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NEWCASTLE LAW SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS THAT MAY INTEREST YOU...

BILL EDDY: MANAGING HIGH CONFLICT PERSONALITIES IN LEGAL DISPUTES

ABOUT BILL EDDY

Bill is the co-founder, former President and current Training Director of the High Conflict Institute, an American based institute that provides education and resources to professionals handling high conflict disputes, and to anyone involved in relationships of any kind with people who have High Conflict Personalities .

Bill has organised, developed and delivered training sessions on how to manage disputes involving high conflict personalities and personality disorders to legal and non-legal professionals across the US and around the world.

Before becoming a lawyer, he worked as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for twelve years providing therapy to a range of clients in psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics. Bill was a Certified Family Law Specialist for 15 years in California, is the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Centre in San Diego and has produced numerous articles and 14 books on the topic of high conflict dispute resolution. He has a popular blog on the Psychology Today website with 3 million views. He is on the adjunct faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law, and he is a Conjoint Associate Professor in Newcastle Law School, Faculty of Business and Law.

ONE DAY WORKSHOP - OCTOBER 1, 2019  | 8.30am - 5.00pm

Early Bird Price until August 28: $550

Full Registration after August 28: $590

This one-day professional development workshop focuses on managing personalities in conflict resolution; particularly resolving disputes involving ‘high conflict’ behaviours. It will help practising professionals recognise the basic characteristics of personality disorders, including their Cycle of High Conflict Thinking. Five personality disorders will be briefly discussed in terms of their high-conflict dynamics: borderline, narcissistic, paranoid, antisocial and histrionic. The frequent presence of “Negative Advocates” in high conflict cases will be addressed.
 
Four key skills will be presented for managing high conflict people in any dispute. There will be video clips, two short exercises and opportunities for questions regarding difficult cases. Many of the most effective methods of managing high-conflict people are counter-intuitive, so that practice and discussion are necessary to implement these methods, especially when under stress.

FOUR DAY WORKSHOP - OCTOBER 1 - 4, 2019 | 8.30am - 5.00pm

Early Bird Price until August 28: $1700

Full Registration after August 28: $1850

The first day of this four-day professional development workshop will focus on managing high conflict personalities in dispute resolution. It will assist practising professionals in recognising personality disorders and traits, choosing appropriate intervention techniques, and maintaining ethical principles while dealing with difficult people, both professionally and personally. The phenomenon of ‘negative advocates’ will also be examined. Negative advocates often add to the confusion and intensity of conflict. Many of the most effective methods of managing high-conflict people are counter-intuitive, so that practice and discussion are necessary to implement these methods, especially when under stress.

The next three days will look more closely at the five personality disorders: borderline, narcissistic, paranoid, antisocial and histrionic, including how to spot them quickly and manage relationships with them. The full workshop will cover techniques and interventions as well as exploring how high-conflict behaviours develop. Negotiation and mediation methods, as well as a systems approach to high-conflict legal disputes in family law cases and workplace disputes will also be discussed in an engaging and interactive workshop format.

 

REGISTER HERE FOR THE BILL EDDY 1 or 4 DAY WORKSHOPS

VENUE: University of Newcastle, NeW Space, X502, Level 5 409 Hunter Street Newcastle, NSW Australia

 

ANNA QUINN: MEDIATION SKILLS AND THOERY

ABOUT ANNA QUINN

Anna has 3 decades of experience in conflict management and she has in depth knowledge of the range of processes from restorative Justice – facilitation.  Anna is a Resolution Institute Fellow, a leading trainer in the field in New Zealand (Lead Trainer with Resolution Institute), a very experienced mediator/facilitator (e.g. education, community, workplace, family and commercial issues) as well as an experienced representative of parties in mediation.  She has lectured at Auckland University Law School for several years and acted as co-coach for the Auckland team competing at the ICC Mediation Competition in Paris (2014), has been a trainer for the Institute of Judicial Studies delivering to District and High Court Judges, has trained at or designed hundreds of workshops, and been a regular conference presenter, on topics including communication, difficult conversations, negotiation, mediation, neuro-competency and the psychology of conflict. 

Anna has special interest in the Peace Foundation’s work in schools and also in the management of conflict involving the elderly (Member Elder Mediator Australasian Network ‘EMAN’ Committee).

For a decade before moving into conflict management as a speciality area of practice, Anna practiced as a commercial litigator/commercial lawyer for a leading NZ/London law firm.  Originally from Central Hawkes Bay, Te Mata is Anna’s mountain and the TukiTuki her river.  She lives in Auckland with her family and is an avid cyclist, walker and ocean swimmer.

FOUR DAY WORKSHOP - OCTOBER 8,9, 11 & 12 2019 | 9.00am - 5.00pm

Early Bird Price until August 28: $1700

Full Registration after August 28: $1850

This course enables participants to develop and practice essential skills required in mediation. Attendees will explore the skills required for effective and successful mediation, including communication, negotiation and dispute resolution skills. Mediation processes will be explored to enable participants to gain an understanding of the roles of the various parties in a mediation, and of the strategies that can be employed during a mediation. Participants will participate in scenarios which assess their mediation skills and demonstrate how to address conflict through mediation, and also allow the attendees to critically analyse scenarios to determine how resolution through mediation could be achieved. Working with a mediation model, participants will learn alternative approaches to deal with varying circumstances and will also investigate theoretical issues and relevant empirical studies in mediation ethics, inter-cultural context, contingent 3rd party interventions, power and empowerment, as well as other topics.

This interactive workshop has been developed to assist participants to meet part of the National Mediation Accreditation Standard (NMAS) requirements.

REGISTER HERE FOR THE ANNA QUINN MEDIATION SKILLS AND THOERY WORKSHOP

 

VENUE: University of Newcastle, NeW Space, X502, Level 5 409 Hunter Street Newcastle, NSW Australia