Following the huge success of last year’s Summer School, this four day intensive course provides a unique opportunity for students from Scotland and the USA to study mediation.
Recognising that mediation is an activity that is best learned by doing, this course offers numerous opportunities for practice. Students will learn about the skills of the mediator, the shape of a mediation session, how to identify people’s real interests and how to secure agreement. Effective conflict resolution requires more than technique however: the course also covers mediation’s intellectual scaffolding – theories and ideas borrowed initially from other disciplines and increasingly being developed by conflict resolvers themselves. The programme is run in conjunction with John Marshall Law School in Chicago who will be bringing a number of graduate students over for the week. Students will be awarded certificates from John Marshall Law School on successful completion of the course.
The course will be taught at Strathclyde Law School from 29th May – 1st June by Charlie Irvine, Visiting Professor, Strathclyde Law School and Chair of the Scottish Mediation Network; Prof. Iain Bucciarelli, Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, The John Marshall Law School; and Professor Bryan Clark, Strathclyde Law School.
Cost : £400
For those interested, please contact Prof Bryan Clark on bryan.clark@strath.ac.uk in the first instance
Monday 21st May 2012
The Future of Criminal Justice & Sentencing: Is there Hope? Public Event
Centre for Law, Crime & Justice, Strathclyde University, Glasgow city centre. www.strath.ac.uk/clcj
Monday 21st May 5.30 for 6-7.30pm
The Honourable Judge Professor Nancy Gertner (Harvard University USA)
and Professor Arie Freiberg (Monash University, Australia
Chair: Sheriff Tom Welsh QC
Further details at www.strath.ac.uk/clcj 'events' or at http://bit.ly/Jo2HAN
Event is free but booking is essential.
To book your place email carol.hutton@strath.ac.uk
Can the criminal justice system command a higher level of public trust? Around the world, levels of public confidence in the criminal justice system appear to be worryingly low and in decline. In an effort to pose as ‘tough on crime’, many countries have responded ever-more punitively, imposing mandatory minimum sentences, and squeezing professional discretion. The result is: spiralling prison populations, inequalities, and a drift to more public money being spent on incarceration than on education. And all of this has been done in the name of the public and yet has failed to improve ublic confidence – often the reverse.
Is there be better way, or, should Scotland accept that trust in the justice system is in inevitable decline? Can we find a way to pursue a rational approach to crime and punishment which attracts public confidence, or, at the very least, is not held to ransom by penal populism?
The Hon Judge ProfessorGertner and Professor Freiberg will explore these issues followed by Q&A chaired by Sheriff Tom Welsh QC, Director of Judicial Studies.
All welcome but booking is essential.
Email:carol.hutton@strath.ac.uk
Full details at www.strath.ac.uk/clcj 'events' or at http://bit.ly/Jo2HAN
The event also launches the new Strathclyde Master's programme in Criminal Justice & Penal Change. Learn More: www.strath.ac.uk/ls-cjpc-e
Public Lecture Prof. Prue Vines, University of New South Wales, Australia. Q&A and discussion with the audience
Comments by Niall Kearney, Chair of the European Forum for Restorative Justice
Monday 14th May 5.30 for 6pm. Strathclyde University.
Please See attached for further information and to book your place.
Wednesday 14th March 6pm Strathclyde University, Glasgow City Centre
How should the criminal justice system tackle crime? As research repeatedly shows and practitioners know all too well, problems, such as alcohol and drug addiction, play a major role in chronic levels of reoffending. In view of the ‘revolving doors’ of the courts and prisons, is it time for a radically different approach?
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The Law School will be holding an Information Evening for prospective Diploma in Professional Legal Practice students on Wednesday 14th March from 5.30pm in the Graham Hills Building, GH514, 50 George Street.
If you wish to attend please email Tracy Reavey
