of government lawyers; the integrity of the judicial branch and First Nations constitutional recognition. She was a pro bono constitutional adviser to the Indigenous Steering Committee of the Referendum Council and the Regional Dialogues and First Nations Constitutional Convention that delivered the Uluru Statement from the Heart. She is the Director of The Judiciary Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and the constitutional consultant to the Clerk of the Australian House of Representatives.

2023 - ADRA AGM dinner and meeting
2023-08-22 17:00 - 21:00 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Please join us for our AGM meeting and dinner at the Palace Chinese Restaurant.

Members are requested to arrive at 5:00pm for a 5:15pm start. The meeting will handed over to acting secretary Helen Miedzinski for elections to occur. Guest speaker for the evening will be Author Ana Prawda speaking on Dispute Prevention and its overflow in Schools and the workplace.

We have a limited number of spots available (20 in total) so please book ASAP to ensure a position. (Please scroll to the bottom of this page to purchase tickets).

For more information please call Katherine Johnson on 0421 321 276

ADRA CPD Event - Andrew Wong
2023-09-26 16:30 - 17:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-cpd-event-andrew-wong/
ADRA will be hosting an event with Andrew Wong as guest speaker. Attendance to this event allows you to earn 1 CPD point. The topic for this event is “Managing People with Personality Disorders”

Personality disorders are historically seen as mental disorders that are untreatable and the worst to deal with clinically, personally, and professionally. This seminar will provide a brief introduction to personality disorders according to the DSM-5-TR criteria, their typical presentations, and how to identify various personality traits. Although this seminar does not teach us how to make formal diagnoses, it teaches awareness and provides practical suggestions on how to manage their behaviours in a professional setting.

Andrew Wong is a Clinical Psychologist, Solicitor, and a Nationally Accredited Mediator. Andrew has extensive training and experience in working in both public and private sectors as a clinical psychologist and researcher, especially with vulnerable populations, such as offenders and forensic patients. He has a particular interest in forensic assessments across areas of law. Prior to starting his own forensic psychology practice, Andrew Wong Psychology, he was the Clinical Lead of a clinical and performance psychology clinic and the Head of Forensic Services at a forensic psychology practice. Andrew has previously practiced criminal law and civil litigation as a solicitor.

2023 - ADRA Monthly Meeting
2023-09-26 17:15 - 19:15
Election of Office Bearers after August AGM

ADRA 2023 Gala Event
2023-09-29 10:00 - 13:45 | The Law Society of NSW, 170 Phillip St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Please come and participate in ADRA’s Gala Event for 2023 – the opening of the upgraded ADRA website.

Agenda for the day

[10:30am – 11:00am] – (Patron of ADRA) – The Hon. Terry Sheahan AO.A historical perspective of the place of ADRA in the Australian community.

[11.00am – 11.45am] – Mary Walker OAM.The Future of Mediation in the International World.

[12.00am – 12.45pm] – Ruwan Wathukarage.Beyond Litigation: Mediation for a changing society.

[12.45pm – 1.15pm] – Kristan Bekus / Tony Enderby.ADRA: A platform for more Effective Mediation. A Showcase of the ADRA website by Trender.

[1.15pm – 1:30pm] – Margaret McCue.Closing session – Questions from the audience with Margaret McCue

[1:45pm] – Lunch for attendees at the Palace Restaurant.Shop 38 Level 1 Piccadilly Tower, 133/145 Castlereagh St, Sydney NSW 2000.

Sylvia Garabaldi - How to run your online Mediation business
2023-10-24 10:00 - 12:00 | https://adra.net.au/event/sylvia-garabaldi-how-to-run-your-online-mediation-business/
2023 Marketing Planning for Dispute Resolution LeadersAn important part of growing any dispute resolution independent practice involves increasing your visibility as an expert so that your ideal clients can become aware of your services and want to do business with you.During this training, we will teach you what you must include in your marketing for 2023 in order to accelerate growth in your practice.You will learn how to:

Get crystal clear on who you best serve, what keeps them up at night and where to find your ideal target market that are in need of your services.

Explore the most effective online marketing strategies to use in 2023 to help you grow your audience on social media platforms and bring in more qualified clients.

Learn how to connect and collaborate with multiple referral partners so you have a large flow of consistent referrals coming into your practice.

Increase your revenue by using a step-by-step process to get easily booked as an online speaker to spread your message to hundreds of qualified prospects at a time.

ADRA CPD Event - Accredited Divorce Coaching
2023-10-24 16:30 - 17:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-cpd-event-accredited-divorce-coaching/
ADRA will be hosting an event with Jeane Lynch, Cheryl Duffy and Anne-Marie Cade on the topic of Accredited Divorce Coaching which is relatively new in Australia. The international training is done by CDC (Certified Divorce Coach) from the US and is registered as CDRC in Australia ‘Certified Dispute/Divorce Resolution Coach’.

The presentation aims to give a brief background of Divorce Coaching; what we do, value we add, and why there is a need for recognition and accreditation as an ADR process in Australia and need to set ethical and practice standards.

Introduction and brief background of Divorce Coaching:

Jeane Lynch – Lawyer, accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, certified CM-1 Mediator, Relationship Mediator, certified Separation & Divorce Coach and certified Transition & Recovery Coach at hope & harmony coaching and mediation.

Divorce Coaching as a dispute resolution process and the benefits:

Cheryl Duffy – Founder of The Divorce Centre, Divorce Coach, NMAS Mediator, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Parenting Coordinator & author of best-selling book “The Divorce Tango”.

Need for recognition, Australian practice standards and what is being done in the Australian Training and Legal / ADR space:

Anne-Marie Cade – Lawyer, Nationally Accredited Mediator, Parenting Coordinator, multi award winner and founder of Divorce Right and recognised as an expert and innovator in her field.

2023- ADRA Planning Meeting
2023-10-24 17:15 - 19:15
Planning session for 2024 and last formal meeting for 2023

2023 - ADRA Christmas Party
2023-12-05 17:00 - 21:00 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
ADRA welcomes you to celebrate 2023 with a dinner at the Palace Restaurant.

The Board are invited to attend at 5pm for a 5.15pm start, other attendees are invited to attend at 6pm for dinner.

There is a set menu for dinner as shown below:

Vegetable spring roll

Steamed prawn dumpling

Steamed fish fillets with ginger & shallots

King prawns with broccoli

Beef in black beans sauce

Crispy skin chicken

Mushrooms with bok choy

Jasmine rice

Chinese tea

Fruit

Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony
2024-01-30 17:45 - 19:45 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
We will be holding a special Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between Indonesian Dispute Resolution and ADRA , followed by a seminar and dinner at the Palace Restaurant beginning at 5.45 pm on Tuesday 30 January 2024.

2024 - ADRA Monthly Meeting
2024-02-27 17:30 - 19:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/2024-adra-monthly-meeting/

ADRA CPD Event - Restorative Practice with Astrid Gerrits
2024-03-26 16:00 - 17:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-cpd-event-restorative-practice-with-astrid-gerrits/
ADRA will be hosting an event with Astrid Gerrits as guest speaker. Attendance to this event allows you to earn 1 CPD point. The topic for this event is “Restorative Practice”.

Introducing Astrid, a compassionate professional with a multicultural background and a decade of experience in supporting families through challenges of conflict and separation. Born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Astrid migrated to Australia in 2008 and currently resides in the beautiful town of Broome, situated on Yawuru land within the Kimberley region of North West Australia.

For the past ten years, Astrid has played integral roles as a counsellor, child-inclusive practitioner, coordinator, and supervisor at the Kimberley Family Relationship Centre. Today, she operates a private counseling and mediation practice, focusing on relationships with a specialisation in family, couples, and individual counseling, as well as private and corporate restorative practice and mediation.

Astrid’s diverse professional background spans academic hospitals, justice systems, learning/intellectual disabilities, mental health, and separation services. Her journey into Restorative Practice (RP) work began in 2010, driven by a passion to address unresolved hurts and lack of closure in relationships during family mediation. This passion led her to develop a model she refers to as RP-FDR (Restorative Practice in Family Dispute Resolution).

This innovative approach has had a profoundly positive impact, not only within her team in North West Australia but also across the broader Western Australia mediation community. Astrid has presented and conducted workshops, sharing her RP-FDR model, starting in Perth in 2018 and expanding to national and international platforms, including the National Mediation Conference in Wellington, New Zealand. The model has been embraced by fellow dispute resolution professionals, leading to a growing interest in training in this transformative approach.

While Astrid is now a couples therapist, it’s noteworthy that she developed the RP-FDR model when she was not yet in this role. This underscores the adaptability of the model for mediators, whether from a social scientist, legal, or other background.

Join us in welcoming Astrid as she shares her insights and experiences in the transformative world of Restorative Practice in Family Dispute Resolution.

2024 - ADRA Monthly Meeting
2024-03-26 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-05-28 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-06-25 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-07-23 17:30 - 19:30

2024- ADRA Monthly Meeting
2024-04-23 17:30 - 19:30

ADRA CPD Event with Tokunbo Olabinri
2024-05-28 16:30 - 17:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-cpd-event-with-tokunbo-olabinri/
ADRA will be hosting an event with Tokunbo Olabinri as guest speaker. Attendance to this event allows you to earn 1 CPD point. The topic for this event is “Introduction to Incorporated Associations & Governance”

What is an incorporated association and how does it differ from a company? How is it governed? What rules does it have to comply with? What are the powers and duties of ordinary members and committee members of the association?

This seminar is intended to provide members with a general understanding of the legal framework under which they and the committee operate. No prior knowledge is assumed and the seminar will be conducted in an interactive format with members encouraged to participate and ask questions.

Tokunbo Olabinri is the principal of Parity Law, a firm of specialist commercial, intellectual property and technology lawyers based in Sydney. Tokunbo is admitted as a solicitor both in England and New South Wales. He previously practised law in the UK before moving to Australia where he was in-house counsel for the ASX before moving to private practice.

Tokunbo has acted for a broad range of clients from sole traders to large corporates in industries such as retail and manufacturing, technology and consulting, as well as media organisations, universities and public sector bodies. He also advises a number of not-for-profit organisations including sporting and professional associations.

Special General Meeting
2024-08-07 17:00 - 18:00
This is a Special General Meeting to consider the following resolution: that ADRA awards to Katherine Johnson and Margaret McCue life membership of ADRA in recognition of their service.

International Mediation Conference
2024-08-15 09:00 - 2024-08-16 21:00 | Royal Automobile Club, 89 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Gain valuable insights from Special Guests: The Hon Terry Sheahan AO Patron of ADRA The Hon. Cameron Lionel Murphy, AM. MLCAustralian experts:Dr Rajesh Sharma, Dr Peter Condliffe, Professor Tania Sourdin, Professor Laurence Boulle, Mary Walker OAM, Allan Parker OAM, Dr Katherine Johnson, Jennifer Scott, Joe Harman, Ruwan Wathukarage, Helen Miedzinski.International Guests:The Hon.Justice Ambeng Kandakasi, Dr. Sabela Goya, Linda Heng – CEO (ResoX) , Dr Konstantin Pavlidis, Dr. Evi Avlogiari, Dr. Mian Sheraz Javaid, 9 Mongolian delegates and Mongolian Interpreter: Enkhee Sharav. Hear the voices of young people about tomorrow’s world: Elli Kozicki, Theodore Johnson & Hai SonConnect with professionals Live-streamed and in-person! – Enjoy a jazz band Welcome dinner and a Farewell dinner with Mongolian music, singing and dancing to support ADRA, a non-profit VOLUNTARY organisation fostering growth in dispute resolution.Gain 16 CPD points, a recording of the proceedings, and both welcome and farewell dinners for the very affordable early-bird price of $350 for ADRA members and $450 for non-ADRA members with one year’s practitioner membership included.Shape the future of tomorrow’s world of mediation with us!

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2024 – ADRA AGM meeting
2024-08-27 17:00 - 21:00 | The Law Society of NSW, 170 Phillip St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
The Governance Committee has resolved that the dinner at the Palace Restaurant will be cancelled and that the AGM will take place on 27 August at 5.00 pm via TEAMS at the Law Society, Room 301 and will be recorded.

As we have had two dinners at the International Conference this year and our membership is scattered over several Australian States, the Governance Committee resolved that the AGM meeting would be best served online and a dinner was deemed unnecessary on this occasion.

The TEAMS links for this meeting will be sent in a followup message closer to the event date.

Scroll to the bottom of this event to read the agenda or to purchase tickets.

Below are the minutes from the 2023 AGM

Below is the agenda for the 2024 AGM

And below is the President’s and Officers’ Reports for 2024

2024 – ADRA Monthly Meeting
2024-09-24 17:15 - 19:15 | The Law Society of NSW, 170 Phillip St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Election of Office Bearers after August AGMZoom Link:https://zoom.us/j/98354329593?pwd=[REDACTED] Included in email alert.

Board Meeting held on 27 August 2024Download

ADRA Presidents and Officers Reports for 24 September 2024Download

2024- ADRA Planning Meeting
2024-10-22 17:30 - 19:30
Planning session for 2025 and last formal meeting for 2024
