Face-to-Face 5-day Intensive
Monday 3 August – Friday 7 August 2026
9.00am-5pm AEST

Victorian Bar Mediation Centre 
Caston Chambers
Level 11
460 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne Victoria

Online via Zoom
Saturday 15 August & Saturday 22 August 2026
9.00am – 5.00pm AEST

REGISTER HERE

AIFLAM is proud to partner with the UWA Mediation Clinic to deliver this intensive version of our mediation training course designed to give participants the knowledge and skills required to practice family law mediation with confidence and professionalism. The course includes the training and coaching components for the Certificate of Training (COT), as well as the assessment components for the Certificate of Assessment (COA).

The face-to-face and online course will be conducted as follows:

Training: Monday 3 August – Friday 7 August 2026 (in person)

Coaching: Saturday 15 August 2026 (online via Zoom)

Accreditation: Saturday 22 August 2026 (online via Zoom)

Over the course of the program, participants will:

• become familiar with the AIFLAM model of facilitative mediation;
• engage in role-plays both as a mediator and as a party to experience fully the dynamics of mediation;
• develop skills in facilitating negotiation and problem-solving between the parties;
• develop proficiency in managing a mediation process and, at the end of the course, should be able to mediate disputes competently (please note if you wish to mediate disputes involving children and issue s60I certificates, this requires additional Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP) training);
• develop a capacity to critically reflect on their own practice of mediation; and
• develop a capacity to critically reflect on which mediator interventions work and when.

As well as training in the AIFLAM mediation model, to comply with the AMDRAS, the course content will also include:

• preparation and dispute diagnosis in mediation;
• communication patterns in conflict and negotiation situations;
• negotiation dynamics in mediation;
• potential responses to high emotion, power imbalances and violence;
• pre-mediation preparation, screening and intake;
• an understanding of the ethical and practical issues that arise in mediation;
• confidentiality, enforceability of mediated agreements and liability of mediators;
• cross-cultural issues in mediation and dispute resolution, and
• the roles and functions of support persons, lawyers and other professionals in mediation.

Upon successful completion participants will receive their COT and COA certificates issued by UWA Mediation Clinic and become eligible for registration as AMDRAS Nationally Accredited Mediators.