mediator

Intensive Contractual Negotiation

and Mediation Advocacy

Summer School

Monday 21st July – Friday 25th July – CDP Hours 22 –

Law Society of Ireland

The Law Society of Ireland is the professional, representative and educational body for its 12,000 Solicitor members providing third level pre and post-qualification education and continued professional development training.

Its brand new Summer Courses, especially designed for the European Lawyers, will be run on the exclusive premises of the Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, in Dublin.

The main objectives of these Legal English & Law Courses are:

to help lawyers expand their knowledge of legal English terminology
to communicate more effectively in spoken English in a legal professional context
to acquire new knowledge, competencies and skills in specified areas of legal practice
to acquire enhanced negotiation strategies and techniques leading to more effective negotiation outcomes
to improve oral fluency
to facilitate international professional networking

Lecturers will all be experienced and respected Solicitors, Barristers and European professional legal skills consultants with extensive practice and teaching experience and certified learning, teaching and assessment qualifications.

Contractual Negotiation & Mediation Advocacy Master Class- An intensive and highly interactive Negotiation & Mediation Course in cooperation with ADR Intesa, Chartered Training Institute for Italian Mediators, which aims to provide participants with a thorough knowledge of the most essential negotiation skills to be used in their daily professional life. Mediation Advocacy sessions will complete the course teaching how to assist clients properly and facilitate a positive mediation outcome. Daily interactive workshops, tutorials, role plays and feedback will enable participants to put theory in practiceand focus on the improvement of their speaking, listening, legal and professional skills.

Course Programme

SYLLABUS

*Day 1*	Introduction to Negotiation Skills & Techniques and to the legal issues to be dealt with during role plays ( The Sale of Goods, Elements of Tort Law, damages )
*Day 2*	Negotiation Styles & Case Study;.Workshop 1: Negotiation Tools & Personalities.Ethics of Negotiation & Ethics in Negotiation
*Day 3*	Preparing for Negotiation.Workshop 2: One – to – One Negotiation.Ethics in Mediation: a EU comparative perspective.
*Day 4*	Negotiation: Tips and Tactics.Workshop 3: Multilateral Negotiation.Mediation: an introduction to Mediation Advocacy Skills.
*Day 4*	Mediation: How to prepare a client to Mediation; from clientʾs positions to clientʾs interests; Information gathering and strategy defined.Case study on Tort Law: planning, role play and feedback

CONTACTS, BOOKINGS & INFORMATION

Please send your requests to: legalenglish@adrintesa.it