COURSE CATEGORY
Professional skills
Mediation Intake Part 1 – How to prepare an efficient and effective intake
Reviewed on 15 December 2023
In this practical presentation, our presenter Linda Kochanski draws on her years of experience to explore the role of a mediation intake.
Topics covered include:
- What is an intake?
- Why is an intake required?
- Confidentiality and intake
- Discussion of empathy and acknowledgement during the intake
- Intake considerations
Completion of this course will earn you 1 CPD unit.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Solicitors in general practice, civil litigation lawyers, family lawyers and accredited mediators
CPD POINTS
1
TYPE
Video-based interactive module
Linda Kochanski
LLB, Nationally Accredited Mediator (NMAS), FDRP,
Practice Leader, Dispute Resolution, The College of Law
Linda Kochanski has been admitted as a Solicitor in Queensland since 1986, initially specialising in Family and Criminal Law. She gained extensive experience in various areas of law, but discovered a particular interest in family law, and mediation.
Linda subsequently worked for Relationships Australia in various roles including Branch Manager, Coordinator of Mediation, and Senior Consultant in Mediation. She has practised in all forms of relationship mediation. Linda continues to practice mediation and is a member of Bond University’s Dispute Resolution Centre and on the Advisory Board of the Australian Mediation Association.
Linda has been a Tutor and Lecturer since 1991 working initially as a tutor with QUT. In 2001, Linda was a founding Lecturer in the Griffith Professional Legal Training Program instructing in Family, Criminal, Property and Estates Legal Practice. She held the positions of On Campus Coordinator PLT programs at both Griffith University and Bond University
Linda has presented at national and international conferences on Mediation and Family Law and has published in these areas as well. Since 2016, she has been an elected Director of the Mediation Standards Board.
Linda is the current Practice Leader at the College of Law for both their Graduate Diploma in Family Dispute Resolution Practice and their suite of mediation programs. Linda is also an Adjunct Lecturer for the College for their Applied Law Postgraduate Program, in Family Law.
