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Staff Conference 2013

Staff Conference 2013. Making Intelligent Citizens: The Mediation Clinic. Mediation Clinic. Based in the department of Law and Criminal Justice Studies, within the Faculty of Applied and Social Sciences. Operational since 2008. Mediation service provision to East Kent. Mediation Clinic.

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Staff Conference 2013

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  1. Staff Conference 2013 Making Intelligent Citizens: The Mediation Clinic

  2. Mediation Clinic • Based in the department of Law and Criminal Justice Studies, within the Faculty of Applied and Social Sciences. • Operational since 2008. • Mediation service provision to East Kent.

  3. Mediation Clinic • Support the delivery of the law programme curricula • Initial funding was provided from the HEFCE Teaching Informed and Enriched by Research Initiative (RIT) • Advisory Board chaired by Lord Mance • A Panel of Mediators has been created • We are registered with the Civil & Commercial Mediation Council

  4. Contributing to Public Service • The Mediation Clinic contributes to public service and community engagement by: - offering an alternate dispute resolution service - involving students in the running of the clinic - providing students with opportunities to observe real practices - by partnering with external bodies to assist in projects - so as to provide a forum for knowledge sharing

  5. Mediation – Role Play • voluntary • confidential • empowering • informal • impartial facilitators

  6. Case Example • Dispute between 2 students • One student accused of talking during a lecture • Second student raised verbally rudely • Both annoyed and posted abusive comments on Facebook

  7. Types of Disputes • Commercial & Civil - between companies and customers, private sales, boundary issues, council issues, use of land, landlord & tenant • Family - issues such as childcare arrangements and finances • Workplace disputes - conflicts between students and conflicts between staff.

  8. Mediations • 9 mediations this year: • 5 Family (2 ongoing) • 2 CCCU • 2 Commercial

  9. Community Outreach • Improved signposting to local mediators from Canterbury Court • CAB – signposting • Student Placements and Volunteering Opps

  10. Future Ideas • Research with local solicitors and learn what we can provide for them too, to develop partnerships further within the local community. • Partnering with SMEs to provide training and to explore research funding opportunities, for both students and staff colleagues. • Recently a student has secured a work experience placement with one of our mediator panel and we are seeking to identify more opportunities of this type.

  11. Questions • Can you identify when you could utilise the Mediation service? • Do you have any ideas for how we can interact in other ways with the wider community?

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