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“Being a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner has given me enhanced skills and a career
that assists people to deal with the difficult times in their lives.”

Linda Kochanski
Practice Leader for Dispute Resolution Programs, The College of Law

Family dispute resolution practice

Our Family Dispute Resolution Practice Faculty includes: Students can enrol in the Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute
Linda Kochanski Practice Leader for Dispute Resolution Resolution Practice or Master of Laws (Applied Law) majoring in Family
Programs, The College of Law Dispute Resolution Practice. Entry requirements for Master of Laws
(Applied Law) with a major in Family Dispute Resolution Practice are
Lisanne Iriks Life Mediation
the same as for any other major, students are required to have a law
Helen Jarvis Transitions Counselling and Mediation degree, or equivalent, which would meet the academic requirements
Bobbi Reilly Gold Coast Mediation and Counselling for admission to practise as a legal practitioner in an Australian
Susan Hamilton-Green Family Lawyer and FDRP, Intandem jurisdiction.
Legal Services, Creative Family Law Solutions, Accredited To graduate with the Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution
Specialist (Family Law and Mediation), AIFLAM, LEADR, VADR Practice, students are required to successfully complete the four
Lisa Frisken Principal, Gold Coast Mediation & Dispute core subjects (FDR1-4) and 20 hours practicum. To graduate with the
Resolution Services Master of Laws (Applied Law) majoring in Family Dispute Resolution
Practice, students are required to successfully complete the four core
Subjects FDR subjects (which includes a Capstone), 20 hours of practicum, plus
FDRP1 Family Law and Mediation four other elective subjects or a second major.
FDRP2 Children’s Matters, Family Law and Family Dispute Resolution
FDRP3 Advanced Family Dispute Resolution
FDRP4 Case Management in Family Dispute Resolution Capstone

Intake 1 Start date Census date End date Queensland and Western New South Wales and Victoria
subject Australia workshops workshops

FDR1 19 February 2018 28 February 2018 30 March 2018 12-14 March 2018 15-17 March 2018

FDR2 2 April 2018 11 April 2018 11 May 2018 30 April to 2 May 2018 26-28 April 2018

FDR3 14 May 2018 23 May 2018 22 June 2018 4-6 June 2018 (QLD only) 7-9 June 2018 (incl. WA)

FDR4 25 June 2018 4 July 2018 3 August 2018 16-18 July 2018 19-21 July 2018

Intake 2 Start date Census date End date Queensland and Western New South Wales and Victoria
subject Australia workshops workshops

FDR1 2 July 2018 11 July 2018 10 August 2018 23-25 July 2018 26-28 July 2018
FDR2 13 August 2018 22 August 2018 21 September 2018 3-5 September 2018 6-8 September 2018

FDR3 24 September 2018 3 October 2018 2 November 2018 15-17 October 2018 18-20 October 2018

FDR4 5 November 2018 14 November 2018 14 December 2018 26-28 November 2018 29 November to 1 December 2018

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