Family law professionals invited to free webinars during Family Mediation Week 2024

With Family Mediation Week 2024 fast approaching, professionals working in family justice will have opportunities to find out more about how family mediation can support them in their work, by attending a range of free one-hour webinars during Family Mediation Week 2024.

From Monday 22nd to Friday 26th January, lawyers, arbitrators, CAFCASS officers, the judiciary and local family justice board members are invited to watch and take part in the free webinars.

The webinars include:

• Everything lawyers always wanted to know about mediation, but were afraid to ask (Tues 23 Jan, 9am)
• An introduction to mediation for CAFCASS FCAs & those who deliver Parenting Programmes (Tues 23 Jan, 1pm)
• How to become a family mediator (Tues 23 Jan, 4.15pm)
• An overview of family mediation for members of the judiciary and local family justice boards (Wed 24 Jan, 4.15pm)
• For lawyers: The importance and impact of language in family law and how this can be improved (Wed 24 Jan, 9am)
• MED ARB – Practice & Procedure (Wed 24 Jan, 2pm)
• Divorce coaching, mediation and legal advice: how they can work together (Mon 22 Jan, 2pm)

Full listings, and links to secure your place, can be found by visiting The Family Mediation Council and links our also all included on the Today’s Family Lawyer Events Calendar.

Family Mediation Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of family mediation and of the benefits it can bring to separating families.

Other events over the course of the week will be aimed at members of the public interested in finding out more about family mediation, including a conversation on Wednesday 24 January (12 noon) with former BBC News Presenter Joanna Gosling (host of British Family Law Awards on 25th November). As you will have seen in many of our articles about the Awards, Joanna has changed her career to become a Senior Associate Mediator (family and workplace) at Irwin Mitchell.

In addition, there are a number of other events during the week aimed at supporting other professionals working with families, such as teachers, health practitioners, and social workers.

If you or anyone in your firm or Chambers is doing anything for Family Mediation Week, do let us know so we can share on our events calendar.