The International Mediation Clinic Network was established by Strathclyde Mediation Clinic to offer encouragement, support, and learning opportunities for Mediation Clinics or Centres for Dispute Resolution. It is open to academics, practitioners, students, and anyone interested in mediator education. It creates a platform for sharing best practices, fostering collaboration, and promoting the work of Mediation Clinics within academic institutions. Mediation Clinics are increasingly emerging worldwide across a variety of settings.

The group meets periodically throughout the year to showcase workshops and presentations from Mediation Clinics or Centres from around the world. 

Please direct any enquiries to:
Pauline McKay, Mediation Clinic Co-ordinator, University of Strathclyde. T: 44 141 548 4510

Global Mediation Clinics Conference 2025 Online 

Monday 20 October 2025, 11am UK Time (2 hours) 

The International Mediation Clinic Network invites conference proposals from educators, students, and practitioners to explore “Global Mediation Clinics” topics.  Selected papers will be considered for publication within our Mediation Matters! Newsletter.

Mediation Clinics across the globe are providing vital access to justice while nurturing the next generation of mediators. These Clinics are often based in universities or legal centres, offer real-world experience for students and volunteer mediators, while delivering free or low-cost mediation services to the public. Their focus can range from community disputes and small claims to workplace, family and commercial conflicts. 

Global Mediation Clinics operate within diverse cultural, and educational systems, but share a common commitment to conflict resolution, reflective practice, and ethical service. They also contribute to innovation in mediation by developing inclusive models, interdisciplinary approaches, and research-informed practice.

Development in this field shows there is an increasing value in sharing experiences, models, challenges, and successes.  We wish to inspire and strengthen existing clinics and together advance mediation education and practice worldwide.

We invite a range of contributions from educators, students, and practitioners for our next conference. Contributors should reflect diversity, cross-cultural approaches, innovation, access to justice, student experience, supervision, challenges and lessons learned in mediator education and practice across different contexts. 

Programme

We are delighted to present a range of contributions from educators, students, and practitioners. Contributors reflect on diversity, cross-cultural approaches, innovation, access to justice, student experience, supervision, challenges and lessons learned in mediator education and practice across different contexts.

Monday 20 October at 11am (UK time)

Global Mediation Clinics

11am Welcome from Dr Charlie Irvine, Director, Mediation Clinic, University of Strathclyde

11.05am Professor Jill A Howieson, Law School Director, Director of Mediation Clinic, University of Western Australia (UWA)
Clinical Research in Mediation:  The UWA Mediation Clinic Model

11.20am Nina Gersamia, Lawyer, Mediator, Head of EEDR - Mediation Center, and George Amirkhaniani, Student, Project Manager at EEDR Mediation Center, Grigol Robakidze University Georgia (GRUNI)
The Journey of Students in a Mediation Clinic: Integrating Learning, Practice, and Professional Growth

11.35am Q&A 

11.45am Dr Deborah Cunninghame Graham, Non-Clinical Senior Lecturer in Molecular Medicine, Faculty Lead for Doctoral Student Welfare, King's College London
Using mediation to build and maintain strong working relationships between PhD students and their supervisors

12noon Fiza Mehraj, Student, Vidyashilp University, Bengalura, India
From the Classroom to the Conflict Zone: How Student Mediators are Quietly Reshaping Justice

12.15pm Ivor Heyman, Advocate of the High Court and Mediator, South Africa
Navigating Cultural Expectations in Mediation Clinics

12.30pm Q&A

12.45pm End

Please direct any enquiries to:

Pauline McKay, Mediation Clinic Co-ordinator, University of Strathclyde, Scotland.  T:  44 141 548 4510